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Matt Toomey (left) of Toomey’s and cooking partner chef Matt Eoff celebrate a First place finish in last weekend’s Villagefest.

Does this new restaurant which plans to operate out of the old Coco’s Locos location promise a.) to make chinese food with finesse, or b.) to offer a chinese menu with a swedish influence? (Photo: Lunch)

Pictured: Brandon with his children Aidan and Sienna/ Brocia opens Bleu Handcrafted Foods If you’re looking for a more personal culinary experience far away from the madding crowds at Vons, you may wish to visit Bleu Handcrafted Foods, which opened on Main Street next to P3 and Base Camp Cafe on Wednesday. Bleu Handcrafted Foods [...]

Pictured: Whiskey Creek owner Greg Alexander (right) and former Sheet Man of the Year and local icon, DJ Rodney O./ The challengers come. The challengers go. Dublin’s/Fever, Auld Dubliner, Hennessey’s, Hyde Lounge. Each new challenger over the past decade was supposed to knock Whiskey Creek out of business. Each failed. And Whiskey Creek still stands. [...]

In the fourth century B.C., Roman emperor Nero impressed his guests by ordering his slaves run up into the mountains and gather snow to flavor with fruit, honey and wine. These days it’s a little easier to enjoy what we now know as ice cream, whether we find it at the neighborhood drug store, a [...]

Chef Ian prepares one of his famous creations.

Jarrett and Mark Jackson entered “Burning Down the House.”

Matt Toomey and Grizzle Dorff, a member of his cast of characters at Toomey’s.

By Bridget Shaw Editor’s note: There’s always a risk in running a story like this because there are clearly places Bridget missed, so … if she missed you on this story, comment here at www.thesheetnews.com and we can add your input to the online edition. As a result of the “driest winter on record since [...]

By Scott Behrens “ Trout from the island of Molokai.” -Billy Calhoun, 42, Crowley Lake (right) In the Fifty Center’s second-rate version of a menu guide, the description for the Restaurant at Convict Lake boasts of a “Lepers Trout” featured on the menu. Typo? Or has Tim Alpers bred a new type of fish. We asked [...]