Posted in Local Restaurants on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every Monday through Thursday, from 5pm-6:30pm, Sugo is offering a “gastronomic stimulus package” of a three course meal for $23. Last night, I partook, and I am thrilled to say that Sugo has creatively picked up where La Catarina left off with a tired death rattle.
So I’m not crazy about the red walls and gothic [...]
Posted in Food News for Yous, Local Restaurants on May 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
With summer not far off, I’ve noticed a smorgasbord (forgive the topical analogy) of new restaurants popping up. One thing these newly minted culinary spots have in common: They all make me feel like I’m in a big city. If I didn’t know better, I’d assume to walk out of any one of these places [...]
Posted in Local Restaurants on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
If Tony Soprano ate anywhere in Asheville, it would be Vincenzo’s. The downstairs bar seating always reminds of the 80’s show, “Moonlighting,” with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd. The air is filmy, faces look airbrushed, the hairstyles are 20 years old, and although the ambient sounds are coming from the cheesy guitar licks of a live musician, I can almost [...]
Posted in Food News for Yous, Food=Life, Local Restaurants on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Thursday, April 24, is Dining Out for Life day in Asheville (and many other cities). This is a great day to go out to eat for all three meals, because 20% of your food and drink bill will be donated to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project to help people living with HIV/AIDS achieve a [...]
Posted in Local Restaurants on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The only thing better than the opening of a new ethnic restaurant in a small mountain community is discovering a great deal at an old stand-by! Enter: Sunny Point for Saturday Night Dinner.
1/2 price bottles of wine make the food taste so much better going down. Careening down Haywood Rd on a Saturday night, feeling [...]
Posted in Local Restaurants, Yet Fun on February 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I know I’m late in the game, but now that I’ve had multiple and varied experiences at both new Asheville venues, I thought I would give my two cents.
The French Broad Chocolate Lounge
The decor is nothing short of brilliant, in my opinion. The earnest young couple who gave birth to the Chocolate Lounge (among other things, [...]
Posted in Food News for Yous, Local Restaurants, Yet Fun on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last night, I finally had the opportunity to attend a soft opening preview party for a new Asheville restaurant. I’ll begin by saying, it’s difficult to critique free food, but someone’s gotta do it. That someone is me.
Bar 100 is going to be the front room of the Market Place, catering to a hip, young [...]
Posted in Local Restaurants on December 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, like the first of the month, I just want to blow all my money on dinner. These nights are often quite fun, occasionally magical, and come with all the baggage and regret of a good, solid hangover the following day.
This past Saturday was such a night, and I spent it at Fig. When you [...]
Posted in Food News for Yous, Local Restaurants, Other Fine Foodies on November 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This DIY food writer has finally hit the Bigtime. Check out this week’s food column in The Mountain Xpress for my collaborative restaurant review with Hanna Rachel Raskin. Together we reviewed The Sunnyside Cafe in Weaverville. New York Times, here I come!
If you are new to SheWhoEats, keep in mind the active participation aspect of a [...]
Posted in Local Restaurants on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
“I don’t like food. I love food. If I don’t love it, I DON’T SWALLOW IT!!!”
- Anton Ego, Ratatouille
Here’s what I look for in a restaurant.
1. Something I am either too unskilled or too lazy to cook at home. If I just paid $10-$20 for a meal I both could and would have made myself, I won’t be [...]
Posted in Blog Friends of Gourmet Grrl, Guest Blogger, Local Restaurants on November 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sorry I’ve been out of the blogosphere a little bit lately.
Belatedly, here’s a review of Asheville’s annual wine extravanganza, Nouveau Night, brought to you by last year’s runner up for Miss Western North Carolina, the lovely and talented George the Bastard!
Click on the above link for the review of Nouveau Night 2007.
Posted in Food News for Yous, Grotesque, Local Restaurants on November 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Ash is right, I was on the news. You know, I’ve done a lot of great things is this town. I’ve directed numerous theatrical productions, I’ve organized AIDS awareness events, the list continues. But what makes the news? Me, fiercely screaming my order at some underpaid, overwhelmed Dunkin Donuts employees who have probably been up [...]
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