From the monthly archives:

April 2010

It’s Opening Day!

April 5, 2010

Yay, it’s Opening Day! Longtime readers might know that we here at wine me, dine me are big baseball fans, though we also really like going to ballparks and sampling– what else?– the food. Sadly, our own hometown team’s ballpark has some of the worst food we’ve had at a ballpark. Both the minor league [...]

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Opening: Bartini Martini Lounge

April 2, 2010

If you drive past the old Oceanaire location in the 580 building, you’ll see a brand new wrapping touting “Bartini’s Martini Lounge”. A quick google search came up with a lot of Bartini’s (notably in New York), but it doesn’t look like they’re related. I then came across a Soapbox article with the details– namely [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Daiquiri

April 2, 2010

I’m getting to the point where I refuse to order mixed drinks in bars that are more complicated than “rum and coke” or “vodka and soda” or “gin and tonic”. Really. I was at a hotel bar- notorious for their knowledge of certain drinks (like a Manhattan) because so many folks use them, and the [...]

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Red: Closed

April 1, 2010

Yup, it’s official– heard from two sources, one customer, one vendor (musician) that Red is indeed closed for business. Answers to phone messages are as far unanswered. Sad– I’ve had a couple of good meals there, and their bar was nice. I am guessing that might be why Jimmy Gibson is back with Jeff [...]

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Food Writer Bingo

April 1, 2010

Let it never be said that I can’t laugh at myself: via Shut Up Foodies, my new favorite humorous blog, which I both laugh at and, uh, find myself in. I call myself on “house-made”, “unctuous” (read: stop eating pork belly, Julie), and redolent. A good reminder about how much I really dislike overwrought food [...]

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Mini-Update: Taqueria Mercado, Bootsy’s, Red

April 1, 2010

Taqueria Mercado will be opening in Javier’s space. Thank goodness– authentic Mexican downtown! Terry and I stopped in to Bootsy’s for dinner– did you know they’d changed the menu? They still have tapas and sushi, but they have gone away from the “small plates” and moved more towards entrees like a traditional restaurant, though the [...]

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Fast Food to join other chains on Fountain Square

April 1, 2010

I just heard from a very reliable source that some further development in the ever-expanding Fountain Square area will be taking place over the next six to eight months. Great news! Joining hometown favorite Chipotle and Arby’s will be my favorite fast food restaurant, McDonald’s, as well as a 7-11 (beating out United Dairy Farmers, [...]

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