It's amazing what you can do with a little griddle and a lot of skill. "Don't forget my two butane burners," said Marla Ortega, chef-owner of Illium Cafe, a jewel in downtown Troy. "That's how I make ...

READERS' PICK: Milagro is nothing but inviting--heavy beamed ceilings, lots of wood, natural colors and textures, sunny windows to peer out of as if you're in an aquarium looking out. The dark, cool ...

REDLANDS >> The new year brought changes to Carolyn’s Cafe. But for locals who’ve made it a habit to stop in for breakfast, there’s no need to panic — the coffee cake is still around. Carolyn ...

Sitting among the boxwood and clipped ligustrum of the Riverside Terrace Café on a sunny evening, the workaday world of Houston seemed very far away. From an ironwork cafe table on a mosaic-stone ...

READERS' PICK: Outside at the Cup Café may be the closest we get to a Left Bank, Parisian sidewalk café in Tucson. Smoke wafts up from patrons hunched over their third or fourth refill of the house ...