• Pub & Kitchen is reviewed in this week’s City Paper. There is no trickery on the menu here: you get what is described, and this is something to rejoice over. (See: the boiled egg with salt, which is in fact, a boiled egg with salt.) Straightforward is not to be mistaken for ‘boring’ or ‘less good’ — quite the opposite.
• This Week In Eats has got you covered, especially if you are interested in: beer, champagne, or wine. Also a class on “Entertaining For Less” which is probably a good skill to have up one’s sleeve these days.
• Also in this week’s City Paper, a look at Q-Ba. By all rights, it should have a Cuban-inspired menu, but as it stands, it leans heavily Mexican. Perplexing — and not entirely successful. According to chef Paulo Carbajal, “a new menu featuring authentic recipes borrowed from owner Cuba Casona’s grandmother” is in the works.
