Word: diners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unprepossessing, though cheerful decor. Bright, smiling clay moons and stars prevail over the blue walls, and the kitschy glass lights look like upturned jellyfish. Ceramic armadillos and alligators play musical instruments. Yet, while from the waist up the restaurant exudes kitsch, from the waist down Magnolias looks like a diner: white tile floors and vinyl seat covers. The Glass Menagerie effect is heightened by the patchwork clown dolls and Mardi Gras beads strewn copiously around the small, intimate dining room...
...prime the diner's palate, the vegetarian samosas ($2.50) are promising: the filling, composed of diced potatoes and peas, is delicately tasty, and the accompanying sauces add life to the potentially dull vegetarian ensemble. The green sauce is adequately but not excessively spicy-- besides, how often does green sauce present itself at a meal? The brown sauce is sweet yet tangy and blends well with the greasy pastry that surrounds the delicious filling...
...traditional Indian meal demands a healthy portion of naan--leavened bread baked in a tandoor oven-- to accompany the main course. The Club does not fail. Rogini Naan ($1.95) is lightly buttered and a welcome tonic to a mouthful of some of the spicier entrees. However, the mindful diner will not bother spending an extra dollar for Stuffed Kulcha, as the bread with cheese tastes almost exactly the same as its Rogini cousin. One can barely taste the cheese--in fact, the familiar smell of feet does not even accompany these curds...
...committee considered a number of Holocaustscholars, including Saul Friedlander of theUniversity of California at Los Angeles (UCLA),Christopher Browning of Pacific LutheranUniversity, Omer Bartov of Rutgers University,Samuel Kassow of Trinity College, and Dan Diner ofthe University of Essen in Germany...
...Break, representatives from record companies across the country convene to determine what they will be listening to next year. Held in Austin, Texas, The South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) Began this Wednesday and runs through this Sunday. Less messy than Sundance, but not without similar intentions, cell phones and diner dates descend on a small unassuming college town. So relax this spring, because the future of pop is in good hands...