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14. March 2011 | 09:48

Dining review: Cafe Marika’s a simple pleasure

It may take several visits to CafÃ© Marika before you break the code, before you figure out that the two folks who work mostly in deadpan silence in this tiny room with only five tables, a counter and a cash register are not like some (or most) couples married for 37 years. (News Source: The Sacramento Bee - 03:54:59)

Is This Where We Pretend to Be Shocked That America’s ‘Best’ Food Truck Is in Wisconsin?

We have no idea how Businessweek came up with its picks for the sixteen best food trucks across the land (Schnitzel & Things, Roli Roti, Nom Nom, Clover, and Sugar Philly Truck are the only picks in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Philly, respectively), but they’ve narrowed them down bracket-style and decided the best of them all is Wisconsin’s pizza truck Streetza. Now if only … (News Source: New York Magazine - 23:49:28)

Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef’s Restaurant

At the fusion brainchild of a Ilan Hall, you can eat bacon-wrapped matzo balls, gefilte fish and chips, and Manischewitz-braised pork belly all in one sitting. It’s Scottish-Jewish food at it’s finest - even if there isn’t much competition. (News Source: NPR - 19:09:09)

Pembroke Outdoor Sportsman’s Club finally holds wild game dinner

LAURENTIAN VALLEY - It almost didn’t happen, but there are a lot of people satisfied that it did.[…] (News Source: Pembroke Daily Observer - 01:17:53)

Restaurant News: So, does Saigon think it’s the next blipping rock star from Mars?

Saigon in St. Paul has become the Charlie Sheen of restaurants - it’s talented, irresistible and has a lot of fans, but it’s also behaving erratically and disrespectfully. (News Source: Pioneer Press - 17:56:18)

Nightlife Spotlight: Brooklyn’s Draft Barn

Nestled away in the quasi-industrial 3rd Avenue of Gowanus/Park Slope, Draft Barn is an experience for serious beer lovers. (News Source: CBS New York - 10:02:21)

Eats Of The Week

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 (News Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal - 10:06:14)

Route 300 closed in Town of Newburgh due to serious crash

TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Route 300 is closed at Lakeside Road as emergency workers handle a serious crash in the area of Mountainview Avenue, emergency reports indicate. (News Source: Middletown Times Herald-Record - 17:00:41)

Italy divided over its unified history

Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. But, as Nick Squires finds, patriotic fervour in many places is in decidedly short supply. (News Source: Daily Telegraph - 09:03:02)

Two rescued by boat after car is surrounded by floodwaters on Route 299 in New Paltz

NEW PALTZ - Two people were rescued by boat about 11 a.m. Monday after their car was surrounded by floodwaters on Route 299 and Springtown Road in New Paltz. (News Source: Middletown Times Herald-Record - 16:45:41)

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