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Off Menu with… Casey Taylor | The Westbound & Down Mill
Westbound & Down's second location has some serious food ambitions, and behind all of this is Chef and General Manager Casey Taylor.
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Off Menu with… Jodi Mowery | Landline Doughnuts
Local donut baker Jodi Mowery is bringing mashed potato-based donuts in her new bricks-and-mortar venture Landline Donuts.
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Off Menu with… Brian Pierce | Gemini
We get to know Brian Pierce, executive chef and part owner at the newly opened Gemini, and talk about his culinary career.
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Off Menu with… Leroy Alvarado | La Vita Bella
Leroy Alvarado, Executive Chef and co-owner of La Vita Bella, has a warmth and courtesy that may be due to the fact that each day he’s engaged in something he really enjoys: running a restaurant kitchen.
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Off Menu with… Arturo Silva | Marco’s Hot Dogs & Tacos
It was my own extended family who was responsible for my first taste of Marco’s Hot Dogs & Tacos. It’s fitting that family introduced us to Marco’s because, for Marco's chef Arturo Silva, their family is at the core of…
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Off Menu with Christine Carr | Tip Top Savory Pies
What makes a savory pie different from what you’d find on the freezer shelf of your local grocery store? A career change, time spent gaining a culinary degree from the French Culinary Institute with beloved chef Jacques Pepin, and an…
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Off Menu With… Hugo Meyer | Piripi
This past month was the one year anniversary of Piripi, a downtown Erie restaurant that in just under a year, and during a pandemic, has become a staple of the community. Lunch and a cocktail with Piripi’s Chef Hugo Meyer…
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Off Menu with Judy Giamperi | Gaucho de Argentina
I talked to Judy Giampieri, the chef and owner of this lovely little restaurant. She started the business based on a recipe that had been in her husband’s Argentinian family for what she says is at least two generations. The…
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Off Menu with… Rob Hurd | Frasca
Get to know Frasca's calm and centered new Executive Chef Rob Hurd. Know how he focuses on bringing Friulian-inspired cuisine to the table.
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Off Menu with Armin Madoyan | Kalita Grill
“Food is art first,” Armin Madoyan says. Madoyan opened Kalita Grill as a family affair, with his children, wife and father pitching in to prepare, cook, and serve high-quality, casual Greek food.
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