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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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Main Street Grill in Cambria, CA

January 20, 2012
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After a morning spent at Heart Castle, this was the perfect spot to grab lunch before we started our drive down the coast.  We had been in San Francisco to attend the Winter Fancy Food Show (and visit my brother, Tom, who happily lives in the Bay Area) – and after 5 days in San […]

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Eat It or Skip It: Washington DC – The Verdict

July 13, 2011
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Let’s start out the right way.  With cocktails.

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What is this, The Cheesecake Factory?

July 11, 2011
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That was one of the first things I said when I checked in with the host at Jose Andreas’ Zaytinya, for, even though I had a reservation which I was on time for, they handed me a beeper and told me it would light up when a table was ready.  Um, really?  I know you’re […]

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Againn – Gastropub (?) in D.C.

July 10, 2011
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We lucked out and found that one of the restaurants we were most interested in trying – Againn, a decidedly contemporary, upscale, high-brow-cocktail version of a Gastropub –  was literally right around the corner from our hotel.  So this was our later-side Saturday night dinner pick….the last chance we’d have to sit back and relax […]

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