Posts in North Wilmington

Fall foodie fests: Discover the best chefs in the region at three local events

I dream of lobster-and-corn spoon bread. Served warm, with contrasting chills from vanilla-corn ice...

2015: The Best Things I Ate This Year

What an incredible year its been for eaters in these parts. New restaurants burst onto the scene in...

Brunch 2015: The Most Important Meal of Winter

In most times of the year, brunch is a luxury a nice-to-have-but-hardly-necessary meal that falls...

Industry Night: Delaware restaurants celebrate their best

By wilmingtonde | November 13th 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , North Wilmington , Union Street

Maybe its just the open bar talking, but Wilmington's restaurant scene rarely looks hotter than when it dresses up and gets together for the annual Delaware Restaurant Association meeting/party....

Apple Pies, Cider Doughnuts and Scrapple: Fall flavors for those with pumpkin fatigue

By wilmingtonde | October 20th 2015 | Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , North Wilmington , Uncategorized , Union Street

I declare this corner of the Internet to be a pumpkin-spice free zone. Yes, welcome. Welcome to your refuge from those omnipresent flavors of cinnamon and ginger and nutmeg and allspice, that

Delaware-Style Barbecue: Just follow the smoke

By wilmingtonde | September 4th 2015 | Award Winning , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Hockessin , North Wilmington , Uncategorized , Union Street

Delaware is not a southern state. But it’s not exactly a northern one either. In fact, it’s only state in the union that’s east of the Mason-Dixon Line . (Think about that for a...

Hot Diggity Dog: Best bets inside the Delaware doghouse, from Deerhead to the Sweenie

By wilmingtonde | July 23rd 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , New Castle , North Wilmington , Riverfront

Hey, Matt, here's the bet. If Frawley Stadium wins the Best of the Ballparks competition that Ballpark Digest is having, we all go down to the stadium to eat a Sweenie Dog. You in? Of course...

Where the locals eat: Five local-local joints in North Wilmington

By wilmingtonde | June 10th 2015 | Delaware , North Wilmington , Uncategorized

Take me somewhere the locals eat! I get that request from time to time. Truth be told, if you're a good and successful restaurant in this area, its because you're a place where the locals...

Delaware Dining on $40 a Day: Amazing eats on a budget

By wilmingtonde | February 13th 2015 | Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , New Castle , North Wilmington , Uncategorized

This week, a challenge from my blog bosses: “How about something for people traveling on a budget?” “How much of a budget?” “Let’s say $40 a day. Can you come...

2014: The Best Things I Ate This Year

By wilmingtonde | December 30th 2014 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Greenville , Historic New Castle , Hockessin , New Castle , Newark , North Wilmington , Riverfront , Uncategorized

Common question: How do you write about food so often and not get fat? Answer: You don't. I'm up about five pounds since taking this gig. I should start walking from restaurant to...