“So. You wanna go out?” “Huh! Do we wanna go out!” AEIOU sometimes Via Maestra.
October is epicure.sb month, and while I didn’t have time to sample much of all the town had to offer, I did make the effort to return to Ca’Dario. It had been a while year since my last visit, for the same prix fixe lunch the restaurant had put together for 2010′s epicure.sb. I dined [...]
Tonight was a tasting session of the cheese from Italy. I attended with Sue. Kathryn made a point of selecting cheeses that weren’t the obvious Italian ones, like parmigiano and the like. She focused on the regions around Piedmont. Starting at 12:00 on the plate, and moving clockwise: * La Tur – Cow, goat and [...]
Let’s try something new. I’d never been to Olio e Limone before. Yeah, that’s right! Let’s also take a few risks and try going there at 8 pm on a Saturday night without a reservation. You’d think we’d fail, and you’d be so wrong. But we did arrive with a queue going out the door. [...]
Sublime. Open only a week, and they have it dialed in. I walk in and the mood, atmosphere, knowledge of the menu, friendliness of the staff, quality of the food, everything fell into place just right. Plus, much of the ingredients are sourced locally from our farmers market or local businesses. It helps that southen [...]
What goes best with a highly coveted bottle of 2007 sparkling shiraz FIZZ from Municipal Winemakers? I don’t actually know, but we got nice pizzas to pair it with and were happy with the results. I’d been holding onto this bottle for a while, looking for the right occasion to open it. Christmas came and [...]
This week I had the opportunity to do part of my day job – the work that makes the money so I can spend it on food – outside of the office, for this national campaign for “Telework Week.” It did allow me to have lunch in parts of town I normally couldn’t get to [...]
Coffee Cat is one of those iconic places that locals remain fierce loyalty to, partly because it’s not a corporate fourbucks that’s becoming more and more prevalent downtown, partly because people can sit and work in there for hours upon hours without getting hassled by the staff, and partly because of the semi-dependable free wifi. [...]
Delicious prix fixe menu for Epicure SB, offering items not usually on the menu. Hope you like garlic.
Cafe Luna has good coffee, good sandwiches, and free wifi.
