Nobody’s ever reported a bouncer checking invitations. Here’s a report on the last open house: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/351629

The Houston Chronicle says Spec’s has finished renovating its huge store on Smith in Midtown, and is having a grand opening celebration. Sounds like an easy excuse to get over to this great store. They have an incredible...

I see that Rise Number One was supposed to open on Lovers on January 15. Has anyone been there (assuming it opened)? If so, what did you think??

chains unable to survive in the San Gabriel Valley and assumed the space would be vacant. However, it turns out that a new Chinese supermarket just opened up this weekend in that space. Hearing about the opening of 1 6 8...

A 17-year-old in rural Minnesota saves a Main Street grocery and his hometown. It’s a feel-good story that’s got everything except puppies.

. So no ETA on the food. For now it is just pastries, coffee and tea. Oh yeah, they are planning to be open major hours ... like until midnight. The store ... the store... There are shelves on every wall of this large shop...

opens up her workshop/kitchen every Friday for retail sales. I saw the Fourth Street address and took a deep breath getting ready to deal with the crowd that frequents the foodier-than-thou shops in that area. But no … this is...

In the U.S., as palates get more adventurous, ethnic markets expand.

I hesitate to “vocalize” this idea... I should capitalize on this! (patent pending! patent pending!) but someone needs to make chipotle in a tube just like they do tomato paste. That stuff would fly off the shelves so...

Jeff Henderson, the executive chef at Café Bellagio in Vegas, began his career as a big-time coke dealer. He’s gone and written a memoir about his transformation—and the excerpts on eGullet are certainly fascinating.

Bistro Verdu closed abruptly on June 24, but hopes to open in a new location soon.

Niche Foods brings back a version of a cookie you may remember from your childhood.

It doesn’t look good for the Super 88 Asian market chain.

A roadside honey salesman, an egg pirozhki at a shabby interstate stop-off—ah, the joys of Eastern European road-tripping.

With two major food conferences in Napa Valley the past few weeks, you couldn’t splash your Chardonnay without hitting a foodie.