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Brooklyn’s Queer-Owned Restaurant, Superfine, Is The Definition Of A Good Time
- Heather Cassell
- September 25, 2023
Superfine Blends Art, Food, And Music For 25 Years. by Heather Cassell, originally published by Gay City News A quarter century ago, the perfect ingredients came together to create Superfine, the queer- and woman-owned restaurant and live music venue located in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge. This week music lovers can get down at […]
Read MoreThe Vagabond’s House Inn Delights The Wanderer’s Heart and Soul
- Heather Cassell
- September 5, 2021
A Treasure In The Heart of Carmel-by-the-Sea, The Vagabond’s House Inn Understands And Appreciates Wanderlust Providing Travelers A Stay That Is Irresistible To Leave by Heather Cassell I was charmed the moment I stepped into the courtyard of The Vagabond’s House Inn. Located in the heart of Carmel-By-The-Sea on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the charming inn […]
Read MoreA Simple Desire Created One Of Vienna’s Trendiest Cafes
- Heather Cassell
- May 19, 2019
Meet the Visionary Behind The Hip Vienna Café Fett + Zucker Café Eva-Maria Trimmel by Heather Cassell What does one do when they are bored with their job? How about open a café? That’s what Eva-Maria Trimmel did when she opened Fett + Zucker Café in 2011. Bored with her job as an architect and […]
Read MoreMexican Soul Food A Hit In San Diego’s South Park
- Heather Cassell
- June 12, 2017
Life has been good for restauranteurs Lauren Passero and Kate Grimes in San Diego’s South Park neighborhood.
The duo has created a series of neighborhood restaurants that have become a destination for locals and visitors.
Read MoreFor The Love Of Ice Cream! Churn Urban Creamery Scoops Up A Healthy Summer Treat
- Heather Cassell
- August 16, 2016
Ice cream is always called for in the summer. Who can forget the delight of licking the creamy goodness of your flavor or flavors of choice while holding it all in a crunchy graham cracker cone as fast as you can before it begins to drip onto your hand as a kid or an adult?
I mean, there’s a reason why ice cream is everyone’s favorite treat. It certainly is Rica Sunga-Kwan, 31, owner and ice cream maker of Churn Urban Creamery, a boutique pop-up ice cream cart that has been appearing around San Francisco and San Mateo since April, favorite food.
Read MoreShucks To You! Willi’s Seafood and Raw Bar Has The Oysters & Great Food To Boot
- Heather Cassell
- August 7, 2016
The best spot to get oysters in Healdsburg is at Willi’s Seafood & Raw Bar (403 Healdsburg Avenue, 707-433-9191, starkrestaurants.com/willis_seafood.html) in California.
Ms. H. and I bellied up to the bar to watch our expert oyster shucker, Kayla, work her magic on the Beau Soleil, Blue Point, Drakes Bay, Kumamoto, and a bevy of other oysters after a morning of wine tasting.
Read MorePom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria Takes Sandwiches to New Heights
- Heather Cassell
- May 22, 2016
Want to impress your date in Orlando? Take them to one of the city’s many fine gourmet eateries.
Want to find out if your date is The One? Take them to Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria (67 North Bumby Avenue; 407-894-0865; PomPomSteahouse.com) in Orlando, Florida.
Read MoreLove & Coffee Takes These Ladies To The White House
- Heather Cassell
- May 2, 2016
Listening to Brooke McDonnell wax on about the notes in her espresso while sitting on the steps of Pioneer Square in Portland during the early 1990s, Helen Russell, who was enjoying her mocha with the whip cream piled high, suddenly had an idea: let’s open coffee shops in San Francisco.
Read MoreA Profusion Of Fusion At Orlando’s Tako Cheena
- Heather Cassell
- April 17, 2016
When Pom Moongauklang opened her first Orlando restaurant, the eponymous Pom Pom’s Tea House and Sandwicheria (67 North Bumby Avenue; 407-894-0865; PomPomSteahouse.com), patrons were spooked by watercress and walked out when they realized American cheese wasn’t available.
Read MoreSavor Italy On The New Heart Of Italy Food Tour
- Heather Cassell
- December 1, 2015
Seattle’s food tour mavens, Annie Cheng, chief eating officer of The Table Less Traveled and Angela Shen, founder of Savor Seattle have teamed up and are heading to Italy with the Heart of Italy Food Tour in 2016.
Read MorePom Pom Girl: Orlando’s Greatest (and Edgiest) Cheerleader
- Heather Cassell
- October 18, 2015
One day last year, a man in Seattle took delivery of 20 turkey sandwiches. What’s so remarkable about that? Well, they weren’t delivered by a college student in a beat-up car. They came via FedEx overnight delivery. And they weren’t made in the Emerald City. They came from a sandwich shop in Orlando, Florida.
Read MorePortland’s Chefs & Taste Makers Talk About Their Favorite Eateries
- Heather Cassell
- September 27, 2015
Check out where these four Rose City Cuisiniers And Taste Makers Become Gourmands By Heather Cassell Portland is a chef’s and foodies paradise with the local farms and vineyards and breweries all within reach, within the city and just a few miles from the edge of its borders. So we ask Feast Portland’s co-founder Carrie […]
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