Ivar’s Fall Cider Celebration
Ivar's is hosting an evening of cider tasting and hors d'oeuvres snacking on November 12th. Advanced tickets required. Click on the flier at right for the skinny.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…