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• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Dinner and a movie at CinéBistro

  But do these two great tastes taste great together?

  Vol. 22 No. 32 Published 11.12.09 by Brian Ries
• FEATURES

  Hog wild: Eating wild pig meat and loving it

  Coming face to face with my future meal.

  Vol. 22 No. 32 Published 11.12.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Cafe Dufrain's new chef Ferrell Alvarez needs to catch up to his potential

  One glance at Cafe Dufrain's new menu -- which is still evolving -- and you can see where new ch...

  Vol. 22 No. 31 Published 11.05.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe in Seminole Heights is retro-modern, with food to match

  I shy away from the the term "hipster," if only because it's tossed around with a disr...

  Vol. 22 No. 31 Published 11.05.09 by Brian Ries
• STEAMY KITCHEN

  Jaden Hair, food blogger and CL alum, publishes Steamy Kitchen Cookbook

  I first met Jaden (rhymnes with "maiden") Hair two years ago, in the drizzled, muddy parki...

  Vol. 22 No. 31 Published 11.05.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Three great & cheap restaurants near Tampa Bay area campuses

  Students know best: "Cheap" is the hallmark of quality.

  Vol. 22 No. 29 Published 10.22.09 by Brian Ries
• VISUAL ART

  The Ringling International Arts Festival dances on the cutting edge

  Sarasota's arts scene has been damn exciting of late, from international DJ events to Ringling C...

  Vol. 22 No. 27 Published 10.08.09 by Brian Ries
• FEATURES

  The Art of Italian Cookbooks: Giuliano Hazan's rise as an Italian cooking authority

  Giuliano Hazan's rise as an Italian cooking authority.

  Vol. 22 No. 25 Published 09.02.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  St. Petersburg's new Grand Central bar and restaurant has impressive pub food

  How lightly do I have to tread in this review? For a straight writer, reviewing a largely gay bar an...

  Vol. 22 No. 24 Published 08.26.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  SoHo Sushi does many things well, with some surprising exceptions

  I was taking CL contributor and local food blogger Jenna Weber to lunch and needed a place close to...

  Vol. 22 No. 21 Published 08.05.09 by Brian Ries
• FEATURES

  Meat Week: The great supermarket steak-off

  The best of the beef in local markets.

  Vol. 22 No. 20 Published 07.29.09 by Brian Ries
• FEATURES

  New movie Food, Inc. dissects our dysfunctional food system

  Among people who care about where their food comes from and how its provenance affects the daily liv...

  Vol. 22 No. 19 Published 07.22.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Downtown St. Petersburg's Buona Vita Italian restaurant fills a niche, and some bellies

  Buona Vita was born out of tragedy, albeit a tiny one. When Local Coffee + Tea owner Michael Duranko...

  Vol. 22 No. 18 Published 07.15.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Chef Domenica Macchia takes an upscale diner concept and runs with it at St. Petersburg's Diner 437

  I freely admit that I'm a Domenica Macchia stalker. I first encountered this former Redwoods che...

  Vol. 22 No. 17 Published 07.08.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Skypoint's new Rawbar restaurant has food to recall commuters to downtown Tampa after hours

  It's interesting to see Taps and Rawbar anchoring adjacent corners of downtown Tampa's Skypo...

  Vol. 22 No. 15 Published 06.24.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Paci's Pizza in south Tampa has made us a convert

  Here at CL, we're very happy that the Web allows us to give readers a lot more say than in the p...

  Vol. 22 No. 15 Published 06.24.09 by Brian Ries
• RECIPES

  DIY bacon: How to make your own bacon

  It took two days to thaw in the refrigerator (two days longer than my excitement wanted to allow) bu...

  Vol. 22 No. 15 Published 06.24.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  The Top 50 Restaurants in Tampa Bay

  With apologies to Dave, Top Ten lists are so limiting. Even finding the Top 25 of something always...

  Vol. 22 No. 14 Published 06.17.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Tampa's Saigon Deli serves excellent Banh Mi Mesandwiches

  But Can a Southeast Asian sandwich beat the best of the West? I have a friend who is, to say the le...

  Vol. 22 No. 13 Published 06.10.09 by Brian Ries
• RESTAURANT REVIEWS

  Ravioli Company helps you make dinner

  Let's not call this a restaurant review, if only because Ravioli Company is not much of a restau...

  Vol. 22 No. 11 Published 05.27.09 by Brian Ries

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