Results tagged “restaurant”

Hi-Fi Cafe, Bay View

Milwaukee, Wisconsin — The Hi-Fi Cafe at 2640 S Kinnickinnic Ave. in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. This perky neighborhood joint's MySpace motto is "Great Coffee -- Great Food -- Great Jukebox," and both the eclectic music on their vintage jukebox and their coffee seem to be very well regarded. As for the food, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that "If you're hungry, they have pizza, soups, salads and sandwiches. From 8 to 11 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on weekends, the cafe serves breakfast. If you're picky, you can make your own."

Magic Dann's restaurant, Bay View

Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Magic Dann's jazz-and-blues themed restaurant at 2691 S Kinnickinnic Ave. in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood.

Out of the Pan Cafe & Catering

Racine, Wisconsin — Restaurant interior: Out of the Pan Cafe & Catering at 550 State St.

Beaufort County, SC: Steamer Oyster & Steakhouse

Lady's Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina — The Steamer Oyster & Steakhouse restaurant on Sea Island Parkway, about 5 miles west of Frogmore, South Carolina. The Steamer is said to be the first restaurant to serve Richard Gay's Frogmore Stew (Low Country Boil).

Frogmore Stew at the Steamer, Beaufort County

Lady's Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina — Amy enjoying Frogmore Stew (Low Country Boil) at The Steamer Oyster & Steakhouse restaurant on Sea Island Parkway, about 5 miles west of Frogmore, South Carolina. The Steamer is said to be the first restaurant to serve Richard Gay's recipe for Frogmore Stew.

Ono Hawaiian Foods: Toyo Shimabukuro

Honolulu, Hawaii — Toyo Shimabukuro with Amy in his Ono Hawaiian Foods restaurant at 726 Kapahulu Ave. The son of Ono Hawaiian Foods founder Sueko Miyagi Oh Young, Mr. Shimabukuro was a charming and informative host. He selected our dinner for us, and then joined us to explain the subtle differences between fresh poi, day-old poi, and sour poi.

Yanagi Sushi, Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii — The best sushi bar: Yanagi Sushi at 762 Kapiolani Blvd. At this hour, we pretty much had the restaurant -- and both sushi chefs -- all to ourselves. Delicious sushi, and the chefs were very friendly and entertaining.

Maui chef James McDonald

Honokowai, Hawaii — Restaurant owner and chef James McDonald (Pacific'O, I'O, Feast at Lele) plates some sample dishes for his guest appearance on Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl's show during a broadcast from Maui's Aston Kaanapali Shores resort.

Boat House Pub & Eatery at dawn

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Back view of the Boat House Pub & Eatery on Kenosha'a small boat harbor, with the steeple of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.

Chicago Chinatown: Lion dance drummer

Chicago Chinatown — A drummer for a lion dance plays outside Hong Min Restaurant at 221 W Cermak Road following the Chinese New Year parade.

The Berghoff Restaurant, Chicago

Chicago, Illinois — The Berghoff Restaurant at 17 West Adams, with diners lined up outside a week before Christmas.

Welcome to Little Europe

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Staff and owners of Little Europe at Timber Ridge Restaurant. "Vítáme vás" is Czech for "We welcome you."

Little Europe at Timber Ridge restaurant

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Little Europe at Timber Ridge Schnitzel House restaurant, on the frontage road facing I-94, just north of Highway 50.

Yee's Oriental Inn

Kenosha, Wisconsin: The vintage neon sign of Yee's Oriental Inn (5034 6th Avenue), an Americanized Chinese restaurant which has been here since about 1955 serving chop suey, chow mein, sub gum, egg foo young, and other "Cantonese food."

Memphis restaurant: Interstate Bar-B-Q

Memphis, Tennessee — Jim Neely's world-famous Interstate Bar-B-Q Restaurant. Delicious barbecue, pork ribs, beef ribs, chicken dinners, sandwiches and more.

Memphis restaurant: Buns on the Run

Memphis, Tennessee — The restaurant "Buns on the Run," closed for the Independence Day holiday.

Memphis restaurant: Blue Shoe Bar & Grill

Memphis, Tennessee — Tables in the dining room at the Memphis Marriott East's Blue Shoe Bar & Grill, which specializes in Southern cuisine.

Memphis restaurant: Blue Plate Cafe

Exterior of the Blue Plate Cafe, a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.

Blue plates at the Blue Plate Cafe

During the 1950s, dinnerware manufactured by the Royal China Company of Sebring, Ohio and decorated with transfer printed scenes taken from prints by Currier & Ives was offered as promotional premiums by A&P grocery stores. Although also produced in pink, green, and brown, blue was was most popular and most-produced color. The dinnerware is now very collectable, and is seen here displayed on the wall of Memphis, Tennesee's Blue Plate Cafe.

The expression "blue-plate special," referring to a low-priced meal, was named after a different kind of blue plate featuring dividers.

Amy at the Blue Plate Cafe

We wanted to escape our Kenosha apartment for the Fourth of July holiday and decided to drive to "Memphis in the meantime." Breakfast on the 4th was here at the cheerful Blue Plate Cafe, where we enjoyed some tasty gravy with our biscuits and soaked up the pre-fireworks chatter.