Our favorite restaurants in the US
Baltimore County Restaurant Week runs Friday, August 9 through Sunday, August 25, 2013, featuring 30 restaurants and specially priced dishes. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
We stopped for a quiet lunch at Taverna Tony as our stomachs were growling after our visit to the Santa Monica farmer's market and our drive up the coast. It is right off the 101 with easy parking. I savored the perfectly grilled Corfu-style baby octopus with olive oil, fresh lemon, Kalamata olives and grilled scallions ($17.95). So tender. Not to be missed. My friend enjoyed the Greek peasant salad ($14.95) with crisp lettuce, tomato wedges, cucumber chunks, scallion, onions, bell peppers, chopped scallions, feta cheese, Kalamata olives all in a light dressing served on the side. Recommended for light al fresco dining. - bonnie Follow @BonnieBOTB Taverna Tony 23410 [...]
There’s nothing more perfect on a warm summer's night than alfresco dining on a deck of a hotel, as at the Wharf-Madison Beach Hotel on the Sound. We began with a grilled Caesar salad - half a Romaine heart drizzled with dressing in the company of one lonely anchovy and topped with a Parmesan crisp cooked so way too ahead of time that it was impossible to either cut or bite into. Happily, the meal was uphill from there. We first split an order of cioppino ($36) — the Italian-American seafood stew originating in San Francisco — with tender sea scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams and chunks of lobster bathing in [...]
Houston Restaurant Week runs Thursday, August 1 through Monday, September 2, 2013, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering 2-course lunches for $20 and 3-course dinners for $35. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
I should have listened. All my LA-foodie friends mentioned that Street had never caught on. But knowing Susan Feniger and having previously really enjoyed her food, I decided to go anyway. Silly, silly me. The dining area of the restaurant is in an outside covered area with the noises of the street. Interesting concept but way too noisy. The service staff were not only rude but were clueless about items offered, needing to find out the ingredients and country of origin of many dishes. At least occasionally, one would return with the information. I was hoping that the "street" food with Susan's interpretive twists would make up for all this. [...]
Andrra offers Mediterranean-styled cuisine using local produce and serving fresh fish. It's a new restaurant in a place with a sort-of revolving door – last year it was something else. What continues to draw patrons, no matter what the name, is the incredible vista with magnificent sunset by the water. That part is wonderful, what isn't so great is the noise level. To make matters worse, I was sitting with a very tired toddler, screaming in my ear as he was crawling over his father, who was attempting to eat. Noise aside, the food is good, albeit pricey. Well, it is the Hamptons after all. Our table started chopped and [...]
Driving thru a small town before jumping the highway to Ontario airport after Camp Blogawy, we checked the apps on my iPhone and then asked around for a Mexican restaurant with bar. We wanted to have a margarita before heading home. We ended up at Las Fuentes Mexican Bar and Grill and ordered El Abuele margaritas. The bartender calls that margie The Grandaddy ($8.99) as it's made with fresh squeezed lime and orange juices, Corralejo Blanco, Cointreau and Grand Marnier. I loved that it was made without sickly sweet artificially flavored mixes. It was truly the real thing, going down quite smoothly while we nibbled fresh warm tortilla chips dipped in [...]
The former Humphrey’s location has gone through several incarnations since the original one closed many years ago. With the opening of Madden’s Gastropub, it may be a long-term winner. In a city that offers every type of cuisine possible, Madden’s offers good American fare – some in the classic sense, some with a creative twist. The menu includes a variety of soups, salads, appetizers, sandwiches and entrees. I opted for the Pastrami Bomb, described as a “generous portion of pastrami, Swiss, sautéed peppers, onions, mushroom with spicy mustard" ($10). The sandwich was served with perfectly seasoned fries and tasty coleslaw. They weren’t kidding on the “generous portion of pastrami”! The [...]
Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week runs Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, August 4, 2013, featuring a variety of participating restaurants offering brunch, lunch and dinner cuisine on $15, $25 or $35 prix-fixe menus. Prices are per person and exclude alcohol, tax and gratuity. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
Baltimore (MD) Restaurant Week runs Friday, July 26 through Sunday, August 4, 2013. Baltimore's best restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe dinner menus for $30.13 and $20.13 and two-course lunch menus for $15.13. For additional information or a list of participating restaurants, click here.
Columbus (OH) Restaurant Week runs through Monday, July 22 to Saturday, July 27, 2013, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering three course menus priced from $15-$35 per person. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
Baton Rouge (LA) Restaurant Week runs from Monday, July 15 to Saturday, July 20, 2013, featuring over 40 restaurants and offering three-course menus from $15-$35 per person. For additional information and a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus click here.
Charlotte (NC) Restaurant Week runs Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 28, 2013. It will be featuring over 100 restaurants around the metro Charlotte area offering 3 courses (or more) at dinner for only $30. Prices per person do not include tax or gratuity. For additional information or to see a full listing or participating restaurants and their menus, click here.
The Proprietors Bar & Table at 9 India Street on Nantucket has opened, joining sibling restaurant American Seasons in celebrating inventive cuisine. A collaboration between Michael & Orla LaScola of American Seasons and Chef Tom Berry, The Proprietors borrows influences and flavors from international cuisines, while highlighting local produce, meat and seafood harvested on small Nantucket and New England farms. Serving as its centerpiece is a wood-top bar outfitted with 14 seats, a small side lounge and focus on handcrafted cocktails and small-batch beers on draft. Developed by award-winning sommelier Orla LaScola, The Proprietors’ wine program has an international bent with a carefully curated selection of European and New World [...]
DineLA Restaurant Week runs Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 26, 2013. It will feature a selection of specially priced prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus from some of LA’s best restaurants. Lunches are priced at $15, $20 or $25 and dinners at $25, $35 or $45. For more information, click here.
Howard County (MD) Restaurant Week runs Wednesday, July 17 through Monday, August 5, 2013, featuring over 15 restaurants and offering a prix fixe menu priced from $10.13-$40.13. For additional information and a listing of participating restaurants, click here.
I ended up eating at Pizzeria Mozza by myself, as the friend I was meeting had to cancel. I was upset only that I had no one to sample and share more of all the amazing food with... at this always packed Hancock Park, just South of Hollywood place. I found the staff amazingly friendly and accommodating, and the food spectacular. This place is not to be missed - it's even worth driving in the classic LA horrific traffic to go to. I had been told not to miss the chicken liver bruschetta (always on menu). The buttered toast is topped with chopped chicken livers ($9) and served with capers, [...]
Margaritas Mexican Restaurant introduced the Verano Mexicano menu for Summer 2013 that includes 12 new dishes. The Verano Mexicano offers a variety of Mexican-inspired made-to-order appetizers, entrees, desserts and beverages, with some less than $10. Some of the new items include: • Tuna Tacos: Ahi tuna seared medium rare, orange slaw, onion and cilantro, chipotle aioli and three-pepper sauce in white corn tortillas. • Coconut Shrimp Salad: Magic dusted shrimp tossed in coconut sauce over shredded lettuce, salsa fresca, roasted corn salsa, cucumbers and cotija cheese. Served with tequila lime dressing. • Salmon Tacos: Seared salmon, red cabbage, tomatoes, crema and chimichurri glaze in white corn tortillas. The Verano [...]
Tim Pappas (former General Manager of Philippe Chow), and the team behind Avra, launched Anassa Taverna, a new Greek multi-level restaurant midtown at 200 East 60th Street (212.371.5200), New York City. “Anassa” (meaning “breath of fresh air” in Greek) Taverna’s cuisine will feature fresh fish and authentic Greek home-cooked recipes, made with all natural products and ingredients. Just like the Taverna’s in Greece, the restaurant will feature food, wine, and live entertainment/ Greek-born Executive Chef Nikos Karvelas offers the classic Greek salad (tomato, cucumber, peppers, onions, kalamata olives and feta cheese) and grilled lamb chops (grilled and served with roasted potatoes, grilled tomato and topped with tzatziki). Fish is prepared [...]
After picking up my friend Karen at Ontario Airport on our way to Camp Blogaway in Angelus Oaks, she convinced me to stop and shop at the high-end Cabazon Outlets to shop. On the way out heading to the highway, we saw a small taco stand. We learned it was family owned place who made everything from scratch. We each indulged in a super taco with chicken ($6.50), with house made fresh corn tortillas, salsa and guacamole with tender chicken chile verde and cheese — served of course with rice and saucy beans. A messy soul-satisfying meal not to be missed. - bonnie Follow @BonnieBOTB Crazy Coyote Tacos 13033 Fields [...]
