Bites from the Road

Mickey’s Happy Hour, Hamden, CT

Mickey's — on the corner of Whitney and Dixwell in Hamden — offers quite a bargain for happy hour Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 6:30. Drinks are $1 off regular prices; appetizers are half price and quite filling. We nibbled the hearty portion of broccoli rabe and sausage (the latter a tad overcooked,) sautèed in olive oil and seasoned with garlic and hot pepper flakes ($5); and five large grilled shrimp over cannellini beans, flavored with pancetta and cherry tomatoes, served with garlic crostini ($6). Such a tasty bargain! - bonnie Follow @BonnieBOTB Mickey's 2323 Whitney Ave Hamden, CT 06518 (203) 288-4700  

By |2017-08-31T15:40:19-04:00June 29th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Bangkok Gardens, New Haven

I noticed a huge plate of veggies served to the table next to us and told the waitress that I would like what they had, but without the tofu, with chicken and added spiciness. She thought for a moment, and figured out how to easily accommodate me. The resulting dish was just what I was looking for: a melange of fresh veggies, plus mini corn, with some thin pieces of chicken in a brown sauce with just enough kick to satisfy. I'd recommend. My dining partner order sauteed chicken with lots of Thai basil, some bell peppers and onions also served with a bowl of rice ($10). Both were good, [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:40:19-04:00June 15th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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2014 Oxnard Salsa Festival

Get ready to spice things up during the 21st Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival July 26 -27, 2014 at Plaza Park, Fifth and “B” Streets, in historic downtown Oxnard. The annual festival, which is presented by the Oxnard Downtowners, celebrates spicy salsa food, top notch music and dance, attracting an estimated 45,000 salsa lovers to the City of Oxnard for the two-day action packed celebration. Event highlights include Main Stage entertainment with Salsa and Latin Jazz bands; the Salsa Tasting Tent, featuring over 50 different salsas; an eclectic vendor marketplace; international foods; Kids Korner attractions; a salsa recipe contest and more. Event admission and parking are free. For Festival information, call [...]

By |2017-09-01T14:51:18-04:00June 2nd, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Triangle Restaurant Week June 2014

Triangle Restaurant Weeks runs Monday, June 2 through Sunday, June 8, 2014, featuring  Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding area restaurants offering 3-course lunch for $15, and 3-course dinner for $20 or $30. For additional information, click here.

By |2017-09-01T14:51:38-04:00June 1st, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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San Francisco Dine About Town June 2014

San Francisco Dine About Town runs Sunday, June 1 through Sunday, June 15, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants prix-fixe two- or three-course lunches for $18.95 and three-course dinners for $36.95. For additional information or a list of participating restaurants, click here.

By |2017-09-01T17:49:15-04:00May 31st, 2014|USA Restaurants|0 Comments
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Palms Springs Restaurant Week May to June 2014

Palms Springs Restaurant Week runs Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 8, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering three-course meals for $26 or $38. For additional information or list of participating restaurants, click here.

By |2017-09-01T14:52:05-04:00May 28th, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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The Kennebunkport Festival

The Kennebunkport Festival is a annual event that includes the food, wine and the art of Maine. It will run Tuesday, June 3 through Sunday, June 8, 2014. The Food Festival events take place in designer homes, displaying art work and providing meals that are prepared by individual Chefs in each of the homes. The goal is to showcase the best of Maine and what it has to offer on the coastal setting of Kennebunkport.  The Festival is The Art of Dining is one of the major highlights of the festival, it will be a series of dinners prepared by Maine’s top chefs. The festival will also be featuring artists, musicians, wine [...]

By |2017-09-01T14:52:17-04:00May 25th, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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San Fransisco Dine About Town Restaurant Week June 2014

San Francisco Dine About Town Restaurant Week runs Sunday, June 1 through Sunday, June 15, 2014, featuring over 100 restaurants and offering two or three course lunches for $18.95 and three-course dinners for $36.95. For more information or list of participating restaurants, click here.

By |2017-08-31T16:21:58-04:00May 21st, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Thali, New Haven + Long Wharf’s The Last Five Years

Before heading to the opening of The Last Five Years at Long Wharf theatre, I stopped in for a meal at Thali, New Haven's innovative Indian restaurant on Orange Street with the creations of Chef Prasad Chirnomula (who also owns Oaxaca). While deciding what to order, we nibbled on the two types of crispy papadums along with the flavorful chutneys brought to the table. For apps, we nibbled the three amchur potatoes and green pea samosas ($6). The gobi  - cauliflower in a hot cilantro garlic sauce ($6) - which is to die for. Seriously, I could eat a bowl of that for dinner as it's perfectly seasoned. We also [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:40:19-04:00May 21st, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Vermont Restaurant Week April to May 2014

Vermont Restaurant Week runs Friday, April 25 through Sunday, May 4, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering prix-fixe dinners at $15, $25 and $35 and $10 breakfast and lunch specials. For additional information, click here.

By |2017-09-01T14:52:55-04:00April 16th, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fund Raiser, April 25

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Connecticut Chapter will host Hops & Grapes, Toasts & Tastes at Chelsea Piers, Stamford, (CT) on Friday, April 25th from 7:30 to 10:30pm. Local restaurants, and distributors will showcase a selection of foods, wines and beers. LLS hopes to raise over $50,000 during this fun-filled evening. The evening’s festivities will include a silent and live auction and raffle. To this date, Hops & Grapes vendors include: Back East Brewing Company, Bar Russo, Bar Sugo, Beverage Boss, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Cakey Kathy, Capriccio Café, Casa Villa, Chocolations, Colony Grill, Dash N Drizzle, DiMare Pastry Shop, Farmboys Smokin’ BBQ, J’amie ҫa Cake c/o Bar Sugo, Little [...]

By |2017-09-01T14:53:20-04:00April 11th, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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New Haven (CT) Restaurant Week April 2014

New Haven (CT) Restaurant Week runs Sunday, April 6 through Friday, April 11, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering prix fixe menus. Participating restaurants will offer three-course prix fixe menus for both lunch and dinner, which include an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Lunch will cost $18, while the dinner menu will cost $32. Prices do not include beverage, tax or gratuity For additional information, click here.

By |2017-08-31T15:40:19-04:00April 1st, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Bistro Bordeaux, Revisit, Chicago

I revisited Bistro Bordeaux as I have a family member in the area who likes this truly French café. We were there celebrating her birthday. We started with salads. The one with endive contained apples, candied walnuts ($9.95) and the French cow's milk cheese Fourme d’ Amber, all in an apple cider vinaigrette. Nice. The other was an interesting tri-color roasted beet salad that sat atop acorn squash puree, served with frisée and garnished with crispy lentils all in light white balsamic vinaigrette ($8.95). Also interesting. Since this was a French cafe, we opted for their traditional coq au vin. It was fine, but nothing out of the ordinary. The [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:37:30-04:00March 25th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Gage, Chicago

After visiting Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture and Cuisine exhibit at the Chicago Art Institute earlier this winter, we headed across Michigan Avenue for brunch at Gage, a restaurant/tavern where windy-city politicians hang out during the week. You'll find it across from the “bean” in Millennium Park. To start, we sampled their unusual and delicious libation — brunch punch ($9) made from apple brandy, Calvados, Prosecco and blood orange cordial syrup. It went down very smoothly, packing a power punch. While sipping that we ordered a Scotch egg ($8) to share. This perfectly hard-cooked egg wrapped in sausage, rolled in bread crumbs and fried is not to be missed. [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:37:30-04:00March 23rd, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Filini Bar and Restaurant, Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago

Check Italian names! Cities. The Filini Bar and Restaurant is in the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel on Columbus Drive across from the Fairmont Hotel. I stopping in recently as I had been invited to sample their menu while in Chicago. I recommend the tricolore salad resembling the Italian flag, with rows of chopped green arugula, white endive and red radicchio in a refreshing lemon vinaigrette topped with shreds of parmigiano Reggiano ($11.50) with a glass of Michele Chiarlo 100 % Gavi, Piemonte ($12). Also good is the spinachi salad with lots of baby spinach, mushrooms, pancetta, cerignola olives all sprinkled with ricotta salata ($13) enjoyed with a glass of Allegrini [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:37:30-04:00March 17th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Tuscany Wine Dinner at Felidia with Banfi Wines

Lidia Bastianich's flagship restaurant Felidia (243 East 58th Street) will host “A Taste of Tuscany with Banfi Wines," a special 5-course dinner and wine pairing on March 26th at 6:30pm, for $205 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Cristina Mariani-May — proprietor of the internationally renowned Castello Banfi vineyard estate in Montalcino, Tuscany and co-CEO of Banfi Vintners — will lead dinner attendees through a paired tasting of the her family's wines, including the Banfi crown jewel, Summus, and the critically acclaimed flagship, Brunello di Montalcino. Felidia executive chef Fortunato Nicotra will prepare the following courses for the dinner to be accompanied by these wines: Pappa al Pomodoro, Scampi Dorati, Micro [...]

By |2017-08-31T14:10:59-04:00March 15th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|1 Comment
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Mario Batali May Open Restaurant in New Haven

New Havenites bemoaned the sudden closing of Ibiza earlier this month. And so, I'm glad to share with you the possibility of another opening. Mario Batali  — who will be hosting the upcoming Beard Awards in May — just might be opening a restaurant in New Haven. Mary E. O’Leary, reporter for the New Haven Register,  posted the following news and photograph in the business section (click here for original article). I had to share.... Mario Batali, known for his New York restaurants and television presence, wants to open a restaurant at 278  Park Street at Elm Street.  The 278 Park St. site was approved for a 54-seat restaurant in [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:40:19-04:00March 12th, 2014|USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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‘Dare to Pair’ Spirits Tasting Dinner Series, NYC

Atrio Wine Bar and Restaurant (102 North End Ave, Manhattan, NY 10282) is hosting a spirit tasting dinners, 'Dare to Pair.' The series focuses on a unique spirit each dinner. Still to come are the Hudson Whiskey (March 19), and Remy Martin (April 24). Executive Chef Antonio Cardoso will create a spirit-infused menu to compliment the cocktails served, while brand ambassadors will educate guests on their respective spirits. The fee is $110 for each dinner, held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. For reservations, call 646-769-4250 or email ATRIO.restaurant@conradhotels.com. For more info, click here. - guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T14:10:59-04:00March 11th, 2014|USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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