Arguably the Best Taqueria in Boston: El Pelon
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At last, El Pelon is back! After closing its Fenway location because of a fire that burnt it to the ground in early 2009, El Pelon has recently reopened in new digs in Brighton, practically in the shadow of Boston College.
Over the years, El Pelon had developed a cult-like following among local taco aficionados for its fresh, authentic Mexican fast food. The cornmeal fried fish tacos, tacos pescados($6.50) have always been- and still are- the thing to get here. El Pelon uses cod and they don’t...
April 23rd, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Fillmore Art Walk This Friday
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Looking for something free and fun to do this Friday? The Fillmore Art Walk in San Francisco will be held this Friday, April 23, 2010 from 6p.m. – 12 a.m. The event is free and includes performances and the work of local artists and fashion designers displayed in Fillmore Street restaurants and clubs, as well as public street art and outdoor music performances.
Fillmore Street boasts some of the city’s most famous shops and restaurants, most housed in Victorian buildings. Filled with unique stores,...
April 22nd, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Events, featuredarticle, Restaurants & Bars, Shopping
Stylish: Tapas at Solea
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A trip to Solea in the Boston suburb of Waltham may be the next best thing to round trip tickets to the Costa del Sol. Solea is a convivial spot to enjoy Spanish small plates, or tapas , and the beautiful dining room with exposed wood beams, colorful tiles, and murals exudes authenticity.
The menu is extensive and well-priced with more than 40 cold and hot tapas to choose from. Put together a meal composed of several tapas-3 or 4 dishes per person is just about right. The staff is helpful...
April 19th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Avatars Bold Fusion Blend Cuisine
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From the outside, Avatars restaurant looks like your average local lunch place. Stepping inside, nothing much changes style wise — it’s clean and unassuming with lovely photographs of India by local photographers Craig Kolb and Judith Bang Kolb lining the walls.
But as soon as you have a plate of owner and chef Ashok’s fusion blend of Indian, Californian and Mexican cuisine, you are no longer in the realm of the ordinary. Ashok calls the food Marindian and says his customers call it ethnic...
April 17th, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, Restaurants & Bars
Divanyoglu – the heart of Sultanahmed
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Divanyoglu is a street. The name, meaning ‘Way of the Council’ comes from the fact that during the times of the Ottoman Empire, the ministers and members of the sultan’s council used this road to arrive at Topkapi Palace.
On horseback of course, accompanied by their entourage and in full regalia. Today’s visitors and citizens of Istanbul alike who use this main thoroughfare of Sultanahmed on a daily basis may wear trainers and backpacks or suits and laptop cases, but it’s still the...
April 16th, 2010 | inka | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: History & Information, neighborhoods, Restaurants & Bars, Shopping, top-feature
Boston Marathon:Pre-Race Carbo Loading
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Marathon running and pasta are closely associated. And since one of Boston’s favorite cuisines is Italian, the 25,000 registered runners for this year’s Boston Marathon, have lots of excellent options. The restaurants in the North End, Boston’s Italian neighborhood, offer many great choices, but most do not take reservations, so you will find lines of diners snaking down Hanover Street all weekend. Here are some other ideas- and all are places where you can make reservations.
Papa...
April 14th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Events, featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Modern Spanish Cuisine at La Sede
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For the finest and trendiest in Madrid’s dining scene, you won’t go wrong at La Sede. Blending the latest in modern cuisine and a cutting edge interior design immaculately, the restaurant impresses even the most refined culinary experts. My partner brought me here for a surprise dinner – and it definitely did the trick.
Urban Design
Adopting a bunker concept, the restaurant is specially designed with polished stainless steel to give an ultra-modern look. The clear glass windows...
April 13th, 2010 | Nellie Huang | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dining, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Boston’s Best Places For Pizza
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Among the most useful “insider” restaurant recommendations every visitor to Boston needs is where to get a good slice of pizza. Here is a list of ten fab places for prime slices and pies.
Located in the North End, Pizzeria Regina (11 1/2 Thatcher St., Boston, 617-227-0765)(Map) has been doing right by families since 1926 with its thin crust pizza and no-frills dining room. There are other Pizzeria Regina locations around Boston and in the suburbs, but this one is still the best.
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April 9th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: best Boston pizza, featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Memphis Blues Barbeque House: Cure the Wet Weather Blues.
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On this particularly damp, chilly un-springlike Vancouver day, I decided to go to one of my favorite eateries, the award-winning authentic southern BBQ, Memphis Blue’s Barbeque House. What better a way is there to warm up and cure the weather Blues . It’s been awhile since I had visited and it was like coming home again, a comfy, down-home atmosphere with a friendly, comfortable ambiance. This Memphis Blues, on Broadway just off Granville Street, is a small restaurant, intimate and...
April 7th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Sophia’s Grotto- An Affordable Italian Find
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Sophia’s Grotto is a wonderful family -operated neighborhood trattoria- much more typical of those found in Italy than those found in Boston. It is a lively hideaway that makes the nieghborhood. Pizza, pastas, and simple entrees are the focus of the open kitchen.Sophia’s Grotto is especially nice in the warm weather, when you can sit outside on the large, inviting patio and dine alfresco.
Either the Italian and Spanish antipasto platter($11.95) is an excellent starter. The fried...
April 6th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredat, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Mother’s Day Is Just Around the Corner
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Pamper and surprise your wife by treating her like royalty at The Grand in Del Mar for Mother’s Day. Make your reservations early for one of the trio of treats.
Mother’s Day Brunch in the Capella
Sunday, May 9 – Served from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Mothers will be transported to the Mediterranean coast with The Grand Del Mar’s lavish Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet elegantly served in the resort’s exquisite sanctuary. The feast begins with breakfast pastries and morning favorites made-to-order....
April 6th, 2010 | Pam Nagata | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Food & Beverage, Hotels & Places to Stay, Restaurants & Bars
The Best Churros in Madrid
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Churros churros churros: a simple snack so crazily obsessed by the Spaniards. But when you get a taste of it, it’s easy to understand why. The Spanish love affair with this sweet aphrodisiacal snack started centuries ago in the 1800s. Churros are simply dough sticks fried to a crisp golden brown before sprinkled upon with white powdery sugar. It is perhaps one of the most famous foods from Spain, having its fame spread all over the world, especially in the North and Latin America.
Today, churros...
April 4th, 2010 | Nellie Huang | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Earth Hour and Wine Tastings in Istanbul
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Last Saturday, the 28th of March, saw Earth Hour, when –worldwide- the lights were dimmed to preserve energy and help save the planet. Istanbul was no exception and, on a bigger scale, the illumination of the Bosporus Bridge which joins the European and the Asian part of the city was reduced.
Earth Hour in the Four Seasons Hotel
On a smaller, and very nice scale, the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul’s Sultanahmed district joined in and observed Earth Hour with a candle light dinner. In addition,...
April 2nd, 2010 | inka | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: Attractions, Hotels & Places to Stay, Restaurants & Bars, wine
Peixe em Lisboa, Top Gastronomic Event
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Peixe em Lisboa (Fish in Lisbon), now in the third edition, has become one of the best gastronomic events in the country. It gathers in the same place top restaurants, live demonstrations of the best chefs in action, gourmet products, wine and beer and lots of activities like concerts.
Pavilhão de Portugal, at Parque das Nações (map), was once again chosen as the place to receive this year’s edition. This is one of the most striking contemporary buildings in Lisbon, design by the celebrated...
March 31st, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: Events, Family Friendly, Restaurants & Bars
Khayyam House of Kebab
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Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse and thou.From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Khayyam House of Kebab in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline is named after the 11th century Persian poet and mathematician. The mostly ex-pat Iranian diners who come to Khayyam for well-priced kebab platters are well versed in Khayyam’s quattrains, and perhaps have found their own small paradise at Khayyam, far from home.
It is a large dining space, with lots...
March 30th, 2010 | Istopover | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Woodward at the Ames: A Thriving Newcomer
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With a hopping bar and a bustling all-day dining scene, Woodward in the Ames Hotel has become a downtown star.The atmosphere is urbane tavern- a mix of glossy new hotel elements like a glass staircase and floor-to- ceiling windows with rustic, comfortable surroundings- Windsor chairs, leather banquettes, and a fun communal table area.You can dine in style while taking in some history as well, Woodward’s boast phenomenal views of the Old State House from both floors of the restaurant.
Chef...
March 29th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Hip and Happening Cocktails
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The Silicon Valley may be known as the home of hot technology, but the city of San Francisco is rapidly gaining a reputation as the home of hot mixology. If you are looking for a place where you can shake off the stress of the office, kick back and let the music move you, these places have just the ticket. Not the usual shaken-and-stirred crowd, they cater to the Bay Area digerati—Gen X-ers, Gen Y-ers and hip baby boomers out for a rocking good time.
Blondie’s Bar & No Grill: Located in...
March 29th, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: Food & Beverage, nightlife, Restaurants & Bars, top-feature
Acabar, A Happening Place
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If you feel like doing something different while in Buenos Aires just head down to Acabar. Bright colours, strident walls covered by zinc sheets decorated in bright colours and fun tacky items, including plastic people parts and wigs, tables of various sizes and bizarre antiques revive an old house located in the heart of Palermo Hollywood, a trendy part of town full of restaurants, pubs and discos.
The waitresses seem to have escaped from a tale of magic realism. They bring you the menu, a sort...
March 26th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, music, pub games, Restaurants & Bars
Handpulled Noodle Soups at Lan Zhou
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Building on the noodle craze that’s been taking Manhattan’s Chinatown by storm, Lan Zhou Handpull Noodle in Sunset Park Brooklyn, elevates noodle making to a loftier and consequently tastier level.
House Style Handpulled Noodle Soup
Noodle masters prepare the goods from scratch right before your eyes. Lumps of dough are cut off from the giant mother lode batch and kneaded a little bit with oil. Next, the noodle master flours the table and starts stretching the dough into amazingly long strands,...
March 25th, 2010 | Steve Mirsky | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: featuredarticle, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Bars
Don’t Worry, Be Hoppy (or Malty)
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Have you ever stood in front of the craft beer section at the grocery or liquor store, dying to try something new but completely at a loss as to how to choose one over another? Flying Saucer Draught Emporium is the solution to your problem…and it’s only as far as you are from downtown Houston. With more than a hundred available craft beers you can discover your next brew in no time.
A few things set the Flying Saucer apart from other bars. The first is obviously their extensive...
March 20th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: beer, featuredarticle, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Restaurants & Bars
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