Well Fed On the Town

Remember the old show, Cheers?  The mailman would walk in, and everyone would look up from their beer and shout “Norm!”  Cheers - the place where everyone knows your name.  Poor Herbie’s in Madison, NJ is a bit like that.  A small, dimly lit place, it’s located right dab in the center of a very quaint […]

Travel has changed. And not totally for the better.
I remember flying to and from Florida 20 years ago, and being served full meals on the flight. But back then the food had a bad connotation . . . after all, it was “airline food.” Then 10 years ago, the full meals in the sectioned trays […]

When The Husband and I lived in Madison, our next door neighbors, who are Indian, introduced us to Indian food.  Never having really been exposed to it before, it was quite the culinary journey for us.  Now, many years later, and no longer neighbors, we owe our love for Indian food to them.
Imagine our delight, […]

By Donavan
Last week we walked out of Max’s after a college football game and spied Bertha’s (734 South Broadway, 410-327-5795) directly across the street. I decided that Bertha’s warranted an exploratory trip. So the next evening I met a friend at The Horse You Came In On Saloon (1626 Thames Street, 410-327-8111) for a surreal […]

Where would you eat if you were heading to Miami? What are your can’t miss hotspots? Where would you steer clear of?
Answer any of these questions and I might just be writing about your suggestion on Well Fed On The Town next week during our Eating Miami Week.
Reprinted with permission from Cucina Bella.

Well Fed On The Town is helping you to decipher the scary world of tipping.
Restaurants
15% is the standard gratuity, but for exceptional service, leave at least 20%. And if it’s a place you go often, 20% should be your norm. But that being said, I don’t believe in rewarding poor service - if the waitstaff […]

After hearing about this local rival to Morton’s and Ruth’s Chris, I had to go check it out for myself. But three times I arrived at Ray’s doors and was turned away. The first time, the restaurant was closed (they don’t open Sundays and Mondays although that has now changed). The second time, the wait […]

Marco Evaristti is a performance artist in the vein of Vito Acconci. The body plays a part in both of their expression of art.
Evaristti, born in Chile and living in Denmark, has gone a step further. In his piece, Polpette al grasso di Marco, the artist had liposuction. He then prepared meatballs with the fat […]

I’m not a 24 groupie. I’ve never seen a whole show. But we all know who Jack Bauer is. While 33 million folks were watching L.A. heat up and reach critical mass, a few friends worked up a menu to go with the season premiere.
First, they started with Kettle Tortilla Chips Organic Fire Roasted Chili , […]

The word “restaurant” might be too broad a term for this place, because it’s a little on the small side, and they are not open for dinner.  But whatever you call it, this quaint eatery serves up food that is packed with flavor and, most importantly, fresh ingredients.
I’ve been going to On a Roll since […]