Café Cuvée 1200 N. Walker Ave. cafecuvee.com 405-898-8120 What works: It delivers both contemporary and classic French-inspired dishes like cornbread and hazlenut-crusted salmon. What needs work: The Brussels sprouts were a little bland and could have benefitted from texture. Tip: Don’t forget about breakfast and brunch service. On the bottom floor of the Ambassador Hotel, […]
Cafe Cuvee
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Gazedibles: Holiday showcases
With visitors coming to town for the holidays, you want to show off the best the city has to offer. Check out some of these new restaurants or ones that offer a unique experience that will impress people for the first time or highlight how much the city has changed since they left. By Jacob […]
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Gazedibles: Melted cheese
Whether you’re looking for melted cheese on a sandwich or with pasta, these seven restaurants will answer that craving that is important year-round, but even more so during the winter. It’s a not-so scientific fact that melted cheese warms your soul. By Jacob Threadgill with photos provided and Gazette / file Off the Hook Seafood […]
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Yuletide eats
Chinese restaurants serving as a haven for people who don’t celebrate Christmas or perhaps had their meal eaten by the neighbor’s herd of bloodhounds has been planted in pop culture for decades. You can get your fill in the Asian District as well as everywhere else in the metro on Christmas Day. By Jacob Threadgill […]
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Bistro comfort
As the restaurant space at the Ambassador hotel went through a three-week renovation to convert Viceroy Grille into Café Cuvée — which opened its seven-day breakfast, lunch and dinner service last week — the space was deliberately brightened with new paint and the introduction of natural light. The hotel’s new chef de cuisine Taylor Desjarlais […]