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Restaurant Review: Burdell in Oakland
Burdell offers elegant spins on comfort food, such as chicken and waffles. Clay Williams Think soul food, and certain things come to mind: smothered pork chops, fried chicken, and shrimp and grits, served in big portions at small prices. Burdell isn’t that, nor is it trying to be, says owner Geoff Davis, who in the…
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Signs A Taste Of Vietnam Pho Review: Legit Vietnamese Restaurant In Somerset
Signs A Taste Of Vietnam Pho has affordable Vietnamese food in town Restaurants with nett prices are becoming a rarity these days, so when I heard about Signs A Taste Of Vietnam Pho, I was excited to check them out. Not only are their prices nett, but their mains are all under $15 too! The…
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Want to lose weight? Try our restaurant critic’s ‘Sometimes, Always, Never’ strategy
Advertisement Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Got it We’re well into the new year and I’ve finally stopped laughing at all those “New Year,…
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Restaurant Review: JOIA, Battersea
It’s hard to deny: food just seems to taste better at a rooftop restaurant. If you’re in the mood for sky-high dining, you can’t beat JOIA, which is perched atop the Art’otel Battersea. Martha Davies reviews. JOIA, Battersea – Restaurant Review Towering over Battersea Power Station – with the infamous chimneys in full view –…
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Marriott’s Monks on the Commons Serves Breakfast, Burgers and Beer
Monks on the Commons is in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel just a few meters from The Ithaca Commons. The restaurant extends out from the registration desk and has a light, airy feeling and a pleasant décor with shiny black tabletops, cream-colored cushioned chairs, and red cloth napkins. There’s overhead recessed lighting and the…
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Restaurant Review: La Nouvelle Maison
I’ve been a Francophile my entire life. I learned French in grade school, studied in France, got married in France and can happily devour my weight in cheese and baguettes any day. We eat with all our senses, and for me, French cuisine hits each one effortlessly, from its buttery garlic aromas to its masterful…
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Restaurant review: Looking for an affordable meal out? Try happy hour at Steenbock’s
The happy hour at Steenbock’s on Orchard is one you don’t want to miss. The Food Fight restaurant opened inside the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus in 2011, shortly after the building did, as a fine-dining restaurant, but soon became more laid back. It never exactly caught on, and after its nearly…
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Restaurant review: Kim’s is bold, flavorful and personal
Halfway through our first meal at Kim’s, a Korean American restaurant, my dinner companions and I had forgotten that we were dining in an identical space that once served birrias, tacos and a duck mole. Other than the few new earthenware pots on the shelf and several new bar stools, this restaurant still bears the…
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Popular Cuban eatery expanding with new location in Belfast
Cuban Sandwich Factory The work taking place at the new Cuban Sandwich Factory location Christopher Leebody Today at 14:00 A popular Belfast Cuban restaurant has revealed it is set to open another branch at a new location in the city. The Cuban Sandwich Factory, which runs its flagship restaurant on Botanic Avenue and a stall…
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Popular Belfast sandwich shop expanding with new location
Cuban Sandwich Factory The work taking place at the new Cuban Sandwich Factory location Christopher Leebody Today at 14:00 A popular Belfast Cuban restaurant has revealed it is set to open another branch at a new location in the city. The Cuban Sandwich Factory, which runs its flagship restaurant on Botanic Avenue and a stall…