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11.26.08

HOULIHAN’S: OPENING THURSDAY Uncategorized | (0)
11/17/08 According to management, the new Houlihan's restaurant on Broad St. (next to Target) will open Thursday. The Kansas City chain's nearest franchise is in Danbury but several staffers in the newsroom seem to be familiar with the Boston location. Personally, I'll have to plead a Sergeant Schultz here: I know nothing. A coming soon sign has been up for months, but I've only seen action inside very recently... –CP
11.14.08

NICHOLAS ROBERTS FINE FOODS: MODERN LUNCHTIME CLASSICS Uncategorized | (0)
Chris Preovolos/The Advocate Beef brisket sandwich with horseradish sauce and French fries, a favorite of chef Robert Troilo at Nicholas Roberts Fine Foods in Norwalk. 11/14/2008 NICHOLAS ROBERTS FINE FOODS: 75 MAIN ST., NORWALK When established caterer and chef Robert Troilo opened Nicholas Roberts Fine Foods in Norwalk a couple of years ago, it could almost have be considered an afterthought. It is not. Eighty-percent of Troilo's business still comes from catering but his restaurant with it's Ikea-chic decor and inviting menu is more than a showcase for his wedding and holiday party offerings. A friend and former Advocate photojournalist proclaimed Troilo's steak and cheese sandwich ...
11.14.08

EOS: A LINK AND MY OWN LAME EXCUSES Uncategorized | (0)
10/14/2008 I really have no excuse for having not visited Stamford's new Greek restaurant, EOS Greek Cuisine. Multiple, extremely enthusiastic recommendations have gone unheeded. My own inspection of the menu has me fantasizing over possible dinner order combinations. iPhone photos of grilled octopus sent my way have only increased my interest. Yet, sadly, I have not been able to taste the lamb chops, lemon potatoes, grilled fish, or various mezedes firsthand. Actually, I don't even have any lame excuses, I don't know what my problem is. So in lieu of original content, I leave you with with a link to the Advocate's official restaurant ...
11.14.08

TELEVISION: MICHELE’S PIES ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA Uncategorized | (0)
The chocolate pecan bourbon pie is not necessarily a thing of beauty...but the taste more than makes up for aesthetics. MICHELE'S PIES: 666 MAIN AVE., NORWALK In search of America's best pie, a crew from Good Morning America filmed a segment with Michele Albano of Michele's Pies in Norwalk on Tuesday. Michele is one of a handful of finalists – selected by viewers – who will appear on the show this Sunday for an all-American pie showdown. Of course, this is a gimmick, I mean, I have no idea how viewers are going to be able to judge pies they haven't eaten. But ...
11.14.08

TELEVISION: RAMSAY DOES SABATIELLO’S Uncategorized | (0)
11/10/08 WHAT: Sabatiello's Italian Grille will be featured on the Fox Network's Kitchen Nightmares with chef Gordon Ramsay and his highly intimidating/borderline-inappropriate "consulting" techniques. WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. THE TAG LINE: "Sabatiello's is over $1 million in debt and the hot-tempered owner isn't helping." BEST YOUTUBE RAMSAY IMPERSONATION: HERE THE LBC'S ANALYSIS: I don't know anything about Sabatiello's, but I assume this should be pretty entertaining. I'm told we should be on the lookout for local Stamford bloggers and copious cleavage in the background. I suppose, the fact that the joint is still open months after filming has wrapped indicates positive news ...
11.14.08

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE TURDUCKEN Uncategorized | (0)
11/10/09 I've been perusing the Epicurious Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide for ideas for this year's meal. Of course, I am not actually cooking (oh, the horror), but I've been informed I should probably make a thoughtful contribution to the dinner party I will be attending. As a transplant from California, I've either flown back to the West Coast for Turkey Day or have ended up working at the newspaper and have been forced to join the sad assemblage at Boston Market. This year, however, I'll be in Connecticut and I won't be working. (I drew Christmas. Again.) So, I'm looking for something to make. ...
11.10.08

LAKESIDE DOUGHNUTS: THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS Uncategorized | (0)
My dinner table always looks better with a trio of warm Lakeside Diner doughnuts adorning it...though they don't last long around here. 11/09/2008 LAKESIDE DINER: 1050 LONG RIDGE ROAD Breakfast has always been the one meal that I would almost always prefer to cook myself. Unless I'm on the road, I don't really see the point of eating out before noon. However, working weekends is just one of those things you have to deal with in newspapering and this isn't always conducive to leisurely Sunday breakfasts. As a photojournalist at the Advocate, I have been working Sundays for over five years and the good comes ...
11.10.08

CONFIRMED: FAIRWAY COMING THE SOUTH END Uncategorized | (0)
11/07/2008 A 80,000 square-foot Fairway supermarket is tentatively slated to be built on the old Yale & Towne factory site in the South End, as reported early today by the Advocate's Elizabeth Kim. Rumors that have been circulating on a Chowhound forum since early October have been confirmed by our development reporter: here. FROM KIM'S STORY: "We think Stamford is a fantastic location," said Aaron Fleishaker, Fairway's vice president of real estate. "It's a great city that has lots of major companies." Fleishaker said the store would be built at Canal and Market streets. It would include 65,000 square feet of retail space with ...
11.10.08

CHOWDER, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY SERVED HERE Uncategorized | (0)
Nick Wendell, 10, left, and Andrew Hale, 10, right, and sell brownies, wraps, chips, sodas and other food items outside of the polling place at Davenport Ridge Elementary School. Proceeds will benefit the school via the Parent Teacher Organization. 11/04/2008 Parents baked and area businesses donated food: everything from clam chowder, wraps, coffee, pizza, brownies and even battered, deep-fried hotdogs (which I was not adventurous enough to try). My polling place didn't offer any food, but I managed to stop by Matthew's bakery for an empanada on the way home. –CP
11.10.08

KALIMERA! NOW, WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? Uncategorized | (0)
John Tsiranides, of Norwalk, cooks chicken for a luncheon at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Stamford. 11/02/2008 The sweet fragrance of burning incense mingled with the savory smells of chicken frying and potatoes roasting outside of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church this morning. As parishioners solemnly circled the church three times, John Tsiranides was busy cooking for what, after a two-and-a-half hour ceremony, would be a crush of very hungry Greeks. Continue Reading...

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