Dining

Manhattan Project Bar & Grill Is Back!

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The Manhattan Project Bar & Grill at 1789 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By VICTOR MEDINA
Manhattan Project Bar & Grill

The Manhattan Project Bar & Grill is back to full capacity and we would like to thank the community for their support during the summer and issue a very special thanks to our Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard for her help in expediting our restaurant liquor license.

We have many new exciting events coming to the restaurant and invite the community to join us and participate in all of the fun.

Beginning next week, Read More

Monday’s Hamburger Night Packs Bandelier Grill

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Members of the United Way Youth Team, with Bandelier Grill owner Brian Appell, center left, and Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes, hosted Hamburger Night, their final fundraiser of the year Monday at Bandelier Grill in White Rock. The team sold more than 200 hamburgers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Former Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy spotted a hippie loitering inside Bandelier Grill and ordered him to ‘assume the position’ until he realized he was roughing up LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt. Schmidt dressed up in the hippie costume to attend the United Way Read More

Food on the Hill: Calabacitas

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

 

This week’s recipe:

Calabacitas

Photo by Felicia Orth

Fall 1986. We had recently moved to Santa Fe from St. Louis. “What are you bringing to the Church potluck?” “Calle-besitas,” I said, showing off my new pronunciation skills with my new recipe. “Little street kisses? Sounds like an interesting dish….” We talked long enough that our friend was able to (stop chuckling and) correct my pronunciation of a New Mexican dish, calabacitas. Squash, corn and chiles—all vegetables long grown in the New World. The Pueblo Indians shared this ancient dish with Read More

Kiwanis Club’s ‘Wines of the World’ Event At Blue Window Draws Rave Reviews

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Kiwanis Club’s ‘Wines of the World’ Autumn Wine Tasting Sunday at the Blue Window Bistro featured 10 hors d’oeuvres paired with international wines. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Kiwanis Vice President Lisa Wismer chaired Sunday’s event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Wine Tasting Was Delicious
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Kiwanis Club

About 50 people attended the Kiwanis “Wines of the World” Autumn Wine Tasting Sunday at the Blue Window Bistro. The event featured 10 attractive and delicious hors d’oeuvres, each matched Read More

Letter to the Editor: Youth Team’s Final Event Monday

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By JENNA ERICKSON and SIENNA AHLERS
On Behalf of the United Way Youth Team

Hello! This is Jenna Erickson from the United Way Youth Team, and I am back with the news of our fourth and final event happening this coming Monday.

Hamburger Night, which takes place 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27 at Bandelier Grill in White Rock, is the last event of United Way’s 2014 youth campaign. We are so excited to put it on, and we hope everyone is able to come out and join us. We have had tremendous support for the other events thus far, and we are truly grateful for each and every person involved. Thank you!

Now, a word from Hamburger Read More

Food on the Hill: Curried Squash and Mushroom Soup

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
 
This Week’s Recipe:
 
Curried Squash and Mushroom Soup
 
 
Photo by Felicia Orth
 
The acorn squash is glossy green, ribbed, and sits next to the butternut squash–tall, pale yellow and smooth.  No need to choose between them. They are delicious together, whether roasted and mashed, sliced into gratins or casseroles, and in this lovely soup. This recipe is lightly adapted from the 1977 Moosewood Cookbook, which holds many of the soup recipes I use and adapt. Although you could take a shortcut by adding a tablespoon
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Taos Historical Society: Food Of Dia De Los Muertos Lecture

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TCHS News:

The Taos County Historical Society presents a free, public lecture on “Food of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)” by Deborah Gallagher at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, the Kit Carson Electric Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta in Taos.

El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is by far the most significant of the calendrical festivals in the Southwest. El Dia de los Muertos is a time for families of the deceased to commemorate the dead. This day is set aside to commune with ancestors through the serving of a symbolic meal, and to tend to the grave sites of ancestors. Family members will clean and decorate Read More

Enjoy ‘Wines Of The World’ At Blue Window Bistro Oct. 26!

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Courtesy/Kiwanis

KIWANIS News:

Do you like to travel? Do you like to eat? Or even better, do you like to drink wine?

Get your passports ready and enjoy, “Wines of the World” 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, at the Blue Window Bistro. The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will host an autumn wine tasting that will pair 10 wines from around the world with 10 incredible heavy hors d’oeuvres. 

Close your eyes and smell the ocean breeze as you sample scallop and salmon cakes dressed with creamy remoulade and sip on California Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay. Have you been to South America? Plan on Chilean empanadas and a Read More

Manhattan Project Restaurant Has New Liquor License!

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This evening KayLinda Crawford, left, and Marcie Long toasted the Manhattan Project Restaurant finally receiving its liquor license after months in the process. The restaurant on Central Avenue received its liquor license Friday and owner Victor Medina credits Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard for stepping in and helping him work his way through the maze at the state level. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Manhattan Project Restaurant bartender Ashley Shaw was busy this evening filling drink orders. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Victor J. Medina at the Manhattan Read More