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November 2007 - Posts

Feeding Frenzy: Radius, No. 9 Park, UpStairs on the Square, Jake's Dixie Roadhouse

by Tamara Wieder | November 30, 2007

AHH, THE holidays: that time of good cheer, good gifts, and . . . overeating. Well, let the belt out a notch and deal with it, because there are too many indulgences too tasty to pass up. For starters, head over to Radius on December 8 for a class on... Read More »

Filed under: Consumed, Events, Life, Night, Restaurants

Top Chef: Michael Schlow prepares to grow his culinary empire

by Louisa Kasdon | November 30, 2007

WEDNESDAY, lunchtime: "No, Elliot, you can't have a third piece of pizza, and Samantha, please stop squishing the lemon wedge - you've gotten juice in the baby's eye," says the mother, attempting a calm restaurant voice at Alta Strada... Read More »

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Feeding Frenzy: Small Plates, Tavern on the Square, Betty's Wok & Noodle Diner, and more

by Louisa Kasdon | November 19, 2007

HERE'S A TALE of small and large in Cambridge. The small is Small Plates , a non-traditional new American-tapas restaurant and wine bar. It's a complete renovation of the space where Iruña (and, for an eye blink, Conundrum) used to sit on JFK... Read More »

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Another Bright Idea: The Aquitaine Group does it again with Gaslight

by Louisa Kasdon | November 19, 2007

GASLIGHT BEGINS to fill slowly, first the bar stools, then some of the booths at the back. And then the show begins, as young men and women - many straight from the gym next door, their hair still wet and gym bags stuffed under their chairs - take over... Read More »

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Raw Data: The mainstreaming of sushi in Boston is complete with the arrival of Haru

by Louisa Kasdon | November 05, 2007

ACCORDING TO Eatsushi.com, there are 107 sushi restaurants in the Boston area. When hip mini-chain Haru opens on the back side of the Prudential Center this month, the number will be 108. Or perhaps by then it will be 109, or 110. Sushi joints are spreading... Read More »

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Feeding Frenzy: Harvest, Community Servings, and Eastern Standard

by Louisa Kasdon | November 05, 2007

ROLLING INTO her first season at Harvest, Mary Dumont , named Best New Chef of 2006 by Food & Wine magazine (for her work at Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire), is starting to feel her oats. Well, maybe not her oats... Read More »

Filed under: Consumed, Events, Life, Night, Restaurants