Boston Restaurant Week runs Sunday, August 18 through Friday, August 23, 2013 and continues Sunday, August 25 through Friday, August 30, 2013. It will feature over 200 restaurants and offer 2-course lunches for $15.13, 3-course lunches for $20.13, and 3-course dinners for $38.13. For additional information, click here.
After shopping downtown, a friend and I decided to pop into Palmeira Brasil on Orange Street for a cocktail and a snack. The restaurant opened last year, closed within the year and re-opened a few months ago under the same name with new owners. The décor is a cool white with green accents and colorful wall murals. A separate room for private functions is available. As a complimentary happy hour appetizer, Palmeira offered spicy Brazilian wings with just the right amount of zing without being too spicy. With that sipped “The Salty Poodle” ($10), a pretty pink concoction of Lunazul Reposado Tequila, Velvet Falerum, triple sec, crème de cassis, fresh [...]
Devour (IN) Downtown Restaurant Week runs through Monday, August 19 to Sunday, September 1, 2013, featuring a variety of participating restuarants and offering 3-course meals at a valued price. For additional information or a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
Dallas-Fort Worth KLRD Restaurant Week runs Monday, August 12 through Sunday August 18, 2013, featuring over 125 restaurants and offering three-course lunch and dinner menus at a special set price. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
The bustling new eatery Sotto Sopra occupied the space on Main Street in Amagansett, formerly held Exile. I was invited there recently to sample their cuisine of Italian specialties. Since the restaurant is from some of the people behind Bobby Van’s Steakhouse, you'll also find steak on the menu. To accompany our meal, we ordered a bottle of crisp Vermentinio, 6 Murga, Sardegna, Italy, 2011 ($52). A must have is the Robiola Crostini ($15), an Italian soft-ripened cheese made with varying proportions of cow's, goat's and sheep's milk piped onto crisp bread, accompanied by grilled figs, spiced walnuts and salad greens in a citrus vinaigrette. We decided to sample their [...]
StubHub Center — 18400 Avalon Blvd. Carson, CA 90746 — will be transformed into The South Bay Food Fest tomorrow, on August 10, 2013. The event will feature over thirty top gourmet food trucks, beer garden, live entertainment, a kid’s fun zone and game truck and much more! Gates will open at 2 pm and will close at 8 pm. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Click here for more info or to purchase tickets.
Pittsburgh (PA) Restaurant Week runs Monday, August 12 through Sunday, August 18, 2013, featuring a variety of restaurants with special dining deals. For additional information and a list of participating restaurants, click here.
Baltimore County Restaurant Week runs Friday, August 9 through Sunday, August 25, 2013, featuring 30 restaurants and specially priced dishes. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
We stopped for a quiet lunch at Taverna Tony as our stomachs were growling after our visit to the Santa Monica farmer's market and our drive up the coast. It is right off the 101 with easy parking. I savored the perfectly grilled Corfu-style baby octopus with olive oil, fresh lemon, Kalamata olives and grilled scallions ($17.95). So tender. Not to be missed. My friend enjoyed the Greek peasant salad ($14.95) with crisp lettuce, tomato wedges, cucumber chunks, scallion, onions, bell peppers, chopped scallions, feta cheese, Kalamata olives all in a light dressing served on the side. Recommended for light al fresco dining. - bonnie Follow @BonnieBOTB Taverna Tony 23410 [...]
The third annual Hawaii Food and Wine Festival takes place from September 1-9, 2013 in Honolulu at The Modern, 1775 Ala Moana Blvd in Honolulu. The event includes more than 70 chefs involved in the events, evening activities and educational daytime culinary experiences. Events include cooking classes, a Sunday brunch with a cast of women chefs (Girls Got Game +1) and a wine panel discussion. For more information, please click here. Tickets prices begin at $26.04, depending on the day and/or the event, and can be purchased online.
There’s nothing more perfect on a warm summer's night than alfresco dining on a deck of a hotel, as at the Wharf-Madison Beach Hotel on the Sound. We began with a grilled Caesar salad - half a Romaine heart drizzled with dressing in the company of one lonely anchovy and topped with a Parmesan crisp cooked so way too ahead of time that it was impossible to either cut or bite into. Happily, the meal was uphill from there. We first split an order of cioppino ($36) — the Italian-American seafood stew originating in San Francisco — with tender sea scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams and chunks of lobster bathing in [...]
Houston Restaurant Week runs Thursday, August 1 through Monday, September 2, 2013, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering 2-course lunches for $20 and 3-course dinners for $35. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
I should have listened. All my LA-foodie friends mentioned that Street had never caught on. But knowing Susan Feniger and having previously really enjoyed her food, I decided to go anyway. Silly, silly me. The dining area of the restaurant is in an outside covered area with the noises of the street. Interesting concept but way too noisy. The service staff were not only rude but were clueless about items offered, needing to find out the ingredients and country of origin of many dishes. At least occasionally, one would return with the information. I was hoping that the "street" food with Susan's interpretive twists would make up for all this. [...]
Andrra offers Mediterranean-styled cuisine using local produce and serving fresh fish. It's a new restaurant in a place with a sort-of revolving door – last year it was something else. What continues to draw patrons, no matter what the name, is the incredible vista with magnificent sunset by the water. That part is wonderful, what isn't so great is the noise level. To make matters worse, I was sitting with a very tired toddler, screaming in my ear as he was crawling over his father, who was attempting to eat. Noise aside, the food is good, albeit pricey. Well, it is the Hamptons after all. Our table started chopped and [...]
Driving thru a small town before jumping the highway to Ontario airport after Camp Blogawy, we checked the apps on my iPhone and then asked around for a Mexican restaurant with bar. We wanted to have a margarita before heading home. We ended up at Las Fuentes Mexican Bar and Grill and ordered El Abuele margaritas. The bartender calls that margie The Grandaddy ($8.99) as it's made with fresh squeezed lime and orange juices, Corralejo Blanco, Cointreau and Grand Marnier. I loved that it was made without sickly sweet artificially flavored mixes. It was truly the real thing, going down quite smoothly while we nibbled fresh warm tortilla chips dipped in [...]
The former Humphrey’s location has gone through several incarnations since the original one closed many years ago. With the opening of Madden’s Gastropub, it may be a long-term winner. In a city that offers every type of cuisine possible, Madden’s offers good American fare – some in the classic sense, some with a creative twist. The menu includes a variety of soups, salads, appetizers, sandwiches and entrees. I opted for the Pastrami Bomb, described as a “generous portion of pastrami, Swiss, sautéed peppers, onions, mushroom with spicy mustard" ($10). The sandwich was served with perfectly seasoned fries and tasty coleslaw. They weren’t kidding on the “generous portion of pastrami”! The [...]
Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week runs Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, August 4, 2013, featuring a variety of participating restaurants offering brunch, lunch and dinner cuisine on $15, $25 or $35 prix-fixe menus. Prices are per person and exclude alcohol, tax and gratuity. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
Baltimore (MD) Restaurant Week runs Friday, July 26 through Sunday, August 4, 2013. Baltimore's best restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe dinner menus for $30.13 and $20.13 and two-course lunch menus for $15.13. For additional information or a list of participating restaurants, click here.
Columbus (OH) Restaurant Week runs through Monday, July 22 to Saturday, July 27, 2013, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering three course menus priced from $15-$35 per person. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
Baton Rouge (LA) Restaurant Week runs from Monday, July 15 to Saturday, July 20, 2013, featuring over 40 restaurants and offering three-course menus from $15-$35 per person. For additional information and a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus click here.
