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Dame’s Chicken and Waffles in Durham, NC

June 6, 2012
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Here is the first in a series about *great* places to eat *even better* food in North Carolina. NC is my kinda state – lushly green and beautiful, friendly people with that beautiful Southern accent (the one my cousins, who live in NC, brought along on every summer visit out East….making this little New England […]

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Sunrise Mart – Japanese Take-Away near Bryant Park

May 22, 2012
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There is the surpising little block in Midtown, right up from the main New York Public Library (the big one, with the lions).  It’s East 41st street between 5th Ave and Madison.  The north side of the block is just the back entrance to the buildings on 42nd street, but the south side?  Is a little Japanese mecca.  […]

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Turco Mediterranean Grill

May 2, 2012
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Turco – A great new addition to Hell’s Kitchen! I watched with anticipation as they built out this space and put up a sign that said “Turkish Grill coming soon!”  Oh my!  Juicy, spiced grilled meats with rice and salads and my favorite – that yogurt-dill sauce. Oh my, oh my!  So it was shortly […]

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Island Burgers and Shakes – Restaurant

April 16, 2012
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  Today was one of those first-gorgeously-warm – we’re talking 85 degrees in the middle of April! – days of Spring that clouds your thoughts so that you can only think of Drinks on Patios and the delicious aroma of a grilled burger as you raise it up to your lips…..makes you feel like summer […]

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Millesime – $1 Oysters at Happy Hour

March 18, 2012
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Why not, indeed!  Not much makes me happier or more excited than $1 oysters.  So when I saw this sign outside of Millesime – the bar and restaurant inside the Carlton Hotel  – I knew my next Happy Hour (read: the very next day) would be filled with those $1 Oysters.

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