Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I’d heard The Cardinal was churning out good Southern food but never made it down to 4th and B to see for myself. Seeing a $24 BBQ plate on the dinner menu just seemed so anti-Southern I couldn’t bring myself to go. That kind of Southern food is supposed to be down and dirty and…
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When I moved from the UES to Murray Hill, my food options expanded. I felt bad complaining since I had so many more cuisines at my fingertips, but there was one thing noticeably missing: the coffee shop. Thanks to the TV show Friends, many kiddies of my generation assume groups of New York pals convene…
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I have to admit, Jewish food is never top of my list. I didn’t grow up around it so not only are items like bagels, deli sandwiches, and matzah ball soup far from my top cravings, I am usually turned off by those foods. However, there’s only so much protesting you can do when a restaurant…
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What? Huh? *Nervous Giggle* *Nervous Giggle*. That was my response when I walked into my birthday dinner with Albert to discover that the whole time I thought he had planned nothing beyond the idea of us doing dinner together on my bday, he was really plotting to arrange something with a group of my closest…
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After appearing on a Travel Channel show naming it one of the best sandwiches in America, there is always a line at Zunzi’s in Savannah for The Conquistador. The description may not wow you (baked chicken with lettuce, tomato, and sauce on French bread) but there’s something magical that happens when the white and pink…
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a.Lure has been open a little over a year but I hadn’t been so Mark and Allison were anxious to show it off. When I looked at the menu and saw lamb carpaccio served with blue cheese ice cream I understood why. Blue cheese ice cream? That’s the sort of thing that gets me toe-tappin’…
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One of my favorite restaurants at home (we’re talkin top 3 here) is Bonna Bella. As a family not only from a Lowcountry/river town but whose home is actually on said river, we don’t like to stray from the water and dining is no exception. You can get to Bonna Bella by car or boat (more…
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Lulu’s Chocolate Bar is a great downtown Savannah spot that always gathers a line. For good reason. The desserts are fabulous and going out for sweets and cocktails is a great way to end the night when you’re not quite ready to go home but don’t want to really go out. My parents and I…
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Steph loves to go to Il Bastardo because it’s easy for her to get to from Hoboken and they apparently do a rowdy, dance party brunch. It’s hard to imagine that when you’re eating lunch there on a random weekday (which I was fortunate enough to do thanks to a pre-memorial day off work), but…
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By the time I made it to the restaurant on Thursday, Steph had already put in an order for pizza at Pala, a place she stumbled into before instructing me to abandon our original restaurant plan and meet her there. She had ordered the spinach pizza, which was topped with a sweet cherry tomato sauce,…
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Peaches to Apples 