If ever there was an area that personified Wilmington’s revitalization efforts, it’s North Market Street in the city’s LOMA (LOwer MArket) district. A mix of cosmopolitan flair and small-town…
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Call it a professional hazard but the one question I get asked the most is from frugal foodies looking to score big bites for paltry pennies. OK, maybe not pennies but you get the drift—more than…
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Soon, it will be time for the annual Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival and I find myself thinking about my favorite thing more than usual. You see, I consider myself an ice cream sommelier. (Is that a…
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Two of the city’s most-anticipated festivals are headed back to Wilmington next month and, though they are two distinctly different celebrations, they do have one thing in common—food, and lots of it…
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History credits John Montagu, British statesman and heavy gambler, with inventing the sandwich. Apparently, he refused to leave the card table during a 24-hour hot streak and ordered a cook to bring…
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Play ball! Baseball season is underway and that means gamegoers will, once again, be hitting the concession stands in droves. Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some…
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FAST FACTS: City Restaurant Week returns April 8 – 13 15 participating restaurants 2-course lunches for $15; 3-course dinners for $35 (excluding alcohol & gratuity) If making reservations, contact…
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Gone are the days of bowls of stale peanuts and unimaginative lists of draught beers. Happy hour has grown up and become a way for greater Wilmington and Brandywine Valley restaurants and bars to…
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Mardi Gras—or Fat Tuesday—is all about indulgence, revelry, and celebrating the culture of New Orleans. As the Cajun saying goes, it’s a way of “getting all the sin out” before entering the solemnity…
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Eat. Drink. Opera. Eat. Drink. Opera. Eat. Drink. Bed. That’s how you make a weekend disappear during the annual OperaDelaware Festival . Over the first weekend of this year’s Puccinifest (featuring Il…
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