THIS IS RE-PRINT FROM AN EARLIER COMMENT. THE EDITOR SUGGESTED I POST IT AS A REVIEW — R
Like its predecessor, Flaming Amy’s Bowl is a true original. In fact, it’s any restaurant you want it to be. While it carries a vague Mongolian Grill theme that suggests Oriental food, it’s also possible to visit Italy, Mexico, […]
Wilmington has an identity crisis. It’s not sure if it’s a city or a town. A suburb or a beach. Or a strip mall. Contrary forces struggle mightily against one another.
“When You’re Serious About Gardening” reads the marquee of the pleasantly obscure garden and landscape center on South College Road. And while I can’t say that I qualify as a “serious” gardener, I can say that I am a serious Zone 8 fan.
A restaurant review from Susan, extracted from a long discussion in Real Pizza? -ed.
Last night was the first time at el Marinero, but won’t be the last. I liked it because it’s mighty authentically Mexican - of 2 dozen people in there while we were there, there were 4 gringos - and also because it’s […]
We went downtown this morning to try the Basics breakfast and maybe take part in the conversation, but were thwarted by the 10:30AM opening, and so went instead to the incomparable—the institutional—Dixie Grill on Market St. right near Front.
Most helpful, skilled, non-venal, straight-talking auto service I’ve experienced. They’ve turned my car away a couple of times for specialized work they don’t handle, but they always help me know what the matter is (and don’t charge me for that(!)), suggest others who can do the work (whom I then take by association to be […]
When I visited Cosmo’s, the pizza restaurant on Oleander that debuted a little over a month ago, I was thrilled that I could barely understand the eponymous owner. Having grown up in suburban New York City, I developed into somewhat of a pizza snob. I despise the chains and in this area have really only […]
Now that winter is upon us in full bloom, it seems appropriate to reflect for a moment on the anticipatory first days of summer. Staring across the counter of the local coffee shop at the confused but eager barista - in - training last week I was reminded of my first high […]
In the last few years my wife and I have shunned movie-going in favor of the convenience, low-cost, solitude and vast selection of Netflix. Just the other day we broke that practice in order to see Juno, which is funny and different, at the Carmike Cinema 16 on Cinema Drive. Sharing the theatre with 8 […]
When a product claims to be 100% all beef and turns out to be a hot dog, do we really presume the declaration is honest? Usually, no. And that’s pretty much how I feel about the Tuscan Grill in Carolina Beach. While it maintains the company of few other restaurants on the island by at […]
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