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Mike & Patty’s

Lilliputian place trumps Brobdingnagian expectations
Yet another set of owners has now taken over this tiny, nearly invisible Bay Village spot, calling it Mike & Patty’s and serving coffee, tea, pastries, breakfast plates, and sandwiches in the morning, and sandwiches and salads at midday.
By MC SLIM JB | October 24, 2008

Guru the Caterer

Scintillating Indian takeaway — if you can find it
Guru was catering-only for four years before starting takeout service this year.
By MC SLIM JB | October 16, 2008

The Melting Pot

Dip into confusing dining
You can eat pretty well at the Melting Pot, but you need some focus and discipline.
By ROBERT NADEAU | October 29, 2008

Mangia Pizza

Hanging tough with a featherweight crust
Mangia channels a little bit of Naples with a thin crust and simple sauce of San Marzano tomatoes, but it doesn’t hew to the canon the way Gran Gusto does.
By MC SLIM JB | October 24, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Nick Prueher

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim . . .
I'm wearing Debbie Gibson’s Electric Youth.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 08, 2008

Three Rivers

Homemade pleasures in Warren
We’d been hearing about the Three Rivers café since it first opened three years ago, primarily because of the cachet of having Phoebe Dunn’s pies served there.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 02, 2008

Stone Bridge

Tzatziki and red sauce
The menu leans toward Greek and Italian dishes, the latter red-sauce offerings properly secondary.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 25, 2008

Caffé Itri

Enchanting Italian away from the Hill
At 18 years, Caffé Itri is one of the longest-running places on Cranston’s “restaurant row”, and for very good reason, as we re-learned on a recent visit.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | September 03, 2008

Twelve patties, no cake

A burger safari
Can one revive something that is, unlike barbecue, universally American, and steeped in personal nostalgia?
By ROBERT NADEAU | August 13, 2008

Rosticeria Cancun Dos

Two’s a charm
The first and most striking difference is that Cancun Dos has tables and a kitchen (at Cancun Uno, you had to settle for a counter and a stove).
By KENJI ALT | August 06, 2008

Super nanny

There's more to goats than cheese at Hamdi
Margaret Hathaway, a true goat expert who traveled the US on a quest for the perfect goat cheese and wrote a book called The Year of the Goat, informs me that goat is the next hottest meat.
By LINDSAY STERLING | July 30, 2008

The Cooked Goose

Fun, friendly, and a water view
When summer rolls around, we South Countyites like to pretend that we’re tourists right along with the out-of-towners.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | July 23, 2008

It's cookout weather!

Fending off the picnic “fruitcake”
If you’re attending (or hosting) a cookout, then have a heart and offer your guests something besides the obvious norm. Here are a few ideas.
By TODD RICHARD | July 23, 2008

Estragon

And you thought Taberna de Haro was authentic . . .
A divorce and new partners have put Julio de Haro in the position to open Estragon, a larger restaurant with a 1930s-tapas-bar theme. Nostalgia deepens authenticity, no?
By ROBERT NADEAU | July 16, 2008

Italian Corner

A treat, but not every night
Italian Corner offers gourmet grinders every day, but from 5:30 to 8:30 on Saturday nights — and Friday nights, come August — proprietor Osvaldo Pirrò comes out of retirement as a master chef (Golden Fork Award and all) — to provide dinner.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 16, 2008