10.04 Welcome to Moe’s
Welcome to Moe’s!
By Bernie Whitmore
October 2004 - The Hard Rock Café started it all with its combination of Southern country cooking, revved-up amps and relics of rock and roll’s patron saints. The restaurant chain’s huge success launched a revolution in the rock and sports-nostalgia restaurant format.
Moe’s Southwest Grill in Shrewsbury echoes some of this trend, […]
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11.04 Dino’s
Molto bene!
Go to Dino’s for friendly ambiance and delicious Italian cuisine
By Bernie Whitmore
November 2004 - If you ask a group of Worcesterites to name the best local Italian restaurant, be ready for a debate as hot as molten cheese on a pizza. This area has so many good Italian eateries to choose from, each […]
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11.04 Meet the chef
Creating a dining UTOPIA
Interview with Antonio Savino, Executive Chef of Opia 1541
By Paul Giorgio
November 2004 - Worcester native Antonio Savino is the executive chef at Opia 1541. Located at 1541 Main Street on the Worcester/ Leicester line, the 65-seat restaurant opened this August, serving contemporary, Nouveau-American cuisine.
The 21-year old chef opened Opia with his father […]
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12.04 Tortilla Sam’s
A vacation for your mouth
Get away this winter with the homemade Southwestern flavors of Tortilla Sam’s
By Maxwell Tucker
December 2004 - When friends ask where they should go to dinner, Tortilla Sam’s on Highland Street in Worcester is always one of the first places that spring to my mind.
As you enter the restaurant, you […]
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12.04 Hot & Now
Hot & Now: 12/2004
Tomasso Trattoria and Enoteca opens in Southborough
By Paul Giorgio
December 2004 - Celebrate the spirit of the Italian table — Tom and Mary Prince recently opened Tomasso Trattoria and Enoteca in a newly constructed building on Route 9 in Southborough. The informal Italian restaurant and wine bar is located on the […]
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12.04 Coffee houses and cafes
Fine Java and a whole lot more
Stay warm this winter at the area’s newest cafés
By Katie Barreira
The classy bar at S.P.Q.R.
December 2004 - This winter, stay warm at these fun and tasteful additions to the Worcester area’s cafe scene. Pull up a chair (or bar stool or couch) at any of these cafes and enjoy […]
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05.07 Joey’s Bar & Grill
By Bernie Whitmore
An eternity of April drizzle and sleet had shivered away my last stirrings of spring fever. But after stepping into Joey’s Bar & Grill, the gloom started to lift; the dining room’s warm sunset hues and subdued tropical motifs were a relief on this bleak April night. The bar’s flat-screens were tuned to […]
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05.07 Tequila Grows Up
By Leslie Marin
Many people associate Tequila with down-n-dirty, straight-ahead drunken partying, full of good times and bad judgment calls (oh c’mon, like we haven’t all been there at least once!). But tequila has a more sophisticated side as well, and although springing for the elegant versions of this Cinco De Mayo favorite isn’t cheap, it’s […]
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