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Red Velvet Cafe

Cheddar-bacon fries at a restaurant whose slogan is “designed with health in mind?” Who knew?

Crab apples need extra work

This week readers have good news and bad news for Pat Caspary.

Gina’s Bistro

There are new restaurants in Italy, of course; logic alone would dictate that. But when I think of Italy and the restaurants I’ve dined in there, the biggest obvious difference between them and Gina’s Bistro is that they were all old, faded and decrepit — in a beloved, nostalgic sense, make no mistake — and Gina’s is colorful and shiny-new.

Readers sniff out horehound candy

We may live in a thoroughly modern city that’s more apt to tear down than restore, but old-fashioned touches abound in the realm of food here. That’s the case with horehound candy, being sought by Suzette Scott.

Steak

When a restaurant has a name like Steak, it would be a little difficult to be uncertain about its mission. So it’s somewhat ironic that what makes Steak stand out from the herd of steakhouses is its vegetables.

Readers come to the rescue for olive fan

Oh, those pesky olive pits. Yes, they seem to give the olives more flavor, but getting rid of them can be a rather delicate situation. No wonder Sue Heiselman is looking for pitted kalamata olives, and luckily, five readers have come to her rescue.

Mantra Masala

Chefs don’t like to hear this, but it’s a given that the vast majority of restaurant food is not conducive to your (or mine or our or anybody’s) health. And the better the food is — the more it luxuriates languidly on tongue and palate — the more likely the presence of cream and butter and all of that other stuff that have helped us turn into a country of lardbutts, to put it bluntly.

Readers don’t dawdle with spot for turtle soup

Since Commander’s Palace closed, Tiffany Jones has been looking for another restaurant that serves turtle soup, and it turns out that Taste of the Town readers know of one. Jeanne Ekhaml and Chris Phillips both recommended Del Frisco’s, 3925 Paradise Road. …