Mexican restaurant coming downtown
Jacksonville’s downtown will soon be getting a taste of Mexico when a new eatery opens this month.Hector Lopez, who once co-managed Los Rancheros in Jacksonville, is opening Para Diso, a restaurant, music hall and sports bar in the old City’s... |
Dining Notes: Restaurant openings, closings, menu additions and more
"Top Chef" Season 7 contestant Kenny Gilbert plans to open an island-themed restaurant in Jacksonville Beach in mid November. Gilbert told his followers on Twitter recently that he'd just completed designs for the kitchen ("European Island Style open kitchen with a sweet Raw Bar") and prep area for his planned Nipper's USA restaurant, the first for his recently-formed Culinary Adventure Capital ... |
Businessman plays prank, gives cancer victim platform to share story
Although Patrick Thomas had good intentions for his Jacksonville company’s 10th anniversary fundraiser, he stumbled upon its purpose coincidentally. |
Reunions - From the Poughkeepsie Journal
Pine Plains classes of 1955-65 reunion - Backyard BBQ Restaurant, Church Street, Pine Plains. 7 p.m. Sept. 10. Class of 1960 hosting an informal get together for the classes from 1955-1965. Call Pat Byron at 1-518-622-2036 for more information. |
Restaurant menus getting interactive, turning to iPads
End of printed menus? PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Printed menus at restaurants around the world are being replaced by iPad menus. The new, high-tech ordering system is being tested at places like III Forks. |
College football fever: Bars, restaurants seek the football crowd
We don't do EVERYTHING on laptops and cellphones, at least not yet: Some folks enjoy the communal experience of cheering for a favorite sports team, preferably in front of food and drink brought by a hard-working server. |
Clinton high school class has unusual reunion
With Clinton’s Little Italy Festival in full swing this weekend, it might not be surprising to see members of the Clinton High School class of 1955 buying lottery tickets bearing the lucky number 55. |
Restaurant Review: Baba Bistro is a cure for the lunchtime blues
Lunch has become same-old, same-old lately. A monotonous collection of burgers, fries, cold cuts in a pita, maybe a salad thrown in to stave off the guilt of too many fries. The familiarity of nearby establishments has turned lunch into a chore rather than a midday respite from the office. When someone suggested Baba Bistro, I was ready to check it out. Stuffed in the many shops that are set up ... |
Man arrested in Subway robbery
Jacksonville--- The Daily Progress reports; a local 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday following a robbery at the Subway restaurant on Jackson Street the same day at about 9 a.m. |
One charged in weekend drive-by shootings
A Jacksonville man has been charged in connection with at least one of a trio of drive-by shootings, Jacksonville Police Department Detective Sgt. Daniel Franklin said. Abel Mejia, about 23, had already been arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity in a recent case. |
