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Basil bunch is not about ‘fpooloticsd’

REVIEW Basil Mediterranean Cafe 211 NW 23rd St. basilmediterraneanrestaurant.com 602-3030 What works: Lamb shanks and kabobs are tender and tasty. What needs work: The falafel isn’t nearly as good. Tip: Call-ahead ordering can shave off plenty of wait time. For the life of me, I don’t know the difference between Mediterranean food and Middle Eastern […]

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Chow time

Chow’s spring roll Photo by Mark Hancock The first time I saw Chow’s Chinese Restaurant, 3033 N. May Ave., my friend Nate was pointing it out to me as a possible meeting place for the Triad or some other organized crime racket. “It’s always empty until late at night, and then it’s packed,” he said. […]

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Egg-static

Crab cake Benedict at KD’s. Photo by Shannon Cornman Plastic shells filled with candy are fine, unless you buy the bargain basement jelly beans that nobody wants. Cadbury Creme Eggs are an affront to both God and man. If the Romans had left one outside the tomb, Jesus wouldn’t have bothered rolling away the stone. […]

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Thai me up

Pad thai Photo by Mark Hancock “Do you like Thai food?” is one of the test questions police ask when you’re hooked up to a polygraph machine. It’s easy because everybody likes Thai food. If somebody says no and the machine doesn’t go crazy, something’s wrong. Or — God help you — maybe you really […]

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