Dining

Jazz With CME At Blue Window Saturday Night!

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Craig Martin Experience plays Blue Window Saturday night. Courtesy photo

ENTERTAINMENT News:

The Blue Window Bistro, at the restaurant’s new location in the heart of downtown Los Alamos, will host an evening of jazz with the Craig Martin Experience at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

“We’re pleased to have CME as the first musical performance at our new location,” owner Melissa Paternoster said. “The band was first music we hosted at our former location, too.”

CME will offer a set of traditional jazz favorites along with a mix of inventive original tunes composed by band members.

“We’re excited to perform Read More

Chicken Teriyaki Serves Up Japanese Cuisine And More In White Rock

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Owner and main cook Nhan T. Nguyen behind the counter at Chicken Teriyaki, open seven days a week on Bonnie View in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Things have been hopping at Chicken Teriyaki since the White Rock restaurant opened its doors Nov. 12. The restaurant, located at 25 Bonnie View Dr. is housed in the former Pizza Hut, which has stood empty for a number of years.

“I saw this place standing empty and decided I would like to open my restaurant there,” owner and main cook Nhan T. Nguyen said. “I visited the restaurants in Los Alamos Read More

Peek Inside Blue Window Bistro Now Open In New Location In Downtown Los Alamos!

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Blue Window Bistro opens for business Wednesday at 1789 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos. Read the full story later today in the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Blue Window Bistro owner Melissa Paternoster talks about her retaurant Friday during an interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post. Courtesy photo

The Blue Window Bistro served its last meal Friday, Jan. 6 Friday at its old location and began serving lunch Wednesday, Jan. 11 at its new location on Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Welcoming guests for lunch Thursday at the new Blue Read More

China Moon Undergoes Renovation – Reopens Tuesday

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China Moon Restaurant in Central Park Square at 15th Street and Central Avenue is undergoing a major renovation this evening and the owners intend to open for lunch Tuesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

It appears this team plans to pull an all nighter to get China Moon ready for tomorrow’s lunch crowd. From left, China Moon co-owner Sally Saisa Rrzig, Humberto Zubia, co-owner Ziggy Rrzig and Lupe Cruz. The Rrzig’s took over China Moon last year after Sally’s father retired. She has lived in Los Alamos for some 20 years and together with her husband also owns three Read More

Scenes From Today’s First Lunch Served In Newly Remodeled White Rock Senior Center

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Today marks the first lunchtime meal served to area seniors in the newly remodeled White Rock Senior Center on Longview Drive. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Seniors dine at lunchtime today in the White Rock Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Lunch is served for the first time in the newly remodeled White Rock Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Interior view of the newly remodeled White Rock Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Interior view of the newly remodeled White Rock Senior Center. Read More

Rose Chocolatier Moves To Central Park Square

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The new expanded kitchen at Rose Chocolatiier in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo
 
BUSINESS News:

Rose Chocolatier has moved and is now located at 149 Central Park Square in the heart of downtown Los Alamos.

“We love our new space, especially being so near to other great local businesses,” owner Marguerite McClay said. “To be precise we are across from Finishing Touch, between Allure and projectY and about half way between UnQuarked and Pet Pangaea. With Bathtub Row Beer Co-op and El Rigoberto’s and other stellar businesses
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Be First To Hear About Pig + Fig Wine Dinners

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Pig and Fig’s owner, Chef Laura Crucet Hamilton. Courtesy photo
 
RESTAURANT News:
 
The Pig + Fig Café is hosting a wine dinner Jan. 10 … but it is sold out.
 
Pig and Fig’s owner, Chef Laura Crucet Hamilton, has hosted more than 60 wine dinners over the past few years. Every one of them has sold out in less than two hours.
 
Luckily, there are four more scheduled in the next two months. But you have to be on her email list to get a table. (Sign up for their newsletter here).
 
Why are these wine dinners so special?
 
It could be the wines that they choose. They often
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New Year … Big Changes For Cottonwood On The Greens

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Cottonwood on the Greens owners Pawel and Darota Listwan, center, with their Executive Chef Levi Guarello and his wife Laura Rodriguez who is a line cook at the restaurant. Photo by Jennifer Bartram

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Restaurateurs Pawel and Darota Listwan and former partners Patrick Mockler-Wood and his mother Catherine Mockler have ended their partnership and divided up their two local eateries.

The foursome came together to open the Pajarito Brewpub in November 2012. They went on to open Cottonwood on the Greens in April 2014.

By mutual agreement of the four owners Read More

Valentine Five Course Gourmet Dinner To Benefit Self Help Inc.

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Five course gourmet dinner with wine pairings Feb. 4 to raise funds for Self Help, Inc. Courtesy photo
 
SELF HELP INC. News:
 
Looking for a romantic Valentine’s Day date where you can show love to your community?
 
Join us for a five course gourmet dinner with thoughtfully chosen wine pairings. Laura Hamilton, the chef of the Pig and Fig Café, will present this fundraiser for Self Help, Inc. from 6-9 p.m., Feb. 4, 2017, at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 1738 Sage St. in Los Alamos.
 
The menu:
 
First Plate 
smoked duck breast,
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Domino’s Is Open For Business In Los Alamos

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Domino’s in the Smith’s Marketplace Shopping Center on Trinity Drive is open for business and looking to hire 20 more employees. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Domino’s General Manager Celesta Lasater Tuesday in the new restaurant was transferred from a Domino’s in Aztec and said that she held a soft opening at 5 p.m. Dec. 30  and the customers packed in ‘like sardine’s. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Domino’s wall menu in new store. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

History of Domino’s

Domino’s is an American pizza restaurant chain Read More