Today in the saga of the endangered Ray’s Candy Store , a Save Ray’s Benefit Concert is in the works , and a group called Black Ops Bob and the Slacktivisits is organizing a protest/street party/fund raiser for Saturday. And here’s Ray’s getting some extra love on FOX . [EVG]
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The latest review on the Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Web site is for a restaurant in Winchester called the Swanton Street Diner . Located between Washington Street and Route 38 a short distance north of the town center, the Swanton Street Diner is a warm, comfortable place that features much more than standard diner food
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Latest Review: Swanton Street Diner, Winchester
From the tipline: “Went by Caffe Reggio today, that old old shithole in Greenwich Village. Looks like they have a new manager that is trying to revamp the place. They have an actual chef and are trying to do a brunch thing on the weekends
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A restaurant featuring kabobs and other Middle Eastern cuisine is coming to the Allston section of Boston. According to the restaurant’s website, Azama Grill will be opening on Harvard Avenue (between Cambridge Street and Brighton Avenue), bringing to the neighborhood a place to get halal food seven days a week–and late into the night, as their doors will remain open until 3:00 AM. In addition to kabobs, the menu at Azama Grill will include such dishes as tabouli, hoummous, falafel, baba ghanouj, shawarma, and Egyptian BBQ.
Tomas DeGeest, that dude who runs the Wafels & Dinges truck , emails to announce the truck’s Throwdown with Bobby Flay, filmed over by Columbia back in October, will air tomorrow at 9PM. Either man can emerge victorious on this one—no spoiler this time—but smart money’s on the man with the yellow truck. [EaterWire]
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Programming Note: Tomas DeGeest, that dude who runs…
The LA Times reports that Tom Colicchio’s wife Lori Silverbush is currently 20 percent of the way through with the filming of Hungry in America , a new sleek documentary that one hopes will produce the same kind of change for the hungry masses in this country that films like Food, Inc. and King Corn did for local farms and organic growers. Colicchio and fellow big time New York restaurateur Mario Batali are co-producing.
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Video Interludes: Batali and Colicchio Co-Produce Hunger Documentary
Fabio Trabocchi , famed New York chef, gives his first interviews since his sudden and shocking departure from the Four Seasons restaurant last week to Josh Ozersky and Gael Greene , and sadly, not much is revealed. Joshy doesn’t broach the sensitive subject of the split (which occurred three months into his tenure) at all, keeping the conversation to safe, highly technical pasta talk and a discussion on the lack of Italian four star restaurants in NYC.
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Chef Shuffles: Trabocchi Finally Speaks (Kind of) After Four Seasons Split
Rajasthan state offers a set of unique advantages and opportunities for profitable investment in many sectors. Some of them includes : Sound Infrastructure Rajasthan’s development is well depicted by sound infrastructure for significant and sustained growth
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WEST VILLAGE —Tomorrow night, the newly-launched Rusty Knot Party Bus will pick up revelers from all over the city for a major Knot shindig. “Pick-ups will be made at Bedford and N7th in Williamsburg and 1st and 1st in the lower east side.
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EaterWire: Rusty Knot Launches New Party Bus, City Winery Hosts Haiti Charity Concerts
The first food co-op in Queens will open in Long Island City in 2011 according to the Daily News : “We hope the food co-op will increase access to affordable, fresh, healthy foods,” said one of the organizers, Maggie Ornstein, 31, of Woodside. “The hope is to have what you’d find in your supermarket. The main difference is as a [co-op] member, you have decision-making ability.” [NYDN]
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Food Co-Ops: The first food co-op in Queens…
It looks like another new dining spot will soon be opening in Quincy. According to the the licensing section of the City of Quincy website (with extra information provided by the Quincy Farmers’ Market site), the Rock Island Food Company is looking to open on Sea Street, which is the road that leads east toward the Hough’s Neck section of the city
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Rock Island Food Company Opening in Quincy
A new restaurant, bar, and entertainment spot is looking to open soon in the Financial District of Boston. According to a comment (see below) from a person behind the restaurant, the Battery Park Bar and Lounge should be opening its doors later this winter on Batterymarch Street, which is two blocks east of Post Office Square in the heart of the city. And a post within the Yelp site states that Battery Park will be a sports lounge that features traditional American food, and it will include a patio with a capacity of more than 100
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Battery Park Bar and Lounge to Open in the Financial District
The Statue of Liberty Crown reopened July 4th, 2009 after being closed for nearly a decade. As previously reported, last year Evelyn Hill took over the concessions for the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island
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Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Nominated as Event Site of the Year
Jump to the full entry & travel map Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia The holiday theme would be : Moms and Kids Summer Holiday! That’s because that our mothers whom were my mom and her closest friends after coming back home from Bali last year decided to book another cheap flight ticket somewhere and this time they’ll be bringing their kids. I didn’t know the reason why but they picked KL after all.
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Malaysia Not So Truly Asia (Day 1) — Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia
So here is an interesting problem for you: Suppose you start a business and it proves wildly popular. So popular that people are lining up out the door in Chicago in January. It seems obvious that you should look to expand. But what if you have the business set up the way you want. That is, you like the way things are; it suits your mind set and philosophy. Is it ok to effectively tell your customers to take a hike? That’s essentially the question being asked by an article in the New York Times ( Small by Choice, Whether Clients Like It or Not , Jan 13). Let’s start with the obvious: Any time the Gray Lady is willing to invoke the Soup Nazi , it’s probably worth reading the article. This article is about Great Lake, a pizza shop on the North Side of Chicago. It got written up in GQ for having one of the best pizzas in the country. Next thing you know, tremendous demand. The problem is that this was never set up to be a large operation. When comes to making the pizzas it is essentially a one-man show. The co-owners of the shop are Nick Lessins and Lydia Esparza and Lessins makes ALL of the pizza down to making the mozzarella and grinding the sausage.
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Demand exceeds supply but they refuse to expand
Mann Hann's Chilled Tofu with Century Egg (served with local pickled mustard greens and finely minced fresh garlic) THE NEXT stop on last weekend’s gastronomic adventure was at Mann Hann at Megamall. Initially, I deigned to call it an adventure – how much more adventurous can Chinese cuisine here get? But the new dish I tried ended up too exotic for my taste. Hence, the “adventure.” Mann Hann shall always occupy a sweet spot in my heart for one thing, their Chilled Tofu with Century Egg . It was the very first dish that caught my fancy the very first time Batman and I tried them out. What arrived at the table was a block of really cold silken tofu that could have very well been frozen to the core, except that the wiggle it let out when I pulled it closer to me, belied that assumption. It was doused in a special dark soy sauce, sprinkled with a generous amount of what I surmised as local pickled mustard greens, topped with plenty of finely minced fresh garlic, and decorated around and all over with wedges of century egg. It was so good! I honestly prefer my tofu soft and smooth, without the crust frying in oil would create. Mann Hann’s the only cold rendition that I adore. Though their menu doesn’t specify allowing for extra add-ins, the kitchen was gracious enough to serve me with extra mustard greens – gratis! I found that each bite of the silken tofu with lots of the greens allowed for a play in both texture – helplessly soft vs resisting with a little give – and flavor – bland vs briny.
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Not just another sale weekend munch
Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiser The Ward area between Waikiki and Downtown is one of the more happening places in town, and this and next month Ward businesses are offering great $5 Meal Deals. These great deals are available any time of the day and night and are valid through February 28, 2010
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$5 Meal Deals at Ward through February!
Los Angeles Restaurant Week is coming January 24-29 and January 31- February 5! This is a great way to try a more expensive restaurant at great discounted prices. Last year my husband and I went to Ruth’s Chris Steak House and had an amazing meal. Check out the restaurants and menus HERE . Thanks, Tam!
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Restaurant Week- Los Angeles
Furusato Japanese Restaurant 10012 82 Ave (Whyte) 780.439.1335 There really is nothing like sushi, in fact, given the opportunity, I would probably choose to eat sashimi at least once a day (including breakfast). In saying that, and if you followed along with my previous blog, you would know by now that most of my sushi dollars get spent at Furusato on Whyte. Offering a great selection of seafaring goodies, I’m rarely if ever disappointed with something from here.
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Furusato Japanese Restaurant – Edmonton, Alberta
Hauptstraße 185 69117 Heidelberg The Heidelberg Hauptstraße is lined with a slew of American and German fast food joints, a limited selection of ethnic eateries, bakeries, and a few coffee and candy shops every few blocks. Of course, being in Germany, there are also quite a few German restaurants up and down the main street – Palmbräu Gasse being one of them. The view of this place from the Hauptstraße is that of a family restaurant. The exterior sort of resembles a home, awaiting your arrival. Take a peek inside the windows and you will see wooden benches with comfy red cushions and candle lit tables exuding warmth and hospitality. Enter the double doors and you will essentially find the restaurant divided into two. The joyful, well-lit, family friendly dining area in the front of the restaurant is abruptly met with a darker area towards the back, where the bar is located. Basically, patrons have the choice of enjoying a drink at their enticing bar or settle down for a meal in a relaxed, spacious atmosphere at the front the restaurant. Palmbräu Gasse accommodates tourists visiting Heidelberg. Menus at each table are well designed and written in both German and English. The first page even has Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, and Italian flags, allowing people who speak these languages the opportunity to request a menu in the respective language. Talk about great service! Aside from a few items (such as the fondue from Sunday to Thursday!) the food at Palmbräu is pretty standard. The menu includes your typical salads, soups, and breads, vegetarian courses, German specialties such as Swabish dishes, schnitzel, and Flammkuchen, steaks, and chicken dishes. More fascinating and appealing are the daily specials featured on the sign boards outside, in front of the restaurant doors. Everyday, Palmbräu offers a unique German dish at a very low price, thus often attracting repeat and curious customers to this restaurant time and time again. Today, the daily dish was Holzfällersteak mit Rostzwiebeln und Bratkartoffeln – pork steak served with fried onion strips and sliced, fried potatoes – for only 7,90 €. Holzfäller translates to ‘lumberjack’ in English, and oh! this meal is fit for one! The pork steak comes from the shoulder of the pig and it’s cooked quite well. The meat is tender and juicy, and is served in its own juices. This cut of meat does have its disadvantages though, as the gelatinous and fattening parts, which glisten in the light, can be repulsive to some diners. However, overall, the pork is quite tasty and flavorful. It has a nice, browned crust on the top and bottom layers of the meat. This contrast in textures carries on with the crisp, fried onion strips. The onions are perfectly fried hot, the sweetness of the onions supplying a joyful burst of flavor with every bite. Some of them are not battered well and thus simply melt in your mouth. The potatoes are buttery and well salted. Like the onions, they are not uniformly cooked and prepared. Hence, some spuds are crisp and burnt (which is a good thing!), while others are delicate and soft. Highlighting the dish are the little bits of bacon scattered around the potatoes. These tasty morsels are quite unexpected, but complement the root vegetables extremely well
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Palmbräu Gasse