District Rico

Image: Carton of Goodness Last Updated: October 2023 Overview: The heart of the menu at District Rico is pollo a la brasa, Peruvian-style chicken cooked on a rotisserie.  It is so imbued with flavor that sauces are not necessary and may distract.  Tim Carman provides this backstory on the chicken’s preparation in a 2022 review […]

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Joselito Casa de Comidas

Image: Salads on marble. Last Updated: September 2023 Overview: Do you ever find a restaurant that feels like you are being let in on the secrets of a cuisine?  Spanish may not be the same as French, Italian, or Chinese in terms of ubiquity in the States, but it is prominent enough that we know […]

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Beuchert’s

Image: Bison, Brussels Sprouts, Deviled Eggs, Asparagus. Last Updated: June 2023 Beuchert’s took the farm to table thing very seriously from the beginning.  It also has been a favorite of those in the know from the start, and we have been fans since we used first person singular.  Chef Andrew Markert, was a veteran of […]

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Fight Club

Image: Rarebit and Rye Last Updated: June 2023 Overview: Fight Club is one of a handful of sandwich spots that emerged from the Covid-era restaurant pivots.  In this case it was the talented team at Beuchert’s that started doing it as a take-out option out of the restaurant.  When things settled down, they took over […]

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Bar Spero

Image: Rib-eye, squash, sunchokes. Last Updated: March 2023 Overview: The setting and the food is modern with playful touches.  The dishes can be small, precise, and eaten in a single bite.  Or they can be mammoth and tackled only with more than one person.  In the same dinner you may pause to slowly savor the […]

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Little Pearl

Image: Amuse with a twist. Last Updated: January 2023 Overview: Reflect upon the bite.  Each bite. One at a time.  In some cases, the dish might evolve even as you are eating it.  The crème fraiche atop the potatoes with trout roe will become more liquid.  The creaminess will fade to firm piece of potato […]

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Art and Soul

Image: Trout with baller vegetables. Last Updated: October 2022 Current Status: Open for sit-down service, with indoor and outdoor (uncovered) seating.  As a hotel restaurant, it serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but no dinner service Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Take-out and delivery also available. Overview: Art and Soul stretches from the lobby of the Yotel at […]

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Caruso’s Grocery

Image: Pork Chop Last Updated: December 2021 Current Status: Open for sit-down service. Overview: Caruso’s Grocery serves up a revived take on the American mid-century version of Italian restaurants.  It not only brings to mind places with straw-covered wine bottles, chicken parm covered in red sauce, and Louis Prima playing, it is a recreation of […]

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