Spaghetti carbonara Mappatura, 5883 Spring Garden Road, $12/$22 Carbonara is a dish that so many restaurants make, but so few seem to nail. From cream sauces that claim to be carbonara to sauces with scrambled egg to thin, watery undercooked sauce, this supposedly simple dish can also easily be botched. Mappatura chef and co-owner Terry […]
Song’s Korean Restaurant
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Bibimbap is the best brunch dish ever
It’s the weekend. Maybe you got to sleep in. That’s great! Now you’re ready for an egg. And carbs. And maybe some meat. It sounds like you need the best brunch on the damned planet: Bibimbap. That delicious Korean dish (in a regular bowl or a piping-hot stone one) has all the elements of a […]
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The ShopTalk Guided Tour: Quinpool Road
It’s time for Quinfest! The celebration of all things Quinpool Road is this Saturday, September 15, 11am-3pm. The fun includes a reptile zoo, clowns, carnival games, face-painting, kite-flying and science booths. Most of the street’s restaurants are offering free samples from noon to 2pm. And at 1pm there’s a free concert, with Razzmatazz For Kids […]
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Love Song’s
Love Song’s Tucked into the brick-faced storefronts that line Quinpool Road, Song’s Korean Restaurant is almost tentative in appearance. There is little in the space that feels owned, or makes it feel unique. The chairs and glass-topped tables have that 1980s hand-me-down feeling of furniture that has passed from restaurant to restaurant. The walls are […]
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Quinpool growing concerns
In March Cyclesmith (6112 Quinpool Road, 425-1756) expanded into its new space directly adjacent to its original location at Quinpool and Vernon. “It’s not completely finished,” says co-owner Andrew Feenstra, with a chuckle, but the new room does offer customers much more space to browse the large variety of bicycles and gear they sell. Cyclesmith […]