Eating

Michael on August 24th, 2011

The first thing my family said when we pulled into the Stratford Hills Shopping Center on Forest Hill was “What happened to Moe’s?” There in the place of Moe’s Southwest Grill where the signature greeting is “Welcome to Moe’s” was Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. The eleven-year-old who is fine tuned to remember these details said, “Oh [...]

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David Mattera on August 24th, 2010

Richmond is approximately 1,450 miles to the nearest border with Mexico, just south of San Antonio, Texas.  That being said, we live in a global world and our neighbor to the south has brought some fine cuisine to our neck of the woods.  I mean, if you think about it, Vietnam is much farther (approximately [...]

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David Mattera on August 7th, 2010

I remember distinctly thinking while in Italy that I didn’t trust the fish at the new sushi bar in town.  I was in an old walled city that was relatively traditional despite a large student population and I felt like seafood couldn’t possibly be fresh since the town was not right on the beach and [...]

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