Jackie Powers, the owner of Orange Glory Café on East Avenue, would like you to have a cookie. She says so on her website. Every review and evaluation of her restaurant swoons over them. Without exception, over the course of four visits, every diner I saw leaving the restaurant was carrying one out of the […]
James Leach
Posted inSpecial Sections
Dish 2013: Updating the kiddie menu
A couple of weeks ago, my family got carry-out from one of our favorite Asian restaurants. We ordered Chinese-style chicken curry, fish stir-fried with garlic and scallions, a dish made with crushed tofu and mushrooms, and a plate of salt-and-pepper squid — a tangle of tiny deep-fried tentacles that looked very much like the climactic […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Opa Authentic Greek Koozina
“The secrets of the Greek cuisine,” Toula Votsis told me recently, “are simplicity, good olive oil, the freshest ingredients, spices, and love.” Votsis, who is the manager of the six-month-old Opa Authentic Greek Koozina on Jefferson Road, knows of whence she speaks: she, and most of the other members of the Votsis family who are […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Harry G’s New York Deli & Cafe
My tax worksheets this year were a little bit hard to read by the time I actually got around to filing on Monday morning. On one corner of the first page of my 1040 form was a mustard-colored blot obscuring the signature block. My Schedule C was spattered with tiny dots (and not-so-tiny dots) of […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: La Casa Restaurant
UPDATED 4/4/13 to correct the spelling of Lyjha Wilton’s name. La Casa on Alexander Street is certainly the most hotly anticipated Mexican joint in the city; countless fans and aficionados have been waiting eight years for it to finally open. A bit more than eight years ago, Omar Ramos, his wife, Mia Bocanegra, and their […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Banzai Sushi & Cocktail Bar
The South Wedge is quickly becoming my go-to place for just about anything I might need. Craft beer? The Tap & Mallet fills that niche admirably. A reliable place to take your girlfriend and her parents for dinner? Zeppa Bistro’s a great choice. Jamaican for lunch? Peppa Pot. A dive bar to suck down PBRs […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Brooks Landing Diner
Brooks Landing Diner is another example of an interesting blend of traditional diner favorites with Asian-inspired cuisine – in this case, Korean food. While the diner food is satisfying, it’s what’s not on the menu that makes this restaurant special.
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Yummy Garden Hot Pot
Yummy Garden Hot Pot on West Henrietta Road allows you to customize your own soup, choosing between various broths, sauces, veggies, meats, and noodles. Just make sure not to overfill your pot.
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Thai Time Cuisine
Tai Time Cuisine in Henrietta is just the warm answer you need for the cold Rochester winter. Pumpkin-basil curry, larb kai, Dad and Mom’s BBQ pork and chicken, and explosive som tum are all waiting to warm you (and your belly) up.
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Baked and Carved
There are few things better than a really good sandwich. Haute cuisine and molecular gastronomy are all well and good, and sushi and ceviche surely have their proper place and time. But on a cold day in January, there are few things more satisfying to the soul than a well-composed sandwich and a bowl of […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Acanthus Cafe
A few days before Christmas, my newborn dining companion and I were having lunch at Acanthus Café on East Avenue. She was having breast milk. I was enjoying an uber-fresh plate of chicken salad and a bowl of steaming hot mushroom soup while entertaining a hope that there might be massive brownies full of fudge […]
Posted inCulture
DINING REVIEW: Grinnell’s
In the world of restaurants, a place is “old” when it manages to last a decade. At 20 years, people start calling it an “institution.” At 30, the word “beloved” is often bandied about. Almost no restaurant survives to the half-century mark, and those few that do have more often than not long since abandoned […]
