Food and restaurants

I’d driven past La Poblanita, 1617-23 E. Lake St., for years, but I dined there for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been back twice since. The two addresses are actually two businesses – a restaurant at the corner, and a tortilleria next door, which houses a small tortilla factory, meat market, and grocery store. MORE »

I don’t know if they shake the hand of everyone who walks through the door, but the greeting from the server set the tone for my experience of dining at Gandhi Mahal, the Indian restaurant that opened at the end of May at 3009 27th Ave. S., in the former space of the short-lived Calypso. MORE »

Joe Radaich, owner of the newly dubbed Sporty’s, says that when customers try his food for the first time, they often comment: “I can’t believe this is so good.” MORE »

Governor Tim Pawlenty’s one-year term as chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA) officially ended yesterday when Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took the helm. During his term, Pawlenty made clean energy his signature issue by launching an initiative called “Securing a Clean Energy Future,” which sought ways to increase production of cleaner domestic fuels, promote advanced electricity generation, improve energy efficiency, and accelerate research and development of clean energy technologies. MORE »