Restaurant reviews (Contra Costa Times)
The following are edited versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run in the Times within the past year. The date the original review ran and its fork rating at that time is in parentheses. In April, we added star ratings to indicate service and ambience....more...12/26/06: Yen Sushi & Sake Bar in Long Beach (Los Angeles Daily News)
PARALLEL LINES meet at infinity, but how about parallel lives? In the case of Dan Kim and Erin Jeon, they met in the restaurant business. The two partners in Yen Sushi & Sake Bar in Long Beach, along with Young Yoon, were both born in Korea and both worked in the fashion industry in Los Angeles....more... Hurley couple opens home to lively granddaughter (Ironwood Daily Globe)
HURLEY-- At bedtime every night, 20-month-old Janelle Murray blows kisses to a photo of her parents....more... Paris sizzles with informal fun food (The Ithaca Journal)
PARIS ? A fresh spirit is blowing through the Paris dining scene. During a week spent eating my way through updated bistros and beguiling little restaurants from some of the city's most lauded chefs, I found a new breed of restaurants that are less buttoned up ? and much more fun....more... Hitting the trail in north Texas horse country (Shelbyville Daily Union)
By Dave Zuchowski NEW CASTLE NEWS (NEW CASTLE, Pa.) NEW CASTLE, Pa. ? One of the most delightful discoveries in Denton County?s horse country was the historic town of Pilot Point....more... Review: Thai food cooked from scratch (The Arizona Republic)
Like a mother awaiting the arrival of her brood for lunch, Nunthaporn Treekamol, owner of Benjarong Thai Restaurant, awaits lunch patrons with a hot buffet....more... Best of the Bay 2006 (New Bay Times)
We asked you, our loyal readers, to choose your favorites of 2006 in everything from restaurants to clean bathrooms to Bay Weekly stories. Here are the results....more... Old stuff brings new hope at A Company of Angels (Daily Journal)
MILLVILLE -- Ed Churley and John Ford like to think A Company of Angels is a thrift shop a cut above the rest....more... Our 25 Favorite Books of 2006 (The Village Voice)
Our 25 Favorite Books of 2006 (By Dan Savage)...more... |