Dining

Pasta Paradiso Offers Full Meals And Buffet Items

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Renee Lee, owner of Pasta Paradiso shows her extensive wine selection. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
“A bottle of red, a bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you’re in tonight
I’ll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian Restaurant”
(From an Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel)

Pasta Paradiso owner Renee Lee always looks like she is going to burst into song, so you would never know that her newest eatery is her fifth and not her first. The joy and pride she takes in her Italian restaurant on at 1315 Trinity Dr.,

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Co+op’s Six Year Birthday Bash Underway Until 3 p.m.!

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The Los Alamos Co+op Market at 95 Entrada Dr. is celebrating its 6th Anniversary until 3 p.m. today by showcasing its Community Partners and Vendors. The entire community is invited to celebrate and enjoy interactive booths by a variety of nonprofit organizations including PEEC, LA Animal Shelter, Bathtub Row Brewing Coop, Los Alamos County Recycling and Delancy Street Shelter. Photo by Greg Kendall

Seven Co+op vendors are on hand to offer free product samples and to show appreciation to its customers, the Co+op is providing free chair massages. Photo by Greg Kendall

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Just One Thing To Do This Week: Slow Down Dinner!

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By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos

Early in your career dinner-time is pretty much the same as happy hour—you look forward to leaving work, relaxing with friends and family, and then enjoying a sociable meal.

After you start having children, dinner-time, formally known as happy hour becomes unhappy hour. For decades now I have called it arsenic hour but I am no longer sure if this is an original thought or if I have plagiarized it from someone—it has just been so long.

If you have babies, dinner preparation time coincides perfectly with the ideal hours for colic. Preparing meals with a screaming infant Read More

Cottonwood On The Greens Unveils New Menu

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Cottonwood on the Greens owner Pawel Listwan makes traditional pierogi from his grandmother’s recipe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

One of the most popular items on the new menu at Cottonwood on the Greens is the traditional Polish pierogis served with carmelized bacon and onions and a small house salad.

Eatery owner Pawel Listwan actually makes the pierogis himself from a recipe that belonged to his grandmother. He even makes the cheese called “twarog” himself and prepares the potatoes on site.

New menu item Oysters Mornay, roasted Read More

Los Alamos Co+op Celebrates Six Years!

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The Co+op is having a 6-year anniversary party this weekend and everyone is invited. Courtesy photo

Co+op News:

The Los Alamos Co+op Market is celebrating its 6th Anniversary this Saturday by showcasing its Community Partners and Vendors.

The entire community is invited to celebrate and enjoy interactive booths by a variety of nonprofit organizations including Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), Los Alamos Animal Shelter, Bathtub Row Brewing Coop, Los Alamos County Recycling and Delancy Street Shelter.

Seven Co+op vendors will be on hand to offer free product samples and Read More

Eat Wings. Raise Funds. Los Alamos Relay For Life/American Cancer Society Event March 11

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos is one of more than 5,200 communities planning a Relay for Life signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society this year. Organizational meetings are already being held and fundraising events are already underway. The Los Alamos event is scheduled for Aug. 18.

Saturday, March 11, Buffalo Wild Wings on Zafarano in Santa Fe, is hosting an “Eat Wings Raise Funds” event. From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., if people present the above coupon to their server, Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10 percent of their total bill (not including tax, gratuity, Read More

Scenes From Friday’s Traditional Lenten Fish Fry

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Dessert is part of the traditional Fish Fry served to community members during Lent at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Hall, 3700 Canyon Road. The next Fish Fry is 5-7 p.m., Friday, March 10 and tickets are sold at the door, $10 for adults and $7 for children and everyone is welcome to attend. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Diners fill IHM Parish Hall Friday evening for the weekly Lenten Fish Fry. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Knight’s of Columbus members Steve Ciddio, left, and Robert Divine take tickets at Friday’s Fish Fry dinner. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More