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The Retiree called my dining partner up and invited us both to supper at one of Johnson City’s best restaurants: Ms. Soukchinda Bouriboun’s Zaap Lai Thai and Lao Cuisine on North Roan Street.
Like many people, I’ve picked up some new hobbies during the pandemic — particularly cooking and baking.
Atop a hill adjacent to the Western North Carolina Farmers Market in Asheville sits The Moose Café. Its menu is a celebration of real, unadorned mountain food.
As we, like latter-day groundhogs, awaken from our socially distanced hibernation of “Interesting Times,” our thoughts turn from enduring enfo…
It may be Valentine’s Day, but as spring rolls around, instead of love, this young(ish) man’s fancy turns to thoughts of his garden.
What a pleasure it is to meet old friends that you thought you’d never see again. My particular old friend is named Kathy, who handles front-o…
A stirring collection of French classical music, a virtual play enjoyable from the comfort of your home, and a smorgasbord of delectable confections.
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time again, and this year you have a new way to satisfy your sweet tooth.
With the “iffy” weather we’ve been having, it is good to have a place to get warm, dry and, oh yes, get a bite to eat. If you are on the Brist…
It was a busy year for One ACRE Café, with the Johnson City eatery serving a total of 25,261 free meals even though its dining room was closed…
Waiting in line at the drive-thru had made the car stuffy. While my dining partner was busy with the bank teller, I opened my window a crack t…
You’re always sure to start a passionate debate when you ask your group of friends if pineapple belongs on a pizza.
One of my gentle readers informed me just last week that there had been some changes at the Telford Diner, an East Tennessee classic eatery.
One of my gentle readers informed me just last week that there had been some changes at the Telford Diner, an East Tennessee classic eatery.
One of my duties as the Mystery Diner is to recognize the hard work, the forward-looking attitude, the striving for improvement that is the ha…
The Mystery Diner checks out a new Johnson City restaurant with a Texas-Oklahoma menu.
This year’s holiday season appears to be anything but joyous. These “interesting times” are one big wet blanket laid on everybody’s daily life…
Pushing open the front door of Elizabethton’s Sweetsie Treatz, our friend the Retiree and my dining partner nearly collided with a 4-year-old …
There’s been a lot of construction going on recently at the corner of West Market Street and North State of Franklin Road. After a long wait, …
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The Retiree and my dining partner had spent the better part of a Saturday afternoon on a Zoom call with some of their friends, reaching the po…
New eatery open in Food City shopping center
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West Walnut Street holds some pleasant college-era memories for me. As your typical male college student, I was forever short of funds, a cond…
In “Interesting Times” like these, one longs for a quiet moment away from the daily din currently fouling conversations and the airwaves.
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I have remarked on these pages of the variety to be found locally in “going out for Mexican.” If you think, (as I did initially) that means a …