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
Hartford Sympathy For The Diavlo Carmine’s Bar, Grill and Stage East Hartford Jan. 17, 2024 I knew Carmine’s Bar, Grill and Stage had good music on that stage. But what about that bar Jamil Ragland 18 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Grand Brunch Grand Lake Kitchen 576 Grand Ave. Oakland Take an all-day diner and deli, but make it hip, in an Oakland kinda way: Grand Lake neighborhood’s Grand Lake Kitchen, a Sarah Bass 15 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Sliding Into Happy Hour The Main Pub Manchester Jan. 9, 2024 Until a few years ago, I didn’t like to eat. It was a chore on the same level as sleeping: While it Jamil Ragland 14 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa et al. Is Serving Way More Than What’s On Your Plate et al.: Sufra Dinner Series December 23, 2023 Foolish Things Coffee Company There is no analogy in Tulsa for what the culinary team at et al. is doing. Each new Becky Carman 3 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland House Of Plenty (Of Veggies) Plenty 1825 San Pablo Ave. Oakland Unassuming but delightfully fresh, with pre-pandemic pricing, imposter cocktails (Sochu in place of hard liquor), friendly staff, and a lived-in feel, downtown Oakland’s Sarah Bass 21 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Coffee-Curious Tour Hits West Coast Innovation Gallery Tour La Marzocco The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab and Tasting Room 2535 Broadway Oakland Dec. 14, 2023 Are you … coffee curious? Perhaps a seasoned ‘spresso pro? A crowd Sarah Bass 19 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Boston Ethiopian Haven Brightens The Mood, & Palate Habesha Restaurant 535 Main St. Malden, Mass. As the weather turns from bright and autumnal to dull early winter, corners of Boston can feel like rows of endless gray, beige, Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 14 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Persimmons Three Ways JooDooBoo 4201 Market St. Oakland You might think it’s holiday season, but the folks at Oakland’s JooDooBoo, a Korean banchan and house-made tofu deli and market, and I Sarah Bass 7 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Ready. Set … Sugar! The Dessertery Holiday pop-up cafe Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts Raleigh, N.C. Ticketed; through Dec. 23 Sweet aromas waft through the air from a maze of treats. Synclaire Cruel 5 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Boston Turkish Pide Turkish Lazuri Cafe 487 Cambridge St. Boston Close your eyes. Imagine a sunny corner cafe with tiny outdoor tables, where there are always people milling about and chatting. A place Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 1 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Real Food, Veganized Roasted and Raw 607 14th St. Oakland On a beautiful, sunny California autumn afternoon on a corner in almost downtown Oakland, I walked through large plate glass windows that have Sarah Bass 27 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Oh (Po’) Boy Brenda’s 4045 Broadway St. Oakland CA Brenda’s, a new New Orleans kitchen (as in new food, not new restaurant) in Oakland, offers the expected Southern charm and disposition Sarah Bass 15 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Boston Noodle Heaven Home Taste 58 Mt Auburn St. Watertown, Mass. When we think of comfort food — food that warms our hearts and bodies and makes the world OK again — we think of Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 10 Nov 2023 · 4 min read