Jersey Shore restaurants, bakeries offer gluten-free options
How does a savory meal like steak with garlic and shallot brown butter sound? Or pan-roasted local scallops with sesame cucumber-daikon salad and chili miso aioli? You can find them at Cavé Bistro, 515 Sylvania Ave., in Avon-by-the-Sea, a 100%…
Taco Mama replacing Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in Gulf Breeze
A new Mexican restaurant franchise is coming to Gulf Breeze’s Tiger Point Pavilion replacing the former Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. Dickey’s has more than 500 locations nationwide, including one at 6705 Pine Forest Road in Pensacola, which is unaffected by the…
Trattoria is Guy Fieri’s first Italian menu
It’s a compliment any Italian pays grudgingly to another, but I’ve got to say it. Guy Fieri makes a good sauce. The Food Network star, restaurateur and connoisseur of diners, drive-ins and dives nationwide opens the first Italian restaurant of…
ORA Italian restaurant opens in Oradell NJ
A new Italian restaurant is officially opening its doors on Kinderkamack Road in Oradell as ORA will hold its grand opening on June 12 with a ribbon-cutting and cocktail party for invited members and a hard launch for the public…
Barrio Cafe serves customers for the last time: ‘Nothing like this’
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza started her last day at Barrio Cafe with an Instagram live. “Today is my graduation day,” she said. “I’m retiring.” As she spoke to the camera she showed bottles of tequila from her vast collection and…
New Moroccan-inspired wine bar to open in former Salazar space in OTR
James Beard Award finalist Jose Salazar has officially announced the grand opening of his latest restaurant concept. Safi, a Moroccan-inspired wine bar, will open at noon on Saturday in the former Salazar space, at 1401 Republic St., in Over-the-Rhine. Salazar…
Ram & Rooster, prix fixe Chinese restaurant, opening in Metuchen
That Chinese takeout you love so much — like General Tso’s chicken and beef and broccoli — has no resemblance to what’s eaten on Chinese tables. But what will be served at Ram & Rooster will once it opens at…
New Royal Oak restaurant Cafe de Olla offers a taste of Mexico City
Royal Oak has no shortage of Mexican restaurants, yet I was excited to hear of a new one opening within an existing restaurant this spring. Cafe de Olla is serving a simple menu of Mexican entrees, appetizers, cocktails and desserts…
Why Graeter’s new Mystery Tasting Pack nearly tore us apart
Graeter’s Ice Cream recently released a new, mysterious spring offering, to which we used our investigative journalism skills to uncover the secret. The popular local ice cream chain released its latest creation, the Mystery Tasting Pack, last month, available exclusively online for $84.95…
Massaman curry is (arguably) the best food in the world
At Thai Pavilion in Covington, I sit by the window scooping up mouthfuls of massaman curry as a vintage football game between the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers plays silently on a wall-mounted television. Elvis Costello fills the olive-green…