Oakland Pie Not? Edith’s Pie 412 22nd St. Oakland Pie for lunch? Why yes! Why not? Edith’s Pie now offers that option from a sweet storefront in downtown Oakland. You’ve Sarah Bass 14 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Swanky Steakhouse Doesn’t Cut It Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar West Hartford March 11, 2024 As you’ve read before, dear reader, I’m pretty content eating Cheesecake Factory. But there’s another Jamil Ragland 11 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Inside Mussel Bag Job Hook and Reel Cajun Seafood and Bar Hartford March 6, 2024 Hook and Reel Cajun Seafood and Bar in Hartford has a great deal for the seafood enjoyer on a Jamil Ragland 7 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford I Breakfast, Therefore I Am … Not Hungry? Blue Plate Kitchen West Hartford Febr. 28, 2024 What is a breakfast food? Simple enough question, but there are as many different answers as there are people to ask. Is Jamil Ragland 29 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland One Ramen Bowl To Rule Them All Marufuku Ramen 4828 Telegraph Ave. Oakland Ramen — the real deal, not the packaged bricks — was an adult discovery for me. Turned off by meaty or overly sweet and uncomplicated broths Sarah Bass 28 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Lovingly Assembled Mortadella Sandwich Of Your Dreams Prism Cafe 217 W. Latimer St. Tulsa There are few better places in Tulsa to feel the tug-of-war between preservation and progress than the Heights district, just north of downtown. Becky Carman 25 Feb 2024 · 5 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Yankee Goes Whole Hog On Eastern N. Carolina BBQ The Pig Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/17/24 Before me sat a plate of pork, hush puppies, coleslaw, and pickles. Behind that, because I’d insisted on trying more Brian Slattery 19 Feb 2024 · 7 min read
Hartford A Split Decision At The Sports Bar XL Center Sports Bar & Fanatics Sportsbook Hartford February 16, 2024 I love sports, and I love food, so checking out the newest sports bar in Hartford was a no-brainer. Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Rectangular Bread Casserole — aka “Detroit Pizza” — Takes the Cake Square Pie Guys 499 9th St. Oakland Simplicity and good ingredients treated with care bring a lot to the table. In the case of the Bay Area mini-chain Square Pie Sarah Bass 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Sip While The Sun Sets; Just Don’t Wing It At The Mall Happy Hour Market Grille Manchester Feb. 7, 2024 Market Grille is one of those restaurants that I’ve always noticed during my trips to the mall but assumed was too Jamil Ragland 9 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Happy Hour Becomes Happy Birthday Beacon Cafe Hartford Jan. 30, 2024 How good does a happy hour have to be for someone to fly a thousand miles just to experience it again? I found that Jamil Ragland 2 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC Chinatown Diner Cracks The Pancake-Syrup Code Golden Diner 123 Madison St. New York, N.Y. I am not immune to brunch propaganda. As I come up on almost a year in NYC, all my algorithms seem Adam Wassilchalk 30 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Rattos-touille Ratto’s Deli 821 Washington St. Oakland Surrounded by other locally owned shops and restaurants, Ratto’s charm lies in the understated, no-frills-but-all-quality take on the Italian-American deli. A fourth-generation Sarah Bass 30 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Happy Hour At The Flying Monkey: BBQ Chicken Bombs The Asian Pear Martini The Flying Monkey Newington, Conn. January 24, 2024 Welcome back to my search for the perfect Happy Hour in the Greater Hartford area! This time I found myself on the Jamil Ragland 26 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Smash Hit Tina’s 1732 S. Boston Ave. Tulsa Before I went to Tina’s for the first time, I’d heard fervent praise from multiple people about its good vibes and Becky Carman 24 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Say Jambalaya Cheese(cake)! The Cheesecake Factory West Hartford Jan. 22, 2024 I recently came across a TikTok video that went viral late last year. In it, a woman refused to leave the car Jamil Ragland 24 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Jazz Quartet Walks Into A Brewery Jazz Fridays Original Pattern Brewing 292 4th St. Oakland Jan. 19, 2024 Each Friday evening from 7 to 10 the tasting room at Oakland’s Original Pattern Brewing gets livened Sarah Bass 23 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Do I Detect A Hint Of Urbanism With That Ghanoush? Maple Ridge Grocer 1810 S. Cincinnati Ave. Tulsa Since McNellie’s Pub opened in 2004, the McNellie’s Group has established a foothold for itself as a major dining enterprise Cassidy McCants 21 Jan 2024 · 4 min read