IN THE NEWS: The Reader’s Naomi Wise lists her favorite restaurants of 2008, including: Best New Moderate Restaurant: The Better Half; Best New High-End Restaurant: Roseville; and Most Promising New Restaurant: Whisknladle. … Ed Bedford reviews Zócalo Grill (2444 San Diego Avenue, San Diego). www.sdreader.com … City Beat’s Candice Woo reviews Q’ero (564 South Coast […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza reviews Islamorada Fish Company (Bass Pro Shop, 18001 Bass Pro Shop Drive, Independence, Mo.) and details the opening of Cook Shack Café, a breakfast-and-lunch diner at 8950 Wornall. www.pitch.com
Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

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IN THE NEWS: The Star’s Joyce Smith reports, “Longtime Kansas City restaurateur Tom Macaluso has died. D.W. Newcomer’s Sons confirmed that Macaluso, 58, died [June 8] at his apartment. For 14 years the brawny Macaluso held court behind the bar of his namesake restaurant Macaluso’s, a bar he decked out with wind-up toys. Customers were […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Houston Press’s Robb Walsh reviews Little Bitty Burger Bar (5503 Pinemont, 713-683-6700), while Paul Galvani visits Islamorada Fish Company (1000 Bass Pro Dr., inside the Bass Pro Shop, 713-770-5000). … Galvani reports that Hunan Restaurant on Post Oak, open since 1976, recently closed because of renovations at the shopping center it […]

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IN THE NEWS: The first RA Sushi restaurant to locate in Mesa will open later this month, the Phoenix’s area’s fifth, the Business Journal of Phoenix reports. The new restaurant is slated to open Dec. 17 in the Dana Park shopping center at the northwest corner of Val Vista and Baseline Roads. phoenix.bizjournals.com … New […]

Filed under: Phoenix Restaurants | Tags:Aiello's, El Cubanito, El Nortino, Herb Box, Islamorada Fish Company, Mariscos Sinaloa, RA Sushi, Restaurant 28, Siam Thai, Taggia closed, Tastings Wine Bar, Thai Basil | No Comments »