The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today! Jump Ahead: Denverites have mourned the closure of one of the city’s most charming Japanese eateries multiple times. Domo Japanese Country Foods Restaurant, housed in a custom-built farmhouse just blocks from West Colfax Avenue, shuttered for a few months at the onset of the pandemic. Then it lived an on-again, off-again existence from early 2022 through late 2023 after a viral TikTok video in summer 2021 showing the restaurant’s interior and garden resulted in more attention than the small business could…

July 27, 2024By Rick Pezzullo— Anyone looking for Latin American cuisine and cocktails should look no further than Mirabella Cocina Latina, the new restaurant in Dobbs Ferry next to LOOK Dine-In Cinemas at Rivertowns Square on Hamilton Street. Having been open for just two weeks, the eatery is already being well-received bySupport our Sponsors Dining area inside. (photo by Rick Pezzullo) the community, according to Arturo Carrillo, who was brought in from Dallas, TX to establish the business. “I fell in love with the place just by seeing it,” Carrillo said. “It has a homey feel with reasonable prices with…

River Club rejuvenates Georgetown waterfront’s dining scene this summer with tableside spirit service, decadent decor from Beirut, and a meze-styled menu encapsulating the far-reaching flavors of Lebanon, Italy, and Spain (3000 K Street NW). River Club’s co-founders Farid Azouri and David Nammour already know what they’re doing. They have ownership ties to Residents Cafe and Bar, Dupont’s established Mediterranean hot spot with Michelin Bib Gourmand credentials and one of the best espresso martinis in the city. For the duo’s latest Northwest D.C. venture, small plates, grilled skewers, and family-style mains find a home at the iconic roundabout into Georgetown Harbor.…

Restaurants Published July 17, 2024 at 7:13PM 168 Seasons Restaurant, featuring cuisine from Hong Kong, is now open at 316 N Washington St. in Rockville (photos by @YaoFomo). The new restaurant has taken over the location that was previously home to Xi’An Gourmet/Hot Pot for approximately five years. Xi’An has been listed as “temporarily closed” on Google, but 168 Seasons signage recently went up and the restaurant held its soft opening last week. One reviewer has already stated that 168 Seasons is “the closest restaurant in Montgomery County to a full fledged HK cafe back in Hong Kong.” The owners…

Mata G Vegetarian Kitchen makes eating nourishing foods easy. Jul. 24, 2024 Updated Jul. 25, 2024 MATA G (in Sanskrit, meaning “respected or honorable mother”) opened in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill neighborhood in 2018 with the goal of making people feel healthy, happy, and nourished through its line of vegetarian and vegan ready-made snacks, meals, and drinks. “A couple of years before we opened, my son gave me our logo and said, ‘People should taste your food because people don’t understand how good vegetarian food can be,’ ” says Gurubachan Kaur Khalsa, whose family, staff, and customers lovingly call her Mata G.…

The latest project from the 35-year-old Toscana Restaurant Group is a charming ode to Roman cuisine called All Roads. Opening Friday, July 26, at 145 South Barrington Avenue in Brentwood, All Roads serves traditional Roman pinsas in a wine bar setting with an attached bottle shop. Toscana Restaurant Group’s collection of Italian restaurants includes Toscana and Bar Toscana in Brentwood, Beverly Hill’s Nerano, and S.Y. Kitchen and Nella Kitchen & Bar in the Santa Ynez Valley; Mike and Kathie Gordon founded the group in 1989. The name All Roads is a nod to the saying that “all roads lead to…

The Landing Cafe is a North Little Rock restaurant where community meets cuisine — allowing customers to pay what they want while making sure they get their fill. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark — Nestled in North Little Rock, you will find The Landing Cafe — a restaurant where community meets cuisine.  The local restaurant is so notable due to an incredible, new concept that they’ve introduced to the community — volunteers at this establishment ensure that once a customer walks through the door, that the person never goes home hungry.  “The whole idea for The Landing Cafe came from me…

Yaya (stylized YAYA) Coastal Cuisine is set to open in North Bay Village in mid-August. It promises a blend of Mediterranean cuisine with a Miami twis, with a stunning bayfront location offers panoramic water and skyline views from floor-to-ceiling windows. Angel Febres leads the venture, who’s also behind local favorites like Racket, Drunken Dragon, Foxhole, and Casa Tiki. Running the kitchen is former Prime 112 executive chef Todd Zimmer. Diners can expect a range of seafood, such as crudo and grilled head-on prawns, to hot mezze featuring flaming saganaki and crispy zucchini and eggplant. Entrees include options like “Uni in…

How do noodles and fried chicken sound? Both are made with precision and great care at a new Taiwanese restaurant in Andersonville, according to NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky. The recipes stem from the kitchens that sprung up around Taiwan in the 1950s. Noodles are crucial, but so are pickled vegetables and lightly fried chicken that have become street food staples there. With a small kitchen, it helps that the menu at Minyoli, in Andersonville, is a compact one. And much of it is dominated by noodles. Two types actually – a thicker one for soups and a thinner…

Click here to read the Spanish version. During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, enjoying some of the trendiest bars or fine French cuisine restaurants will be an unparalleled experience. Here is a list of some of the best places in the capital of love and gastronomy that you can’t miss. Guy Savoy Located in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, this icon of French gastronomy features a focus on seasonal ingredients and classic techniques reinterpreted by chef Guy Savoy based on the artistic transformation of cuisine. With six dining rooms adorned with contemporary paintings and sculptures, it pays tribute to the…