Not to be forgotten
Shame on us. There we were, scratching our heads over which Newport restaurant to choose as the destination for an visitor, and we didn’t think of the West Deck until last.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | August 27, 2008

T.J. Scallywaggle's

Tasty, scruffy, and cruelty-free
It’s eye-opening for a professed omnivore to visit the improbably named T.J. Scallywaggle’s, a 100-percent-vegan pizza and sub shop.
By MC SLIM JB | August 27, 2008

Privius Lounge

Sashimi for the dancing set
I thought I had Privus figured out based on what owner Jarlath Quinn had done with his popular bar, The Kells, located right next door.
By ROBERT NADEAU | August 27, 2008

Laymoon is lemon

How a Lebanese woman makes tabouleh
El-taha’s house in Falmouth is populated with an easy Lebanese-American combo-culture.
By LINDSAY STERLING | August 27, 2008

Sami’s

Not keeping late-night hours, but still delivering the Lebanese goods
Dining options for night owls are limited to a handful of Chinatown eateries and a few dubious diners. We also suffer from a dearth of good street food: what we’d give for one decent LA-style taco truck!
By MC SLIM JB | August 20, 2008

Benatti

Off the charts, off the map
Even a slice of zucchini makes you want more . . . zucchini. You are perhaps vegan? Order two of these and sneer at the carnivores of the world.
By ROBERT NADEAU | August 20, 2008

Pick what you eat

Fans of organic food: Stop talking, start weeding
In just a few hours, go beyond the agri-tourism of picking berries or apples, and actually learn something about the land.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 20, 2008

La Laiterie

Swell food, wine, and service
To truly sample the bistro’s offerings, we turned to heartier fare.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | August 20, 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

Dance, Monkey: Lamont Price

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
I don’t know where I leave my pants sometimes, and I could care less.
By MARC HIRSH | August 12, 2008

Jo Jo Taipei

Seldom enjoyed; thoroughly enjoyable
The contemporary cuisine of Taiwan, for its part, is influenced by Chinese, Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese colonists.
By ROBERT NADEAU | August 08, 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

Red Stripe(1)

Moules frites for the masses
Now it’s starting to get scary.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | August 06, 2008

Mix and match

Menu anxiety pays off at the Grill Room
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert recently demonstrated that having many options to choose from makes us less happy.
By BRIAN DUFF | August 05, 2008

Shabu-Zen

The soup is definitely on
A new generation of Japanese water-fondue restaurants has won me over.
By ROBERT NADEAU | July 30, 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

Newsflash!

August 28, 2008 3:17 PM

Free bottled water! Yeay!

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