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Experience: Pats vs. Geno’s

March 10, 2010

When I was recently in Philadelphia, I was encouraged by many to try the Pats and Geno’s challenge.  They are, of course, the quintessential Philly cheesesteak places, across the street from one another and both drawing huge crowds.
Each claims to be the best, and each has staunch supporters.  I’m pretty sure that you can break [...]

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I’m obsessed…

March 6, 2010

…with craft cocktails. Since sampling them at The Rookwood,Tonic, Bouchon in Vegas, private parties with Molly Wellman… Obsessed! Expect to see some posts here and on wine-girl.net soon. For now, I’m reading up and experimenting.
What is your favorite craft or classic cocktail?

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Art of the Food Opens Friday

March 4, 2010

Art of the Food, an annual event at the Carnegie in Covington, will be hosting an opening on Friday, March 5th at 6 PM. This is a cool event– a couple of years ago, I remember sitting at Lavomatic listening to Jean-Robert wax rhapsodic about a Mona Lisa made out of toast– that features [...]

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Review: Sichuan Bistro

March 4, 2010

Whenever I’ve discussed authentic Chinese food– not the Americanized stuff that 90% of local restaurants produce– the universal response has been: “Go to Sichuan Bistro”– yet I never had.  When I discovered that it was but a few minutes from my office I felt pretty stupid– this supposedly great place is so darn close?  When [...]

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Review: Walt’s Barbecue

March 3, 2010

We haven’t done a barbecue revue review around here in a while, have we?  I’ve actually covered Walt’s before– well, actually, Kasmira did– but I figured at some point, I’d have to go myself.  Our friend Ed suggested Walt’s for the Happy Mouth Supper Club, so we gladly went along.
For background, Terry considers himself something [...]

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Review: Areti’s Gyros

March 2, 2010

This whole new house thing is kind of for the birds.  Okay, that’s not true, but we had a few weekends where we were having things installed or fixed (if my cable could stay on for more than a day or two, that would be lovely…), so many Saturdays were completely blown just by waiting [...]

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Re-Review: Five Guys

March 1, 2010

Burgers, burgers, chains, chains.
I’m talking about two chains in one week?  If I am, they’ve got to be good– and small.  I think you know by now you won’t be seeing any Burger King or McDonald’s reviews here (unless, of course, it’s April Fool’s) but a smaller chain like In-n-Out, Penn Station, or Five Guys [...]

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Review: Bouchon (Las Vegas, Brunch)

February 26, 2010

A secret:
I’m not really a fan of Las Vegas.
Is that even legal?  Isn’t everyone supposed to love Vegas– the immense city blocks, the constant entertainment, the shopping, the food?  Okay, I’ll give you the food, but to be honest, the rest of the city just sort of rubs me the wrong way.  I have [...]

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Mini-Review: Nicola’s

February 24, 2010

I posted a while back about Nicola’s Monday Night Neighborhood special, which Terry and I partake in more often than our waistlines would like, where we get their famous bolognese (seen also as the sauce for the lasagna at Via Vite).  The last time we were at Nicola’s, we decided to partake in dessert [...]

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Experience: The Buena Vista, San Francisco

February 23, 2010

Ah, the Buena Vista, the “home of Irish coffee” in the U.S.  It’s on a hill overlooking Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, and they really do have great Irish coffee.  You can read the story here, but essentially two guys who had had Irish coffee at the Shannon Airport in Ireland wanted to recreate what [...]

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