Flavors of Florida’s Historic Coast
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Chefs in St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra, Florida, are busy working on signature dishes featuring local favorites and heritage-inspired flavors to offer in their restaurants during Flavors of Florida’s Historic Coast.
Planned for the entire month of October, the fest showcases the region’s culinary diversity. Each of the participating restaurants is presenting a special “Chef’s Choice” prix fixe (fixed price) three-course meal. But — wait! — there’s more: a streetscape...
September 14th, 2010 | Susan McKee | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: florida, food, Restaurants & Bars
Las Vegas Restaurant Week
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Las Vegas restaurants and celebrity chefs come together to support the Three Square Food Bank during the Nevada city’s Restaurant week, to be held August 30 through September 5, 2010.
More than 80 of Las Vegas’ popular establishments will serve special menus at discounted prices to raise money to feed the hungry, including Café Bellagio, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Smith & Wollensky and Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill.
The prix fixe menus during Restaurant Week are tagged at $20.10,...
August 23rd, 2010 | Susan McKee | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, Las Vegas, Restaurants & Bars
San Diego’s September Restaurant Week
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Whether you prefer to dine in downtown San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter or overlooking the beaches of La Jolla and Coronado, there are lots of choices during the sixth annual San Diego Restaurant Week. It’s September 19-24, 2010, in and around this Southern California coastal town (map).
As has become traditional with restaurant weeks across the country, special menus are offered at less than usual prices. Diners can enjoy special three-course, prix-fixe dinner menus for just $20,...
August 6th, 2010 | Susan McKee | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: California, food, Restaurants & Bars
Plaza Serrano, a Happening Place
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One of my favourite places to go out at night in Buenos Aires is a little plaza in the heart of Palermo Soho (or Palermo Viejo) known as Plaza Serrano. The true name of this plaza is Plazoleta Julio Cortázar, but few people call it that way.
The plaza is right at the intersection of calle Serrano and calle Honduras (map), although calle Serrano is also named calle Borges on some maps (go figure!).
This is the bohemian part of Palermo. Nobody seems to be in a hurry here and there is a permanent...
August 2nd, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: fairs, nightlife, Restaurants & Bars
A Fine Time At The Firefly Cafe
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As a dedicated foodie, I’m always searching for a restaurant that hits my sweet spot of culinary satisfaction and surprises me — Firefly (map), in the Noe Valley section of San Francisco, does both. I happened upon my dining experience there by sheer luck. Along with my husband, Jon, I was visiting my stepson, Andrew, who had just moved into his new digs with his new girlfriend Lilly and they suggested we have dinner at Firefly, just down the street.
What they should have said was “just...
July 30th, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Restaurants & Bars
Cantina Crawl: La Ópera Bar
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It’s rumored that the bullet hole in the tin ceiling of La Ópera was left behind by Pancho Villa. Opened in 1876, La Ópera is a traditional 19th century Mexican cantina with a long bar, tall dark-wood booths, linen-covered tables, tiled floors, gilded baroque ceilings, lace and red velvet. Frosted windows help to keep the bright sunlight out and the atmosphere inside La Ópera is truly unique. Mirrors and oil paintings adorn the walls, chandeliers hang from the ceiling and waiters in jackets...
July 30th, 2010 | Laura Nazimiec | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Cantina, featuredarticle, Restaurants & Bars
Irresistible Eating at Bairro Alto Hotel
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The first contemporary boutique Hotel in Lisbon, Bairro Alto Hotel, stands right in the heart of the old part of town, at Praça Luís de Camões (map). This is one of the most vibrant parts of town with great shopping, restaurants and nightlife.
This hip-chick place to stay in town has been placing a new offer on their restaurant that is definitely worth a look. Flores Restaurant, on your right hand side as you enter the lobby, is one of my top Lisbon choices when it comes to contemporary Portuguese...
July 28th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: eating, gourmet, Restaurants & Bars, tapas
El Sanjuanino is The King of Empanadas
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No trip to Buenos Aires would be complete without tasting a delicious empanada (check my “Delicious Empanadas” article for more info). And there is no better place to have one (or many) than at the king of empanadas’ place, El Sanjuanino.
This restaurant, owned by Enrique Baudonnet, has been open for 40 years now, and has the reputation of serving the best fresh hot half-moon meat pies called empanadas that are so popular to porteños.
Just order the Pollo (chicken), Carne Picante...
July 23rd, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: empanadas, Restaurants & Bars
Enjoy Great Comida Criolla at La Querencia
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Buenos Aires is a city with a humongous selection of culinary options. In fact you can even make a thematic trip just to delight any of the local delicacies.
Among the number of establishments where you can get a great meal, La Querenciais a delightful, small and rustic restaurant serving comida autoctona o criolla (Argentine food), that developed its fame for the quality and prize.
Everything is fresh, delicious, authentic and very inexpensive. Though they offer a variety of regional main dishes,...
July 21st, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: empanadas, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Taco Tuesdays at La Verdad
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For food -obsessed diners who are cash conscious, file $1 Taco Tuesdays at La Verdad under “good to know”. La Verdad is high profile Boston chef Ken Oringer’s (Clio, Uni, Coppa, KO Prime, Toro) casual Mexican eatery located in the shadow of Fenway Park. La Verdad’s Taco Tuesdays is a great way to feed that craving for well-crafted gourmet eats without reservations or cost.
You can choose from three types of tacos on the Tuesday Dollar menu and there is a limit of five...
July 21st, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: budget dining, Restaurants & Bars
Audubon Circle: A Bar for Grownups Near Fenway Park
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Venture away from the rowdiness around Fenway Park to Audubon Circle, a sleek neighborhood bar/restaurant that attracts a diverse thirty-something crowd of postgrads, white collars and scrubs from the nearby Longwood Medical area.
It’s a style-conscious space- with dark wood paneling, muted lighting, and comfortable banquettes all dominated by a beautiful slate bar- one of the city’s longest. The tight quarters are always crowded but the friendly staffers work hard to be heard over the...
July 15th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dining, featuredarticle, Restaurants & Bars
Cafe Boulud Offers Sizzling Summer Specials
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Cafe Boulud at the Brazilian Court in Palm Beach is sizzling with some summer promotions — 7 days a week. No matter what you like — wine, fire or a flaming rib eye — there’s something that is sure to strike your fancy. Plus, it’s Palm Beach Restaurant Summer, so there’s never a better time to try out for the first time, or revisit a favorite in Palm Beach.
Mondays — Enjoy a rib eye steak for two for $100 a couple. This includes soup or salad, sides and a...
July 15th, 2010 | klynch | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Restaurants & Bars
Crazy Delicious Summer Nights at Arola Sintra
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Set on Penha Longa Spa & Golf Resort, a Sintra 5 star Resort 20 km out of Lisbon (map), Sergi Arola’s creation is a trendy deluxe restaurant and tapas bar. On a light colour ambience with views over the Resort greens, the chef from the former 2 Michelin Stars Madrid’s La Broche came to Lisbon to give us the opportunity to enjoy his creations.
For this summer, Arola is presenting some interesting offers, taking advantage of the exquisite exterior lounge area facing Sintra mountains and the...
July 14th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: lounge, Restaurants & Bars, tapas
Summer Restaurant Week
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Foodies in the know make reservations well in advance for the annual summer Restaurant Week Boston which takes place Sunday, August 15-Friday, August 20 and Sunday, August 22-Friday, August 27. Sponsored by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Boston’s finest dining establishments will offer prix fixe lunches and dinners at bargain prices- two course lunches at $15.10, three-course lunches for $20.10, and 3-course dinners at just $33.10. And this summer, Restaurant Week...
July 13th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Food & Beverage, food and wine events, Restaurants & Bars
Taste of the Nation Miami
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If you enjoy staying on top of the food trends, mingling with the area’s top chefs, tasting new flavor combinations or just want to help raise money for a great cause — it’s time to check out Taste of the Nation Miami. This annual event to benefit Share our Strength raises money every year to help end childhood hunger. This year’s event, chaired by Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen’s of Aventura and Taste Gastopub in Delray Beach and Chef Andre Bienvenu of Joe’s Stone...
July 10th, 2010 | klynch | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Restaurants & Bars
Ten top places to drink al fresco in London
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The weather is still a bit flaky, with thunderstorms one moment and bright sun the next, but it’s getting warm enough to want to go for a drink somewhere you can sit outside… so here are my top ten suggestions, both alcoholic and non.
Kensington Roof Gardens - an oasis above the city
Kensington Roof Gardens, (map) high above Kensington High Street and the old Derry & Toms department store. Alas, not somewhere you can just drop in – you’ll need to use the website to book...
July 9th, 2010 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: pubs, restaurant, Restaurants & Bars, top-feature
Bar Uriarte… A Concept Place.
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There is possibly no better place that represents Palermo Soho’s (Palermo Viejo) dining revolution than Bar Uriarte (map), located a couple of blocks from Plaza Serrano (map).
This place is totally the opposite of Club Eros. Despite its name, Bar Uriate is a multi purpose business. It has a fancy long long long bar, two intimate dining spaces and lounge areas where you can lie down on the sofas and chat with friends. You can even take your meal while lounging on a sofa, or you can opt to...
June 29th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Club Eros… From the Barrio with Love.
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In a previous article about cafés and bars, I explained somehow what the philosophy of going to these places is all about, and gave a list of establishments you may like to check out. One of these places is the Club Eros, located in the heart of the barrio de Palermo.
Club Eros is one of those places that has stayed authentic throughout the years. It is a social club where you can see families with their kids playing fútbol and folks playing cards. People who are older than 30 years old will...
June 27th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
The Best Chinese Restaurants in Honolulu
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I grew up on my mom’s yummy home-cooked Chinese meals. At one point, when I was in middle school, my mom’s pasta salad was so popular among all my friends that I had her make extra batches for me to bring to school for lunch. In college, she made a huge portion of fried rice, froze it, and then shipped it over to me in Maine.
There’s nothing like my mom’s cooking, but Hawaii is fortunate enough to have some very decent Chinese restaurants that don’t have “haole-fied”...
June 25th, 2010 | byun | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: chinese food, featuredarticle, Restaurants & Bars
Hot Happenings: June 17 – 21
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With Father’s Day just upon us, you’ve probably been slaving over ideas on how to make this year the perfect Father’s Day for dad that you’ve forgotten about everything else going on around you. Here are some ideas to make your weekend just a little happier.
Thursday, June 17 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Area 31 hosts “Hot Summer Nights” every Thursday evening this summer from 6-9 pm. Guests will enjoy $5 handcrafted cocktails like the Exhale Lemonade (Veev’s Acai...
June 17th, 2010 | klynch | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: books, Restaurants & Bars
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