IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star’s Joyce Smith details the opening of Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (101 E. 13th St. in the Kansas City Power & Light District). kansascity.com … The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza reviews Genovese Italian Restaurant (941 Massachussetts, Lawrence). pitch.com … In the May issue, Food & Wine magazine features Kansas City, […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Times-Picayune’s Brett Anderson rounds up Italian restaurants, including Pascal’s Manale (1838 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-4877) and reports that Donald Link, chef and co-owner of Herbsaint and Cochon (930 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-588-2123), has completed a deal to buy the Warehouse District building where Cochon is located. He has been meeting with an architect […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Post-Dispatch’s Joe Bonwich reviews small plates spot Morgan Le Fay’s (14314 South Outer Forty Drive, Town and Country, 314-317-9181), while Betha Whitlow considers cider house Rotten Apple (220 West Main Street, Grafton, 618-786-2798, www.amalgamatedbrewing.com). … Bonwich reports the upcoming openings of chef Chris Lee’s Cafe Ventana (just west of the St. […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Tribune’s Kathy Stephenson rounds up drive-through coffee spots, including Beans & Brews (2707 S. Highland Drive). … The paper also details the move of The Artist’s Palate Cafe from its eastside location at 2819 S. 2300 East, East Millcreek, into the Zanzibar in downtown Salt Lake City (679 S. 200 West, […]

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IN THE NEWS: Seattle Weekly’s Jonathan Kauffman reviews How to Cook a Wolf (2208 Queen Anne Ave. N., 838-8090, www.howtocookawolf.com) and reports that the 15th Avenue pub Smith has a new chef, Tyler Palagi. … Jess Thomson visits Unicorn Crepes (421 Sixth Ave. S., 652-0637), while Mike Seely stops by Hula Hula (106 1st Ave. […]

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IN THE NEWS: The American-Statesman’s Dale Rice gives two stars to fondue spot The Melting Pot (305 E. Third St., 401-2424), while Rice and Kitty Crider detail the opening of chef Gabriel Pelegrini’s Italian restaurant Sagra (1610 San Antonio St. 535-5988). austin360.com … The Chronicle’s Barbara Chisholm reviews Primizie (1000 E. 11th #150, 236-0088, www.primizieaustin.com), […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Washington Post’s Going Out Gurus report on the closings of: Shaw’s Pyramids, Viridian on 14th Street, and Corduroy restaurant’s scheduled Jan. 31 closing. The restaurant hopes to open in its new location at 9th and L streets by the Convention Center sometime in mid-spring. … Tom Sietsema gives two and a […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Post-Gazette’s Kevin Kirkland reports that the opening of the Hofbrauhaus in the SouthSide Works has been pushed back from this summer to December. The beer hall-restaurant will be the third one in North America based on the original in Munich, Germany. The other two are in Newport, Ky. (across from Cincinnati) […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Times-Picayune’s Brett Anderson rounds up spots for Vietnamese pho, including Cafe Minh (4139 Canal St., 504-482-6266) and reports that in February Celestine Dunbar plans to be serving her fried chicken once again on Freret Street. Dunbar is the renowned Creole-soul chef and proprietor of Dunbar’s Creole Cooking, the locally famous restaurant […]

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IN THE NEWS: The historic South Side Inn is back in business at 114 E. Main St., New Albany, Ind., Business First of Louisville reports. The landmark cafeteria had been closed for several months before it reopened Oct. 29 under new ownership. … The paper also reports that a Wolfgang Puck Express restaurant is scheduled […]

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