Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Italian restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
“Good” and “gluten-free” usually don’t end up in the same sentence as “bread,” but the conventional wisdom has it that Udi’s is the exception. So it’s no wonder I received several responses from readers after Roberta Shulman emailed that she’s looking for Udi’s, from a source other than Trader Joe’s.
Smashberry wine is a deeply opaque purplish-fuchsia color with a dense blackish core going out into a fine violet-red rim definition with high painted viscosity.
Manager Jenny Wong calls Fat Choy “Asian diner meets comfort food” and describes the decor as “casual, kind of like a diner, kind of hip.”
If your idea of tailgating is a case of beer and a bag of chips, you have so, so much to learn, my friend.
Gerri Frederick is looking for super-sized ice-cream sundaes like the former Leatherby’s used to serve, and I’m guessing she’s going to have a lot of fun checking out the suggestions from her fellow readers.
TV food personality Giada De Laurentiis’ first restaurant will be on the Las Vegas Strip. The still-unnamed restaurant, expected to open early next year, will be on the second floor of the Gansevoort (formerly Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, formerly the Barbary Coast), in a space that had been a parking garage.
Pretzel bread went national this summer — and mass-market — when Wendy’s introduced its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, following a trend that local bakers have seen building for years.
Braddah”;s opened late last month, offering a new type of fusion — Hawaiian island-style foods served as burritos, bowls or a trio of tacos.
Wine: Cecilia Beretta Brognoligo Soave Classico DOCG
