Dining

Blue Window Bistro Announces Menu For July 25 ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!

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COMMUNITY News:

Mark your calendar for ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!, a festive event taking place 6-10 pm. Saturday, July 25 at Fuller Lodge.

All proceeds raised at ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!, a fundraiser of the Los Alamos Rotary STARS, will support a shelter for the parents of children receiving treatment in Juarez, Mexico who are forced by poverty to sleep on the street while their children are in the hospital.

The Blue Window Bistro, a Gold sponsor and caterer of the event, has announced the menu as follows (subject to change):

  • Salsa/dip bar (six or so different salsas, queso, guacamole)
  • Tilapia
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Food On The Hill: German Potato Salad

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German Potato Salad. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
German Potato Salad
 
Growing up, this was the only potato salad we ate, usually prepared in large quantities by my Grandmother Mabel for the summertime holiday celebrations in St. Louis.

It’s best when served near room temperature, or just a little warmer, so if you make it in advance take the chill off it before serving. It is not a difficult recipe, but it is important to dress the potatoes as soon as possible after they cook; otherwise they don’t absorb the other ingredients. Here’s to nourishing Read More

Plans In Final Stages For July 4th Extravaganza

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About 15 people worked for three and a half hours June 27, ‘squibbing’ hundreds of shells for the Kiwanis Fourth of July Fireworks. Squibbing involves the insertion of electronic fuses into shells. Kiwanis jokingly calls this ‘a sewing circle with explosives’. From left, Charmian Schaller, Ann Hayes, Roger Stutz, Dennis Gill, John Arrowsmith and seated on the ground in front, Rick Reiss and OpalLee Gill. Photo by Sharon Stover

 

By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

It takes a lot of work to get ready for the Kiwanis Fourth of July festivities in Overlook Read More

Food On The Hill: Watermelon Gazpacho

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Watermelon Gazpacho. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On The Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
Watermelon Gazpacho

I lived in Madison, Wisc., from 1980-1983, not long after an idealistic group of “flour children” hoping to effect positive cultural change opened the first of the Ovens of Brittany restaurants.

Elegant décor, a classical French menu, local natural ingredients, fine wines, fresh flowers, classical background music, hand-painted murals of European farm scenes and memorable baked goods made the Ovens a Midwestern phenomenon. One restaurant became six, plus five bakeries, Read More

Thai Cuisine Restaurant Opening In Los Alamos In July

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Zia Realty Group owner/broker James Chrobocinski, left, with Thai Cuisine Restaurant co-owners Joseph and Ratchanida (Nam) Lovato last month as they sign the lease agreement on the space where they will open their new eatery in July in Mari Mac. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com 

The new Thai Cuisine Restaurant in Mari Mac is scheduled to open in early July. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Thai Cuisine Restaurant co-owner Ratchanida (Nam) Lovato inside the new restaurant Friday evening helping with the massive renovations underway in anticipation of an early July opening. Read More

Ruby K’s Extends Summer Hours

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Ruby K’s Bagel Café is extending its hours to 7 p.m., week nights and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekends for the summer. Ruby K’s is at 1789 Central Ave., Suite 2 in downtown Los Alamos. For more information, visit rubykbagel.com or call the restaurant at 505.662.9866. Photo by TK Thompson

Ruby K’s Bagel Café at 1789 Central Ave., Suite 2. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

Ruby K’s Bagel Café is extending its hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., week nights for the summer and until 8 p.m. on the Fridays when the Gordon’s concert is it the pond.

 Ruby K’s Bagel Café at 1789 Central Ave., Suite 2. Courtesy photo

The popular Read More