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Wusong Road, Chinese American Restaurant and Tiki Bar, Slated for Late Fall Harvard Square Debut | News

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 week ago

Harvard Square will soon welcome Wusong Road, a newly established Chinese American restaurant and tiki bar headed by chef Jason Doo and Thomas Brush, the owner of Felipe’s Taqueria.

Wusong Road is aiming for a “late fall” opening on 112 Mt. Auburn St., the historic building where French restaurant Les Sablons used to be, Doo said in an interview. The new restaurant is located near Flour Bakery and the Harvard Square Hotel.

Doo said the restaurant has been in the works for a long time. He added that though he and his business partners formulated the business idea before the

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a no-nonsense bar, a seafood joint and a nightclub

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 month ago

Updated Sept. 10, 2021 to correct the name of the chef at Crab City.

They say good things come in threes. So here are three new food-and-bev establishments that opened in August or September 2021 in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Crab City

Crab City in Garland has a fish shack vibe and with a long bar.
Crab City in Garland has a fish shack vibe and with a long bar. (Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)

New Garland restaurant Crab City is serving seafood fusion food that honors the owners’ Vietnamese upbringing and shows off their love for Cajun food.

Chef Thanh Nguyen makes lobster with XO sauce at Crab City in Garland.
Chef Thanh Nguyen makes lobster with XO sauce at Crab City in Garland.(Brandon Wade / Special
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a restaurant, a bar, a nightclub

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 month ago

Updated Sept. 10, 2021 to correct the name of the chef at Crab City.

They say good things come in threes. So here are three new food-and-bev establishments that opened in August or September 2021 in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Crab City

Crab City in Garland has a fish shack vibe and with a long bar.
Crab City in Garland has a fish shack vibe and with a long bar. (Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)

New Garland restaurant Crab City is serving seafood fusion food that honors the owners’ Vietnamese upbringing and shows off their love for Cajun food.

Chef Thanh Nguyen makes lobster with XO sauce at Crab City in Garland.
Chef Thanh Nguyen makes lobster with XO sauce at Crab City in Garland.(Brandon Wade / Special
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A new SF bar that travels around the world, and other Bay Area restaurant openings

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 month ago

Missing the days when you could jet across the world to explore another country without worrying about a pandemic? Traveler is an ambitious new bar that opened on the ground floor of 25 Lusk on Tuesday, bringing that globe-trotting experience to San Francisco. Every six months, the bar’s decor and menu will rotate to spotlight a different part of the world. 

First stop? Mexico.

“Mexico was a no-brainer for me because it’s so close,” said Elmer Mejicanos, the bar director behind North Beach’s Red Window who dreamed up the Traveler concept in collaboration with 25 Lusk chef Matthew Dolan and

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