I haven’t posted since last summer. This place isn’t in Downtown. So it must be great.
February 26, 2023Hello Enthusiasts – I want to post more often. I really do. And there are some spots Downtown, both old and new, that deserve some love. I’ll get there. But, as has often happened in the however many years I’ve . . . Read More
Worth It … If You Can Get In
April 1, 2013Hello again – Well, I started off the year saying I was going to post more often even if they were shorter, and I’m still only managing something something like one post a month. Oh well. Doing my best here. . . . Read More
7th & Grand Continues Its Dominance
February 22, 2013Hello Enthusiasts – Well, one of my enthusiast-olutions was to write about newer places sooner, even if it meant fewer bells and whistles. So … here goes. And … showing the difficulty of that, I wrote the line above 4 . . . Read More
2013 Enthusiastolutions
January 4, 2013Hello Enthusiasts – Well, as usual, I’m well behind in dropping my pearls of wisdom on you. If you believe in the scarcity principle, that just makes you all the more appreciative. But, one of the things that keeps me . . . Read More
Three Secret Dinners
November 6, 2012Hello Enthusiasts – It has been too long. My apologies. It’s all this damn work. But I couldn’t stay away any longer, because I have three secret dinners for you to try, and at least a couple of them won’t . . . Read More
LeKa and Towne: Is A Great Space Enough?
September 18, 2012Hello Enthusiasts – I blame Perch. Well, perhaps “blame” is too strong a word. But, Perch is something of a precursor to two recently opened restaurants that I am struggling with. Let me explain. Perch is a great space. An . . . Read More
Downtown’s Best New … Everything
August 11, 2012Hello Enthusiasts – Loyal readers of this little vanity project will note that I usually try to provide a theme for my posts, even while telling you about the latest and greatest. (and for those of you who complain that . . . Read More
Being Value Added
August 6, 2012Hello Enthusiasts – Well, as usual, I’m VERY far behind in updating you on the latest and greatest. At last count, I have 4, count ’em, 4 places that I’ve been dying to update you on. And I promise to . . . Read More
The Virtues of Rebirth, Thrice
July 20, 2012Hello Enthusiasts – Well, here we are again. Sometimes you hit on a theme and it proves itself relevant beyond what you could have predicted. In Act 1, we considered a situation where the owners of an existing place that . . . Read More





