Category Archives: Dining Bucket List

Dining Bucket List: Todd Jurich’s Bistro

  Todd Jurich's Bistro (And Why Five-Star Can Remain Laid-Back) If there is any reason to throw on one's best outfit and plan an extravagant evening, at least one restaurant in downtown Norfolk proves itself to be worth the expense.  Todd Jurich's Bistro is the type of spot that would accommodate any occasion, ranging from…
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Dining Bucket List: Toulouse Petit

  Toulouse Petit - Breakfast of Champignons! Toulouse Petit brings New Orleans inspired fare to lower Queen Anne.  Featuring a unique and flavorful Southern cuisine and ornate Creole decor, Toulouse offers a soulful dining experience from early morning until late evening. Brian Hutmacher, the owner of Mexican restaurant Peso’s, opened Toulouse Petit in 2010.  The…
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Dining Bucket List: Tra Vigne

  It was a bit like a dramatic Hollywood movie opening.  You know, one of those director-was-overly-cheesy moments that “us” girls like.  We’re at the hostess stand, and a gentleman taps me on the shoulder and says (for lack of blog-voice availability, insert deep powerful tone), “Your daughter...she’s very happy.  No?”  As I turn, all…
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Dining Bucket List: Pintxo

  Happy hour appropriately occurs twice a day at Pintxo, a modern Spanish style tapas restaurant in Seattle's Belltown.  There, diners are able to enjoy inexpensive sangria, wines, and beer accompanied by several delicious small plates during two happy hours.  The first begins at five and ends at seven.  Then break for siesta and come…
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Dining Bucket List: Portello Winecafe

  On a drizzly Monday afternoon, my sister Alex and I walked into the café.  The room was buzzing with conversation and laughter.  Every table was occupied with wine sipping guests beginning to unwind from their work days. We snagged a spot at the bar top and immediately studied the wine list.  While Portello doesn’t…
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