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Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

There may be no more farmers market in Wallingford this year, but if you find yourself near Wallingford Center today, you may want to pop into Trophy Cupcakes to try their new Chocolate Stout Cupcakes made with Hale’s Cream Stout: "Chocolate Stout cupcake is topped with Caramel Stout Buttercream and a stout caramel drizzle." Featured every Wednesday and Saturday in October at their three locations, including Wallingford. We're recovering from knee surgery today. Please bring one by.

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RoRo

A couple weeks back, we ran a short story about an interesting piece of public art. In the comments section, someone mentioned that they passed it on their way to RoRo, someone else asked how the food was, and a couple of folks responded that it was excellent. "RoRo?" we thought to ourselves. "What's Roro?" Somehow, we managed to let two and a half years pass since their opening and never have tried RoRo BBQ (3620 Stone Way N). This was…

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Molly Moon to eliminate out corn syrup

We were a bit surprised to be told the other day that Molly Moon's ice cream contains corn syrup. We knew that the ice cream is made from a base bought from Snoqualmie Creamery (the "homemade" claim, we assume, means they mix the base with the flavorings in the homey-feeling store), and that while Molly Moon prides herself on the use of "local and organic ingredients", that just means that some of the ingredients they use are local and/or organic, not…

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Avila, nee Bella Cosa

The brown paper still covers the old Bella Cosa, but they're closing in on an opening date. We checked in with Bronwen, and said that they didn't want to name the exact opening date, as they still have a building inspection or two to clear, but it sounds like we'll be dining at the newly renamed Avila before the leaves have finished falling from the trees. As a teaser, their new logo is at right.

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Rancho Bravo: The Plot Thickens

When we left off (previous posts: Winchell's Last Donut, Rancho Bravo Closed?!), we'd discovered that following the shuttering of Winchell's, Rancho Bravo, the taco truck of city-wide fame that had made a home in the donut shop's parking lot had closed as well, hanging a "pending new lease" sign out front. Cub reporter that we are, we dropped a line to Freddy Rivas, the proprietor of said taco truck, hoping for some hopeful news. Here's what we learned: Hope you and…

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Rancho Bravo Closed?!

It's a calamity, people, a calamity! The impact waves of Winchell's closing have apparently rippled across the parking lot to the humble taco truck in the rear corner, Rancho Bravo. In response to our note that the Seattle Weekly was hosting a give-away at the Rancho Bravo taco truck, DOUG. commented: I don’t think this event happened today. In fact Rancho Bravo is CLOSED! Hopefully it’s only temporary. Their sign says they’re working on a new lease. We'll be making some…

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Winchell’s Last Donut

Keen eyes alerted us to another fallen business on 45th Street: Winchell's. We got this note from an anonymous tipster yesterday morning: Any word on Winchells closing or are they just having a bad day? I walk by there twice a day to & from the bus but never pay much attention as I'm not that into donuts. This morning, I noticed two guys peeking in the window and this caught my attention so I glanced in to see a semi-dark…

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