A few months ago Femme de Joie was searching the shelves at Winco for a decent loaf of whole-wheat sandwich bread without high-fructose corn syrup, when she chanced upon Dave's Killer Blues Bread. Attracted by the catchy graphics and healthy ingredients, she bought a loaf on impulse. After Amico del Signore had a taste, he went back to Winco for ( Read more... )

Pio Loco first opened in 1986 in a former pizzeria on Lake Boulevard as a non-traditional Mexican restaurant; when the old gymnasium at the Pine Street School became available in the mid-1990’s, Chef Jeff Cerasaro upped sticks and moved to the considerably more roomy downtown location. Within the past few months Pio Loco has undergone some ( Read more... )

Long, long ago - in the 1970's, which is prehistoric for many people - there was a small restaurant at 630 North Market Street, where La Gondola is currently. The name of it escapes Mlle. de Joie right now, but it was a perfect zeitgeist for the '70s. The interior was all dark wood paneling, with pottery on shelves and plants in macrame, a no- ( Read more... )