Cafe Society: Week in review

We're out early for the Fourth of July weekend, but check below to make sure you didn't miss any of the good stuff this week. Enjoy your sparklers.Floods and fire temporarily shutter two local barbecue joints.Where to find the best cart lunch? Readers weigh in.Restaurant roll call for June: opened...

By Liz Kellermeyer

July 2, 2009

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We're out early for the Fourth of July weekend, but check below to make sure you didn't miss any of the good stuff this week. Enjoy your sparklers.

Floods and fire temporarily shutter two local barbecue joints.

Where to find the best cart lunch? Readers weigh in.

Restaurant roll call for June: opened and closed.

Pete Marczyk shares recipes for fried chicken two ways and his mom's famous potato salad.

Jason Sheehan signs copies of Cooking Dirty and turns out not to be as tall, tattooed or black as fans thought.

Jason also found something to irritate him more than the word "gastropub." Dinerant, anyone?

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