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Welcome to Cheap Eats In Houston! This blog is for those Houstonians who, like myself, are in search of deals from national and local area restaurants , bars, etc. Know of a deal, send an email to cheapeatsinhouston@gmail.com.
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Cheap Eats In Houston: Wing Night For Every Day of the Week
Chicago-based Appolicious Inc., a social networking Web site that reviews mobile phone applications, has acquired a similar company with the aim of expanding its readership to users of Google’s Android platform.
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Appolicious buys competitor in mobile app reviews (Chicago Tribune)
From the tipline: “I live right by East Side Company Bar and read about its future replacement Painkiller , but hadn’t noticed any signs of change until last Thursday night when they put a new sign on the door announcing ‘renovations.’” Indeed, a walk by yesterday afternoon revealed the above scene.
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Plywood: Spying the First Signs of Progress at LES Tiki Bar Painkiller
Korean cuisine is considered one of the most delicious in the world, and what better place to enjoy it than Seoul, the vibrant soul of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, not to mention the millions of tourists who vacation here every year, this South Korean metropolis has more than… [[ This is a content summary only
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Five Scrumptious Street-Foods to Try in Seoul
A year after he pulled out of his hotel restaurant The Libertine and two months after announcing a partnership with the Plaza Hotel to build a food court, new details emerge about celeb chef Todd English’s latest hotel project. As he mentioned last month, English is teaming up with the new InterContinenal Hotel in Times Square to create a French brasserie.
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Overbooked: More on Todd English’s Latest, but not Last, Hotel Project
Just in case you didn’t get enough of them on Top Chef, the Voltaggio brothers will be serving meaty mouthfuls of their patented brand of sibling rivalry at the James Beard House. …
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The Brothers Voltaggio to Bring Sibling Rivalry, Pigeon Pastrami to James Beard House
SUMMIT – An early morning smoke alarm at 33 Union Place resulted in the temporary closing of three restaurants for most of the day on Monday, Feb.
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Smoke, fire closes restaurants on Union Place in Summit (Independent Press)
dr numbers asked a question under the earlier entry on Restaurant Week that I thought was well worth addressing in a separate post. I’ll give you my thoughts off the top of my head, but I hope you’ll weigh in as well: Just for the record, I wanna know what is an “acceptable” price reduction for restaurant week.
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Do you think Restaurant Week is still a bargain?
… find a “burger joint” that would compare to a Nick Tahoe’s or Don and Bob’s in Rochester (for those who don’t know, these are diner-type restaurants where the service is fast, and you can get cheap burgers with a chili-type sauce.
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Suggestions for cheap burger joints? – Table Hopping – Steve …
Participating in New York’s bi-annual Restaurant Week is always a crapshoot. Some restaurants perform a total botch job, shuttling diners through three courses of chicken and salmon as quickly as humanly possible while others put in a real effort, offering their best service and menus to tempt new clientele to return
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Good News/Bad News: The Winners and Losers of Restaurant Week 2010
Our clip from July 10, 2009, captured the iconic moment of last year’s West Seattle Summer Fest – Dow Constantine talking about his eventual-landslide King County Executive campaign as he introduced Mudhoney , who performed for thousands in the heart of The Junction. Now the dates are set for this year’s Summer Fest – July 9, 10 and 11. And the five months between now and then will go fast, so Susan Melrose at the West Seattle Junction Association has an announcement to share: I know it’s early, but we’re already planning for Summer Fest
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West Seattle Summer Fest 2010: LOCAL businesses get priority!
Today is Groundhog Day 2010 and it looks like Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, heading back to his hole for six more weeks of winter. Depressed by the prediction from this “famous rodent meteorologist”
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Live the Luxury in Turks and Caicos: 25% Savings at The Regent Palms
Limited seats for a special three-course meal at established local restaurants – such as Garibaldi, Bedrock Bar & Grill, The Cliff, Song of India , FiftyThree, Novus, and One On The Bund – will be offered at an irresistible fixed price …
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Rumors that the ban on haggis may soon be lifted were somewhat premature, it appears. The BBC reported that the U.S. government was planning to relax the ban on Scotland’s national dish, bu…
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Haggis Hounds, Don’t Rejoice Just Yet: Reports on Ban Being Lifted Were Incorrect
A disqualified driver who was caught drink-driving on the M6 in Cumbria has been sent to prison.
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Prison spell for banned drink driver caught on motorway near Carlisle (The News and Star)
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal ran a fairly standard piece on how star chefs have been making the leap to the cocktail circuit lately and in the process, revolutionizing the mixed drink. However, the most intriguing parts of the article are the details of Grant Achatz’s new project: a bar . Boom
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Game Changers: Grant Achatz Opening A Molecular Bar in Chicago
(WSB photo by Christopher Boffoli : Link site with new crane many’ll see today for the 1st time ) From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar : CONCORD ELEMENTARY OPEN HOUSE: It’s in South Park but aligned with middle and high schools: Concord International Elementary is having an open house tonight including information on its dual-language immersion program and the new Student Assignment Plan . 6:30-8:30 pm, 723 South Concord ( map ). SENIOR CENTER OF WEST SEATTLE: Two series start today – “ Painting Poetry, ” helping people reveal and express a personal story over the course of four weeks, with its essence becoming a poem and painting.
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Today/tonight: From school, to “… a Journey,” to a party
CD reviews: Lil Wayne’s ‘Rebirth’ and Midlake’s ‘The Courage of Others’ Lil Wayne, ‘Rebirth’
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CD reviews: Lil Wayne’s ‘Rebirth’ and Midlake’s ‘The Courage of Others’ (Baltimore Sun)
One of the highest single-span concrete bridges in the U.S., historic Bixby Bridge now has something in common with Mother Teresa and Katharine Hepburn, among others. The classic Highway 1 icon on California’s Big Sur Coast, which spans Bixby Creek Canyon about 13 miles south of Carmel, is one of the stars in the 2010
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Big Sur: Treebones Resort among hotels celebrating new Bixby Bridge stamp