Charlotte (NC) Restaurant Week runs Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 28, 2013. It will be featuring over 100 restaurants around the metro Charlotte area offering 3 courses (or more) at dinner for only $30. Prices per person do not include tax or gratuity. For additional information or to see a full listing or participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
The Proprietors Bar & Table at 9 India Street on Nantucket has opened, joining sibling restaurant American Seasons in celebrating inventive cuisine. A collaboration between Michael & Orla LaScola of American Seasons and Chef Tom Berry, The Proprietors borrows influences and flavors from international cuisines, while highlighting local produce, meat and seafood harvested on small Nantucket and New England farms. Serving as its centerpiece is a wood-top bar outfitted with 14 seats, a small side lounge and focus on handcrafted cocktails and small-batch beers on draft. Developed by award-winning sommelier Orla LaScola, The Proprietors’ wine program has an international bent with a carefully curated selection of European and New World [...]
DineLA Restaurant Week runs Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 26, 2013. It will feature a selection of specially priced prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus from some of LA’s best restaurants. Lunches are priced at $15, $20 or $25 and dinners at $25, $35 or $45. For more information, click here.
Howard County (MD) Restaurant Week runs Wednesday, July 17 through Monday, August 5, 2013, featuring over 15 restaurants and offering a prix fixe menu priced from $10.13-$40.13. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
On July 19-20, the 3rd Annual Hudson Valley Food Lover's' Festival is holding two fundraising events at Columbia County's Copake Country Club. The first event, "Hootenanny" Farm Fresh Dinner on July 19, 6-11 pm will include a Hudson Valley cheese course and golf cart drive-in movie. The goal of the second event, "Friends of the Farmer" Festival July 20th, 11 am-6 pm is to raise funds for the Farm On! Foundation and Camp Farm On!, which educates students about having careers involving the local food system. For more information click here.
I ended up eating at Pizzeria Mozza by myself, as the friend I was meeting had to cancel. I was upset only that I had no one to sample and share more of all the amazing food with... at this always packed Hancock Park, just South of Hollywood place. I found the staff amazingly friendly and accommodating, and the food spectacular. This place is not to be missed - it's even worth driving in the classic LA horrific traffic to go to. I had been told not to miss the chicken liver bruschetta (always on menu). The buttered toast is topped with chopped chicken livers ($9) and served with capers, [...]
Margaritas Mexican Restaurant introduced the Verano Mexicano menu for Summer 2013 that includes 12 new dishes. The Verano Mexicano offers a variety of Mexican-inspired made-to-order appetizers, entrees, desserts and beverages, with some less than $10. Some of the new items include: • Tuna Tacos: Ahi tuna seared medium rare, orange slaw, onion and cilantro, chipotle aioli and three-pepper sauce in white corn tortillas. • Coconut Shrimp Salad: Magic dusted shrimp tossed in coconut sauce over shredded lettuce, salsa fresca, roasted corn salsa, cucumbers and cotija cheese. Served with tequila lime dressing. • Salmon Tacos: Seared salmon, red cabbage, tomatoes, crema and chimichurri glaze in white corn tortillas. The Verano [...]
Tim Pappas (former General Manager of Philippe Chow), and the team behind Avra, launched Anassa Taverna, a new Greek multi-level restaurant midtown at 200 East 60th Street (212.371.5200), New York City. “Anassa” (meaning “breath of fresh air” in Greek) Taverna’s cuisine will feature fresh fish and authentic Greek home-cooked recipes, made with all natural products and ingredients. Just like the Taverna’s in Greece, the restaurant will feature food, wine, and live entertainment/ Greek-born Executive Chef Nikos Karvelas offers the classic Greek salad (tomato, cucumber, peppers, onions, kalamata olives and feta cheese) and grilled lamb chops (grilled and served with roasted potatoes, grilled tomato and topped with tzatziki). Fish is prepared [...]
After picking up my friend Karen at Ontario Airport on our way to Camp Blogaway in Angelus Oaks, she convinced me to stop and shop at the high-end Cabazon Outlets to shop. On the way out heading to the highway, we saw a small taco stand. We learned it was family owned place who made everything from scratch. We each indulged in a super taco with chicken ($6.50), with house made fresh corn tortillas, salsa and guacamole with tender chicken chile verde and cheese — served of course with rice and saucy beans. A messy soul-satisfying meal not to be missed. - bonnie Follow @BonnieBOTB Crazy Coyote Tacos 13033 Fields [...]
The Oxnard Salsa Festival celebrates its 20th year anniversary in 2013! One of Oxnard’s signature events, the Oxnard Salsa Festival celebrates salsa food, music and dance on July 27-28, 2013 at Plaza Park, Fifth and “B” Streets, in historic downtown Oxnard. Presented by the Oxnard Downtowners, the annual event features spicy food and fiery, top entertainment, attracting an estimated 45,000 salsa lovers to the City of Oxnard for the two-day action packed celebration. Everything salsa – the food, the music, the dance – is on the menu of this popular regional festival. Event highlights include Main Stage entertainment with Salsa and Latin Jazz bands; the Salsa Tasting Tent, featuring over [...]
Boy was I wrong! The name Pasta Cosi had connoted a mediocre chain restaurant to me — it's anything but. I ended up there one Sunday recently on the spur of the moment with some friends as I was in Branford. I was quite impressed with the restaurant, especially the fresh pasta. We started by nibbling the crusty fresh bread, dipped into their rich flavorful imported EVOO and grated cheese. Our app was the evening's special of grilled longhorn green peppers with lots of crisp garlic, kalamata olives and Asiago cheese ($14), described as hot, yet quite mild and flavorful. Wines — compared to NYC — are quite reasonable at [...]
McLoone's Boathouse in West Orange, NJ offers families simple fare — a fact which was obvious as we were handed a buzzer to let us know when our table was ready. This was not to be gourmet fare. The restaurant is one of musician Tim McLoone many locations, the first being Rum Runner in Sea Bright New Jersey, that opened in 1987. The tomatoey Manhattan clam chowder ($7.95) was fine, although the server splashed it all over the rim when serving. The salads were huge — prepared for quantity not quality. The Apple-Walnut salad ($12.95) contained baby greens, some Gorgonzola cheese a couple grapes, lots of thinly sliced fennel and [...]
Before heading to San Francisco after a family event in San Luis Obispo, I asked around as to what was new since I had last been. I learned that Nancy Oakes (Boulevard) had opened Prospect on Spear Street. The six of us stopped by for dinner. Knowing me, the management sent out lots of nibbles for use to try. Those included four deviled eggs, referred to as green eggs & ham with fine herbs mixed with the yolk giving it a green hew and pickled carrots and crisp prosciutto, AKA "ham" on top ($6). Our favorite were the crispy amazingly flavorful braised rabbit filled taquitos with creme fraiche and a Mayan-style guacamole [...]
I joined a friend for a bite to eat at Stone Hearth Restaurant in Westville, a new venture from the folks that own Delaney’s Bar & Grille, another Westville staple. Our friendly waitress poured me a glass of Brunn Gruner Veltliner, one of their featured wines. We ordered the bottle, instead of the glass ($7). On the table was complimentary bread, a house made focaccia with whole roasted garlic, topped with sea salt, and served with oil and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. The menu includes salads, personal pizzas and a kids menu. There is something for everyone, making the restaurant a nice choice for those dining with a group [...]
On our way back from our visit to Coach Farm in Pine Plains, New York, we got hungry as we were driving by the Danbury area. I used my AroundMe app to locate a non-chain restaurant which is how we ended up at El Coyote in a strip mall on Federal Drive in Brookfield. We began with their house made salsa and warm fresh chips while looking at the menu and chitchatting with the employees. We followed their suggestion for the tableside Guacamole al Molcajete ($8) served with warm fresh tortillas. What's not to like about freshly made guacamole! By this time we were a bit full, and so decided [...]
RA Sushi is celebrating five years of service with a geisha and ninja themed anniversary event at the Pembroke Pines location (201 SW 145th Terrace, Pembroke Pines, FL 33410; 954.342.5454) on Thursday, June 13, from 7 pm to close. RA’s anniversary celebration will be a fun-filled evening of entertainment, giveaways and tasty food and drink specials. Guests are encouraged to get in the Samurai spirit by dressing the part. Ninja break-dancers and a guest DJ will be providing entertainment. For just $5 a ticket, RA will be raffling off a number of prizes. All raffle and food specials proceeds will benefit the Young At Art Museum. Also enjoy food and [...]
Casimir & Co is a new French bistro on the Upper East Side The brainchild of restaurateur duo Mario Carta and Patrick Laurent, Casimir & Co will transport diners to a Parisian bistro clad as it's with rustic wood finishing on the walls, an open kitchen with tempting charcuterie hanging in the window, and daily menus listed on individual chalk boards. The street-level full service bar has few high-top tables, and the second-level L-shaped dining room is surrounded by large windows overlooking Lexington Avenue. Executive Chef Richard Krause, with years at several two and three star kitchens (most recently at Café Luxembourg), prepares dishes rooted in simple and traditionally satisfying [...]
On June 1-15, 2013, Dine About Town San Francisco will provide opportunities for visitors to experience San Francisco's finest restaurants with a reduced cost on meals. More than 100 restaurants will be participating in this event. A two or three-course lunch menu will be $18.95 and/or a three-course dinner for $36.95. For more information, including a list of participating restaurants, click here.
Talk about eating and running! When I was indulging in a Sunday Supper on a Wednesday afternoon recently, Charlie Palmer mentioned his San Francisco-based tavern. He suggested I stop by when on the west coast the following week. We did so. We stopped in to the Burritt Room + Tavern on our way to the airport. Literally. We told executive chef Lucas Knox that we just wanted to experience a small sampling of his cooking in the hour we had before needing to SFO to catch our plane east. The table was soon filled with appetizers and salads. The lobster risotto ($22) with spring peas, pea tendrils and huge chunks [...]
Palm Springs Restaurant Week runs from Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 16, 2013, featuring participating restaurants that offer three-course meals priced at $26 or $38. For additional information, click here. -guest contributor
