Tag Archive for “restaurant”
Restaurant review: Stortini
El Gringo, the newest member of the eastside food empire run by the El Chile guys, was recently shut down and reconstructed as Stortini, swapping a sort of Mexican/Southern home-cooking menu for Italian. I’m not sure why they made the change—they seemed to be doing a good business in their previous incarnation. Perhaps the Italian [...]
Goodbye, Ararat
I just learned that Ararat up on North Loop closed a few days ago. Sad news. I discovered it in ‘95, and it had been one of my favorite places ever since. Gwen and I had our rehearsal dinner there.
It took a long time for the place to catch on, but once it did, they [...]
