Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Restaurant Review: Something extraordinary is happening at Barna’s West – Twelve is the magic number

    Restaurant Review: Something extraordinary is happening at Barna’s West – Twelve is the magic number

    Restaurant review columns are not normally the place for breaking news but something extraordinary is happening in West at the Twelve in Barna, and you need to know about it. I’ve been to the Twelve for wine events a number of times as the list is legendary thanks to the driving creative focus and imagination…

  • Local Events

    Local Events

    Half Moon Bay, CA (94019) Today Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. Low 51F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.. Tonight Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. Low 51F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of…

  • The Sweet East movie review & film summary (2023)

    The Sweet East movie review & film summary (2023)

    Reviews Nick Allen December 02, 2023 Tweet “The Sweet East” is the kind of compelling and flawed oddity that America deserves. It’s the type of grody cinematic experience that can lure you in but also leave you with little to take away except how messed up things have become. It’s a well-made, purposefully ugly treatise…

  • On Biz: Napoli’s, Storage Masters

    Cutting edge facility opens for Storage Masters renters Storage Masters’ owner Brian Wofford recently expanded the storage unit facility located on Southside Drive in Decatur. The original, one-story building was purchased in 2018. “About a year ago I decided I wanted to build a two-story here,” Wofford said. “And I wanted a tech-savvy building. No…

  • Celebrated chef closes Chinatown Las Vegas restaurant

    Celebrated chef closes Chinatown Las Vegas restaurant

    Half Bird Chicken & Beer, the rotisserie and fried chicken spot from chef Brian Howard, has closed its original location in Chinatown as of Friday. The restaurant opened in summer 2022 in The Center at Spring Mountain, at the corner of Spring Mountain and South Wynn roads. “It just wasn’t the right brand for the…

  • Restaurant Review: There’s Much to Explore at Lucky Hawaiian BBQ

    Lucky Hawaiian BBQ is, first and foremost, about the food. It’s not trying to create an immersive experience reminiscent of a day in the islands. It’s a counter-service, fast-casual operation with a menu posted on the wall. Now from a Hawaiian joint, you might expect offerings that include spam, loco moco and pineapple dishes; Lucky…

  • REVIEW: Apollo Arms in Clapham saves itself from mere gastropub status

    REVIEW: Apollo Arms in Clapham saves itself from mere gastropub status

    As I entered the Apollo Arms in Clapham I thought how, like most people who really like pubs, gastropubs fill me with suspicion. The “pub” part often feels like a trick to excuse bad service and food and the “gastro” part unfair prices.  Meanwhile they exploit the pub-look with Union Jack tat and silly pictures…

  • Viral Foodie Keith Lee Saves Struggling Houston Dessert Shop With Huge Tip and Glowing Review

    Viral Foodie Keith Lee Saves Struggling Houston Dessert Shop With Huge Tip and Glowing Review

    A struggling Houston, Tex. business is now seeing major success, after the viral social media food critic Keith Lee gave them five stars. As Lee — a TikTok food critic boasting over 15.2 million followers and over 648.6 million likes on the platform — began the Houston stretch of his nationwide food tour in late…

  • TikTok Foodie Keith Lee Takes Over Houston: Here Are All the Restaurants He’s Reviewed

    TikTok Foodie Keith Lee Takes Over Houston: Here Are All the Restaurants He’s Reviewed

    When food influencer TikTok foodie Keith Lee says he’s coming to your city, it’s a good idea to prepare yourself and the local eateries in your town.  After going scorched earth on the Atlanta food scene in October, the Tiktoker with more than 15.2 million followers announced he was taking the “Keith Lee effect” to Houston, Texas on…

  • The story behind the viral Rock Hill realtor hot dog reviewer

    ROCK HILL — Sitting in his SUV at an Exxon in rural Rock Hill, Nate Mallard took a chomp out of the hot dog slathered in chili and coleslaw. He chewed, licked his fingers, dabbed his mustache with a napkin, raised his eyebrows and looked into the iPhone camera behind the car wheel. “I was a…