06/28/11

Wilmington Beer Week: Rehoboth Fourth of July Fireworks: Obie's By The Sea: Cool Spring Farmers Market

In Praise of Beer

This is the biggest news in Wilmington since the city launched its restaurant week a few years ago: Wilmington Beer Week. Beginning July 9, participating restaurants will offer special brews and events. Featured beers and ales will come from near—Delaware’s own Twin Lakes, 16 Mile, Fordham, Dogfish Head and Evolution craft breweries—and far, as well as places in between, like Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pa., and Flying Fish in Cherry Hill, N.J. What can you expect? Here’s a sampling of events.

Chelsea Tavern—loaded with more than 30 taps every day—will host Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione for a meet and greet on July 14, and you can sample his vaunted Midas Touch (brewed according to an ancient...

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06/21/11

Dinner for a Cause

SoDel Concepts owner Matt Haley believes that non-governmental aid organizations and nonprofits are often corrupt and ineffective. So in January he and SoDel partner Bryony Ziegler established The Global Delaware Fund to get help to at-risk children around the world. On Friday, you can dine on their behalf.

Haley and Ziegler will host a fundraising dinner at their popular Fish On! restaurant in Lewes, starting at 7 p.m. That means light fare made from fresh, local ingredients prepared by Jen Blakeman of SoDel’s Plate Catering. (You know SoDel as the group behind Betty’s and Lupo di Mare in Rehoboth Beach, Bluecoast in North Bethany, NorthEast Seafood Kitchen in Ocean View and Catch 54 in Fenwick Island.) The fare will show influences from Indonesia and Nepal,...

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06/13/11

Talkin’ Turkey

The big news this week: Capriotti’s has turned 35 years young. Astonishing. It seems like only yesterday that we started regular pilgrimages to Lois Margolet’s little shop on Union Street for a feast of Bobbie sandwiches: cranberry, stuffing, mayo and fresh-roasted turkey on a chewy sub roll. It was the fresh turkey that made us give up over-preserved, over-processed cold cut turkey breast from the deli. And—good grief—the size of any Capriotti’s sandwich: A large was long as your arm.

Little Capriotti’s is all grown up now. The Union Street granddaddy spawned several local shops over the years. Then the ownership changed. Now there are more than 70 shops in 11 states—and they’re all still roasting turkey for Bobbies, what the...

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06/06/11

Cruising the Culinary Coast

It’s Restaurant Week in Rehoboth Beach, which means 20 great places have created special meals just for the occasion. Enjoy any for a fixed price of $20-$30, and without fighting the crowds that come on peak summer weekends. We couldn’t resist a bit menu grazing, so here’s an example of what you’ll find.

From our Friends at Dos Locos Fajitas and Stonegrill:

Start with a wedge of grilled Caesar salad, Mexican calamari with spicy tequila sauce, fresh guacamole and chips, or roasted corn-green chile bisque. Then dig into a crab quesadilla, the Loco Enchiladas, a 7-ounce sirloin steak, a grilled sirloin-blue cheese quesadilla, sesame-crusted ahi, duck carnitas quesadilla, the famous fajitas (of course) or the fish du jour. End with a red...

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05/16/11

Little Italy, Ginormous Flavors

Wilmo's tastiest neighborhood opens its doors and expands its horizons.

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