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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On my first visit to Wilmington, my future employers wined me and dined me in what was then Restaurant 821 on Market Street. As a starry-eyed 28-year-old with an appetite for food that I couldn’t…
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The challenge came down from the staff at #VisitWilm: How many Brandywine Valley Restaurant Week menus could I sample in one night? I want to start here: This is not a recommended way to enjoy…
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Real ingredients sourced from neighborhood farms and neighboring waters. Locally brewed, nationally recognized craft beer on tap. House-made charcuterie, breads … and scrapple. The restaurants of…
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The best pizza in the world is whatever pizza you were eating when you were 8 years old. That’s because the most important ingredient in pizza isn’t the sauce or the cheese or the mineral content of…
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“How often do you eat breakfast, more than just a roll and a cup of coffee?” That was one of the less judgy questions that popped up on an assessment I recently had to complete for my health…
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