Category: Restaurants

  • Tasting Notes | Lunch at Teatro

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2009 Lunch at Teatro/”/]   Teatro 200 8 Avenue SE 403.290.1012 www.teatro-rest.com To view a full article on Teatro see the Spring 2008 issue of City Style and Living Magazine.

  • Tasting Notes | Chef Tasting Menu at Laurie Raphael in Quebec City

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2009 Chef Tasting Menu at Laurie Raphael in Quebec City/”/] Our Welcome What a treat to be personally cooked for by Chef Daniel Vezina at his signature restaurant Laurie Raphael. We were persuaded to order the chef tasting menu. The atmosphere is convivial and warm against a neutral background (with quirky pops of personality).…

  • Food | A Teatro Spring Lunch

  • Tasting Notes | Hugos

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2009 Hugos/”/] The Restaurant and The Chef Originally from Mexico, Chef Hugo Ortega immigrated to the United States working as a night janitor and dishwasher in restaurants, gradually becoming a line cook in Houston in 1990. “I worked on my English skills and was able to graduate from Houston Community College Culinary Program and…

  • Newport Grill | Two’s Company

      Dean and Jerry. Bonnie and Clyde. Truffles and cream. The world is full of great pairs—well matched duos that enhance each other. Self-described cooking school sweethearts turned married chefs, Chad and Heather Gould Hawke (executive chef at The Newport Grill) add a nuance to the mix—mutual admiration and a cheeky, lighthearted rivalry in the…