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Restaurant Review: Yummy House
By John Bancroft The marvelously well-named Yummy House on the North Trail is first and foremost an excellent restaurant serving delicious dishes, both familiar and exotic, in a pleasant, upbeat dining room done in understated earth colors and with tables dressed in white cloths. That its primary fare is Hong Kong/Cantonese is a deliriously happy [...]
Read More >>Silver Stars: The Best Silver Serveware From Local Shops
By Carol Tisch 1 Fresh catch from the January gift fairs: just-introduced Mariposa serving bowls in recycled aluminum like Sea Border ($144) or Oceanus Starfish with aqua porcelain glaze ($159). White Egret, 10006 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria Island, (941) 778-3782. 2 Super bowls by superstar designers for Alessi include the stri-kingly simple stainless steel Ovale [...]
Read More >>Good Deal: Nancy’s Bar-B-Q
By John Bancroft The place: Nancy’s Bar-B-Q, 301 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, (941) 366-2271. The goods: Nancy Krohngold describes her cozy Florida retro restaurant—the one with the red tractor out front at the corner of Ringling and Pineapple—as “a fast casual barbecue joint.” The drill: Regular readers know we love Nancy’s for all the right [...]
Read More >>The Happiest Hours
Great food, drink and prices make the early hours at some top restaurants the best. John Bancroft sips, tastes—and tells.
Read More >>What I’m Drinking
By John Bancroft Time flies like Cupid’s arrow, doesn’t it? Already it’s February again, the short month with the great good fortune to host the best of all holidays, St. Valentine’s Day. We’ve enthused before about the pairing of big red wines and dark chocolate as an eminently correct holiday treat. This year we thought [...]
Read More >>WEB EXTRA: Wine and Cheese Pairings
“There are so many [wine-pairing] options because there are so many wonderful cheeses out there,” says sommelier Julie Pepi, who also shares her favorite wines to go with bar-food favorites in our February issue. “This is only a snapshot of what wines can be paired with certain cheeses; just because you don’t see pinot noir [...]
Read More >>From the Editor: Pam Daniel’s Party Planning Tips
Unless you’re a far, far better person than I am—a definite possibility, I admit—you’ve probably also thought, in the frantic moments right before your guests arrive for a party, “Who are these dreadful people and why am I doing all this for them?” Fortunately, by the time everyone is sipping those first cocktails and chattering [...]
Read More >>Hot Dish: The Table Creekside’s Shrimp Surinam
By Judi Gallagher Just saying “saffron cream sauce” sounds sensual. Now imagine that sauce puddled beneath a log of four-cheese baked macaroni (Gruyere, fontina, manchego and aged cheddar, with a splash of premium stout and heavy cream) and dressed with sautéed sweet jumbo shrimp. Those are the sensational elements that make up The Table Creekside‘s [...]
Read More >>Heritage on the Half Shell
By Tony D’Souza I first came to Florida the way I imagine many Midwesterners did: as a kid, uncomfortably strapped into the back seat of my parents’ car. We traveled to Longboat Key during the mid-’80s, and I remember those trips as a 10-, 11-, and 12-year-old being filled with mental and physical tests along [...]
Read More >>Only In Sarasota
Illustration by John Pirman Sarasota has become known for its many fine restaurants, but only the Waffle Stop can boast it served Elvis Presley. The King stopped by in 1956, and ever since, the cozy diner has celebrated that fact. Artist John Pirman was charmed not only by the Elvis memorabilia (and Love Me Tender [...]
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