Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Eat. Watch. Do. — ‘Mean Girls’ review, bite-size restaurant takes, plus Chicago’s summer 2024

    Eat. Watch. Do. — ‘Mean Girls’ review, bite-size restaurant takes, plus Chicago’s summer 2024

    It’s Thursday, Chicago. Another looming snowstorm has us planning out a legendary staycation ahead of the long weekend. If you’re in the same boat, you’re in luck, with much in the entertainment and dining world to ponder as the snow falls, including a book on one Chicago man’s cross-country journey to find wisdom from strangers.…

  • It’s bao bliss in Newark as downtown scores a daring Japanese winner

    Kinjo, a modern and daring Japanese restaurant, marks the latest intriguing addition to Newark’s downtown culinary scene. Located within Newark Urby, a hip apartment complex opened in late 2022 — steps away from the Rutgers University-Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology campuses — it’s a prime location for college kids and city visitors alike.…

  • William Sitwell reviews Llama Inn, London: ‘The best thing to come out of Peru since Paddington’

    Then came a ceviche course. An idea I’ve never really taken to, the dish being halfway between sashimi and cold fish soup. The citrus in the ceviche (usually lime, with some seasoning) is supposed to cure the fish and, I suppose, might offer spiced freshness under the blazing noon sun of South America, but I’ve…

  • East Shore Roadhouse: Friendly Service of Burgers and Breakfast

    Whenever I go to East Shore Roadhouse, on Route 34 in Lansing, I smile when I’m there and I smile as I leave. It’s because of the ebullience of the can-do/will-do servers and the palpable friendly spirit. This quasi pub has had many incarnations on the same site for about 80 years, almost always as…

  • Restaurant news: Beloved local doughnut shop closes Ormond Beach location

    Although this popular Volusia doughnut shop is closing its Ormond Beach location, its sweet selections are sticking around. Donnie’s Donuts announced on social media earlier this week that it would be “consolidating” its homemade offerings by closing the doors to its 200 E. Granada Blvd. eatery in Ormond Beach, but maintaining its Daytona Beach business.…

  • Restaurant Review: Gilded Age Splendor at Café Carmellini

    Café? If you say so. Andrew Carmellini’s latest — his first restaurant to open, his people say with terrific gravitas, under his own name — is to the usual café as caviar is to chicken eggs. It’s housed in the new five-star Fifth Avenue Hotel, a McKim, Mead & White mansion originally erected as a…

  • Restaurant review: Nuovo Rosso

    Restaurant review: Nuovo Rosso

    Rue Bosquet 62, 1060 Saint-Gilles What’s good? This little restaurant has the ambiance and portions of an authentic Italian osteria. As you walk past it on the street, you will be immediately attracted by the appetizing smell of truffles coming from the kitchen window. The menu offers a variety of authentic pasta dishes, all served…

  • The Colonnade, Bristol Beacon: ‘A job done well’

    The Bristol Beacon has reopened to the public after a controversial £132m revamp, and with it, a swanky new restaurant has totally transformed the original arched entrance hall to the state-of-the-art music venue. The Colonnade restaurant is the latest opening from Graysons, known for their grand contract catering and restaurant operations at concert halls, museums…

  • The Colonnade, Bristol Beacon: ‘A solid crowd-pleaser’

    The Bristol Beacon has reopened to the public after a controversial £132m revamp, and with it, a swanky new restaurant has totally transformed the original arched entrance hall to the state-of-the-art music venue. The Colonnade restaurant is the latest opening from Graysons, known for their grand contract catering and restaurant operations at concert halls, museums…

  • According To Yelp Reviews These Are ‘Maine’s 20 Best Restaurants’

    If you are someone who is always looking to experience a “new to you” restaurant, we found 20 of the best in the 207! Yelp, is a website and app, that features user reviews and recommendations of local restaurants, shopping, nightlife, food, entertainment, things to do, and much more. When it comes to the state…