Apologies for the lack of pictures. Those I had taken for the next few blogs were casualties of the great Hard Drive Failure of February 2010. This is especially sad in the case of this review, as that plate of camarones de chipotle looked quite yummy. El Rodeo 4215 University Drive 3404 Westgate Drive South
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Jamaica Jamaica 4853 NC Highway 55 Intersection of highways 55 and 54, Durham Lunch Entrees: $7-13, $1 more for Dinner Sides: $2-6 Jamaica Jamaica is a small, cafeteria-style restaurant that focuses, as evidenced by its name, on Jamaican specialties. Vibrant paintings hang on the walls, which gives the two seating rooms some character. Lively, island
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Tonali 3642 Shannon Road Durham Entrees: $10-25 (I think) I’ve been wanting to try Tonali for quite some time because I’ve seen it show up on many people’s lists of favorite Mexican spots in the area. It’s upscale fare with an intriguing list of appetizers and entrees to choose from.  Service was a bit brusque,
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Thus begins my Southern Fast Food series. I was convinced by my friends, Iris and Laura, or perhaps by the fruity rum cocktails I’d been drinking, that I needed to give the chains located in my present state of residence a shot. This was after I had proclaimed loudly and proudly to have never stepped
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Dillard’s Bar-B-Q 3921 Fayetteville Street Durham Website Open Tuesday through Saturday From $3.75 for a bar-b-q sandwich to $10.99 for seafood gumbo. My entrée with two sides and hush puppies was $4.99 at lunch. I finally stopped in at the bright yellow and red restaurant that always catches my eye while driving down Fayetteville. You
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Hello everyone!  I just got back from Costa Rica last night — the reason why there haven’t been any posts in a week! I will have a travelogue up for the trip in a few days but in the meantime, let’s get back on track. Here’s a restaurant review of one of my favorite spots
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Los Portales 6905 Fayetteville Road Southpoint, Durham $4.50-$11.50 Los Portales is a new Mexican restaurant in the shopping center across Fayetteville from the Streets at Southpoint. It replaced Bakehouse Bistro, which could never get their service up to par with their tasty sandwiches.  I asked my waiter if this Los Portales was related to the
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Nasher Museum Cafe 2001 Campus Drive Duke University Campus, Durham http://nasher.duke.edu/museum_cafe.php Sandwiches and Salads: $9-13 Open for lunch Tues-Sun and early dinners on Thursday The Nasher Museum Cafe is not your average museum restaurant.  First off, it’s a sit down and be served restaurant, rather than a cafeteria, where you must hope to god that
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Last Tuesday, we went to Nana’s with a couple of foodie friends for a South African wine dinner. Hope Valley Bottle Shop hosted and a representative from the wines’ importer, Cape Classics, went to bat to handle the sommelier duties.  We met an absolutely wonderful couple at our table who forced us to give them
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Cuban Revolution 318 Blackwell Street American Tobacco Campus, Durham http://www.thecubanrevolution.com/ Tapas:  $4-8  Sandwiches/Wraps: $6-7.50 Entrees: $10-16.25 Cuban Revolution is a restaurant that loves to spark discussion – heated ones are preferable. They proclaim themselves Durham’s most discussed restaurant on the top of their menu, and they might be right, at least based on this summer’s
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