When I open my banh mi shop, I'm going to pump the wafting aroma of grilled pork onto the street to lure in customers.  Easy advertising.  The allure of smell is powerful -- walked past a Cinnabon lately? -- and ...Read More

Port Chester Fest: The Nose Knows

See that shimmering, orange liquid floating at the top of the chili?  That's grease. I took this container and drained it for a good minute.  Then I drained it some more. The chili's from Texas Chili Restaurant in Port Chester, recently ...Read More

Texas Chili Restaurant: New Chili on the Block

Hype is a strange thing.  It's what anyone selling a product strives for, an escalating mixture of excitement and buzz that spreads like a virus and hopefully leads to huge business.  But it has a downside -- build too much ...Read More

All Aboard the Tarry Lodge Bandwagon

A word about Chinese food in Westchester: bleh.  Aberdeen rocks, and thumbs up on Bao's ma po tofu, but other than that, eesh (That's one "bleh" and one "eesh"; I may soon add an "ugh"). The Chinese take-out situation's not much ...Read More

Noodles to the Rescue

A few weeks ago a co-worker emailed me --  her parents were coming to town and she needed suggestions for "cheap eats" in Westchester.  I emailed her back a few ideas, including Ebb Tide Seafood in Port Chester. I obviously had ...Read More

Ebb Tide a Cheap Eat? Er, Not So Much.