Posts Tagged ‘Express Night Out’

Old Town’s Bittersweet Cafe Puts a Large (and Small) Spin on the Cupcake Craze

The Bittersweet Cafe has been serving Old Town, in some form or another, for more than 25 years. Its owners must be watching these newbie bakers opening cupcake shops with the kind of resigned amusement that Hank Aaron watched Barry Bonds smash his home run record. I was sort of bemused myself when I saw [...]

Those Year-End Lists We Love to Hate

Food isn't like music or movies. The hospitality business doesn't obsess over every restaurant or bistro or pub that opens during any particular year; it doesn't base its overall health on the success or failure of the newbies coming into the market. Restaurants, young and old, must complete against each other. In some ways, the [...]