Dining News

For many visitors and locals, all they know of Beacon Hill is the charming strip of shops and restaurants on Charles Street.

D ining in downtown Sanford has been a bit of a challenge for a while. The revamping of the entry into the historic district from French Avenue onto First Street has been like waiting for a humongous pot of water to boil.

A little of this, a little of that all in Northwest Crossing. I had been meaning to pay a visit to Portello Winecafe since it reopened in January after a plumbing disaster forced a brief closure, but I don't get out to Northwest Crossing much, and it kind of just fell off my radar.

"Welcome back!" I was surprised to hear this greeting addressed to nearly every customer who arrived at Basil, a new "seasonal dining" restaurant in Carmel.

Opera and ballet lovers have a new option for a pre- or post-show bite. Just steps from the Four Seasons Centre, Forte recently opened in an equally theatrical and surprisingly large space, highlighted by walnut trim in the front-of-house, mirrored red glass and a three-dimensional accent wall in the central dining area, plus a sleek lounge at the ...

We didn't want to sound any alarm bells when Tailor 's telephone line was disconnected for a short spell a week ago , but now there's officially bad news.

It's safe to say the Nibble Nook has found its niche. The aptly named restaurant is tucked in the corner of the Cookie Crock shopping area in Morro Bay, and has been serving tasty, no-nonsense fare to its patrons for more than 30 years.

It's always a dog-eat world at New Fairfield's newest restaurant, and that's just the way Linda and Thomas Lavardera like it.

A man died Friday afternoon while swimming in a Pike County creek. The unidentified man was swimming in Adams Creek in Dingmans Ferry with about 10 other people when he drowned.

"I think we're going to some place called Steve's Creek," said the Annapolis newbie to the person on the other end of her cell call.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 6:30 pm US/Central A Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins in the North Side Uptown neighborhood was closed down Thursday after flying insects were discovered all over the restaurant, including on doughnuts and bagels.

Forget to thaw the chicken. Forget to prepare the chicken. Heck, forget to buy the chicken.

A roaring fire is the cold-weather equivalent of an ocean view: Looking at it while you dine instantly improves the quality of your meal.

Is there a formula for success in the restaurant business? If there was one, Scott Gibbs must know the secret, because he has succeeded where others have failed.

Plain Jane vanilla soft-serve is great, and so is a pint of Ben & Jerry's eaten standing in front of the freezer.

The Fourth of July means fireworks and parades, and days full of picnics, parks, boats and lakeshore activities.

As sure as summer thunderstorms roll across the Chesapeake Bay, July brings a wave of beach-bound relatives to Delmarva with a single epicurean thought: Where can we get crabs? West, we say, to the chicken house disguised as a restaurant.

They were looking for a bit of La Dolce Vita but what two Japanese tourists got in a restaurant in Rome left a bad taste in their mouths.

We all know times are tough, but that's no reason not to come to the beach to relax, dine and enjoy nature.

Dining at some restaurants will be a new experience starting today, when California becomes the first state to require that chain restaurants supply calorie counts for virtually everything they serve.