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Thanksgiving at Sutra

Dreaming of a Thanksgiving where there's no dishes to clean? Not particularly wed to the notion of turkey? Then think about scrapping the old "slave over the oven" model of Thanksgiving dinner and head over to homey Sutra: Thanksgiving Dinner at Sutra Restaurant in Wallingford! Join us for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast next Thursday. We'll be having a very hearty 4 course dinner at our regular price of $33 for dinner. We'll also be offering an optional all local wine pairing…

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Family Night Dinner at Avila

When Avila (1711 N. 45th Street) announced their opening, they mentioned they were interested in serving a one-day a week family friendly meal: dirt-cheap, kid-friendly homestyle cooking. Wasting no time, they're kicking it off this Sunday, November 22nd from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. The menu will change each week (and there will always be a vegetarian option), but they're starting off with: Bread and Green Salad Fried Chicken or Kale Stuffed Cannelloni Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Zucchini Pineapple Upside-Down Cake $10…

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Chutney’s Goes Organic

It often seems like when you find a restaurant that serves organic ingredients, you're going to be eating one particular style of modern cuisine. But why should it be? Why don't all types of cuisine use organic? Chutney's Indian restaurant in Wallingford Center is busting down the barrier, and as of November 16th is serving food made from certified organic ingredients as well as organic wines. From the release, it doesn't sound like they're going 100% organic, but it does sound…

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Avila Visited

Last night started inauspiciously: the Wallyhood's "date night" was canceled at the last minute due to an unexpectedly crabby Baby Z. Disappointment was palpable. Still, we decided to make the best of it and loaded baby Z into his stroller (the BOB, not the dangerous one) and headed out for a lulling walk through Wallingford. We found ourselves on 45th near Wallingford Center, where we remembered that Avila (1711 N. 45th Street), the new restaurant Alex Pitt and Jared Carpenter have…

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Bella Cosa reborn: Avila!

The window cleaners at Bella Cosa (1711 N. 45th Street) must be getting sick and tired of wiping off the nose prints from the crowd of eager eaters trying to see through the butcher paper in the window, waiting for their re-opening. Well, take a break window cleaners and save your appetite eager eaters, we just heard from Alex Pitts that they're ready to re-open under their new name, Avila: Well, it wouldnt be much of a restaurant opening without delays,…

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National Cupcake Day

Though we're not quite sure by whose declaration, today is National Cupcake Day, and there is no better place to celebrate this auspicious occasion than the city's finest cupcake emporium, Trophy Cupcakes (in Wallingford Center, 1815 N 45th St). We hear from Jennifer Shea, Trophy's Chief Cupcakologist : Sunday, October 18th is National Chocolate Cupcake Day, and although we pay tribute to chocolate pretty much every day of the year here at Trophy, we thought we'd debut a flavor we've wanted…

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