Local restaurants offer great options for open-air dining
- 07/02/2008 12:21 PM CDT
Summer? What summer? It’s nearly the Fourth of July, and in a lot of ways, this one has been a wash.
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Summer? What summer? It’s nearly the Fourth of July, and in a lot of ways, this one has been a wash.
Is small and condensed the antidote to big and sprawling? Park Place, a cluster of tony shops, galleries and a boutique hotel — some still under construction — is shaping up to be the new destination dining site for suburban Johnson County.
Like so many small mom-and-pop places, Po’s Dumpling Bar got its start around a kitchen table.
Like all Cambodians of a certain age, Saroeun Trou has stories to tell of the horror the Khmer Rouge inflicted on his country.
While swiveling on barstools at Islamorada Fish Company, slurping virgin strawberry daiquiris and a dandy Patron Silver margarita, the five of us were looking for Dory and Nemo.
There’s an ocean’s worth of flavor in caviar. Each petite pearl is heavy with crisp, briny juices — the sea’s version of terroir.
The Germans may have invented the hamburger, but Americans have perfected it. We slap them on the grill to celebrate our nation’s birthday. We stack them on platters to share with friends and family on Memorial Day and Labor Day picnics. Shoot, entire industries have been built around fast-food burger drive-throughs that feed our families, day in and day out.
