restaurant

A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food. Each year, the James Beard Awards honor some of the best chefs and their restaurants in the food industry. Restaurant reviews are a good place to start when looking for somewhere interesting and memorable to eat.

Types of restaurants include fine dining (i.e. El Bulli and The French Laundry), casual dining (ie. Cheesecake Factory and Red Lobster), family style (i.e. a BBQ joint where strangers share communal tables), fast casual (i.e. Starbucks and Panda Express), and fast food restaurants (i.e. McDonald's and Taco Bell).

There are many blogs to help you find good restaurants. Some blogs about restaurants are Chowbaby and Dining@Large.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “restaurant”

• Soho Stand-by Zoe is Closing

  
  Fork in the Road — Authority: 634
  Diners Journal is reporting that Zoe, the "contemporary American" restaurant thats been on Prince Street since 1992, will close by the end of the week. One of its owners, Stephen Loffr...
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• Poker Restaurant News You say tomato, I say D’Amato

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 542
  Thats one damn fine-lookin Tomato Salad Phil Gordon ordered at N9NE. As you know, poker players gotta eat … From the official non-gaming pimpers for the Palms, on Friday night: Phil Gordon , professional poker player, author and commentator, had dinner at N9NE Steakhouse with five friends on Friday evening ...
  4 hours ago

• Restaurant gimmicks to watch out for

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 143
  So, you’re investing your time in going out to eat, you would expect to get what you may find to be “normal” but some restaurants are trying to scrimp and save during the recession just as much as you are. Smart Money has some of the things that restaurants are starting to do to grab a few extra dollars from ...
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• Have You Been to Smoke in Oak Cliff?

  
  Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine — Authority: 438
  Yow. Zah. Talked about mixed reviews . Almost everywhere I go I hear folks gabbing about Smoke. Here are some excerpts from reader e-mails: “The best Key lime pie!” “Oh my god that big fat rib is incredible!” “Worst meal I ever ate!” “What is up with the service?” “The BBQ is dreadful!” Somebody ...
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• Free Blooming Onion & Drink for Vets at Outback

  
  The Freebie Blogger — Authority: 609
  Veterans or active Military Personnel that visit Outback Steakhouse on Veterans Day can receive a Free Blooming Onion and Drink . Everyone can receive a free Bloomin Onion with entree purchase when you are one of the first 500,000 to become a Fan on Facebook .  Click here to find a location near you. Related ...
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• Ocean Prime To Open Thursday on Cedar Springs in Dallas

  
  Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine — Authority: 438
  Guess what, gang? Here comes Ocean Prime , a swanky seafood and steaks restaurant with a gorgeous outdoor patio with a fireplace, a cocktail lounge and piano bar, and private dining rooms. OP is an import. The concept comes from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants which is based in Columbus Ohio. The company operates 17 ...
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• T.G.I.Fridays Half Price Appetizers from 4 to close!

  
  Coupon Saving Family — Authority: 436
  T.G.I.Fridays Half Price Appetizers! Now thru December 23, 2009!  From 4 to close at TGI Fridays! To get more details click here ! Yummy, Loaded Potatoe Skins, Spinach Dip, Wings and all the other favorites are all half price! What a great deal to stop by and take advantage while out doing the Holiday ...
  5 hours ago

• Delicious Dining in Sonoma

  
  Carrots 'N' Cake — Authority: 435
  After spending all afternoon tasting wines, it was time for dinner. I think we were all ready to eat! We drove into Sonoma and had an early dinner at the girl & the fig . It was an adorable restaurant! Inside: We dined outside on the patio, which was beautiful– and sort of romantic! ...
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• 11/13 – Food and Folklore @ Eatonville Restaurant

  
  The New Gay — Authority: 548
  Bringing the art of the story back to the dinner table, Eatonville Restaurant is launching Food and Folklore, a new monthly series intertwining storytelling and fabulous food.  Food and Folklore is wrapped in the spirit of gifted storyteller and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston’s brand of hospitality – a ...
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• A Padded Resume – Buffalo Wild Wings

  
  Fork You... — Authority: 106
  Ron says… 10.19.09 BW3 or the way I first heard it referred to –  ”Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck” – I remember the first time I heard the word “Weck”, back in the early ’90s as I was stumbling down High Street in Morgantown, looking for the Hot Dog Man, I asked myself, what the hell ...
  6 hours ago

• MARLA SOKOLOFF TIES THE KNOT

  
  GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS — Authority: 160
  MARLA SOKOLOFF TIES THE KNOT is a post from: GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS After a year-long engagement, Marla Sokoloff and Alec Puro got hitched at a Beverly Hills ceremony yesterday (November 8). The “Practice” actress and her Deadsy drummer beau tied the knot at Il Cielo restaurant in a small, intimate ceremony ...
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• DAT Donut in Morgan Park. "Donuts Too Good to Dunk"

  
  www.beverlymorganpark.net — Authority: 91
  I finally had a chance to stop into DAT Donut at 1979 W. 111th St, just across from the Metra Station and now I know what all the buzz is about. The donuts are excellent! I had a buttermilk donut, which I can rarely find and it was smooth and delicious! I treated a friend to the custard filled bismark and he ...
  7 hours ago

• Dolly’s Pizza

  
  Mid-Michigan Dining — Authority: 110
  719 Brookside Drive Lansing, MI 48917 (517) 327-0077 Website Menu Another weekend on the road back in East Lansing for work.  I was on my own for a hotel, so I was on the look out for the cheapest I could find.  That’s not an easy task on a football weekend, but I was able to find one for under ...
  8 hours ago

• Kitakus All You Can Eat (and Drink) Specials

  
  The Foodista — Authority: 424
  Kitaku Japanese Fusion on 23rd Avenue is offering an interesting weekday deal that caught my attention: Tuesdays - All you can drink sake special for $23 per person Wednesdays - All you can eat special for $23 per person Might be a nice way to get your sushi and sake fix, and invite some friends while youre at ...
  9 hours ago

• Ravis Restaurant Is Coming to Malden

  
  Boston Restaurant Talk — Authority: 500
  A new Italian restaurant and bar will soon be opening in Malden, replacing a neighborhood Italian dining spot and watering hole that had been around for several decades before closing late last year. According to a job posting on The Job Spider , Ravis Restaurant will be opening on Highland Avenue just east of the ...
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• “Les ventres Jaunes” (yellow bellies)

  
  skineart.com — Authority: 158
  “Les ventres Jaunes” (yellow bellies) is the name of a typical restaurant in Lyon (called : Bouchon) it came from the name given to the chicken in the region of Bresse. very cosy and warm restaurant http://201169.blogspot.com/
  10 hours ago

• Review: The Iberian Pig

  
  Omnivore Atlanta — Authority: 435
  A stepping stone to Spanish food in Decatur
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• A Map of All of the Best Restaurants in DC: Tom, Tim, Todd and the Zagats’ Picks

  
  Capital Spice — Authority: 465
  Back in January, we had the crazy idea of taking the list of all of the bars and restaurants that were keeping extended hours for the President’s Inaugural weekend and putting them up on a Google Map.  Visitors and locals alike could find the nearest place to grab nachos and a beer at 4 in [...]
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• Pizza Party Is Coming to Braintree

  
  Boston Restaurant Talk — Authority: 500
  A new restaurant is coming to Braintree, moving into a spot near the Quincy line that was formerly home to a neighborhood Italian restaurant. Pizza Party will soon be opening on Quincy Avenue in the East Braintree section of the community, and looks to be featuring such food as pizza, burgers, and subs, according to a ...
  11 hours ago

• Dallas Restaurants Offer Thanksgiving Dinner

  
  Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine — Authority: 438
  We are getting ready to compile our annual list of restaurants that offer Thanksgiving dinner. If you are a restaurant or someone with a really big  heart and home, send in your menu along with the details and we’ll get it listed.
  11 hours ago

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