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Food
Food
‘The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Americans may love a winner, but that definition also includes, I think, those who bounce back from adversity. Twinkies are back, in stores across the country, at a list price of $2.98 for a box of ten. (If they seem smaller, and have an even longer shelf life, the new owners insist it’s the result…
Food, Poll
Friday Poll: Cronuts
by JOHN ADAMS •
Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: Randy’s Restaurant and Fun Hunter’s Brewery
by JOHN ADAMS •
View Larger Map Randy’s Restaurant and Fun Hunter’s Brewery – Randy’s to anyone who has been in Whitewater longer than twenty-four hours – is a big, traditional American-cuisine restaurant on Whitewater’s eastside. First, what one sees: Everything about Randy’s is big – the dining room (with anterooms), the tables and chairs, the building, even the…
Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: Cozumel
by JOHN ADAMS •
View Larger Map Whitewater has more than one Mexican restaurant, and when there are at least two, there’s bound to be a question of which is authentic, genuine, somehow true to Mexican cuisine, etc. It’s not the only question, though: a necessary, preliminary question is whether the restaurant serves enjoyable fare. Ask that initial question,…
Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: The SweetSpot
by JOHN ADAMS •
View Larger Map Located along Whitewater Street, near the Cravath lakefront, is Whitewater’s principal coffee shop: The SweetSpot at 226 West Whitewater. There are other places in town for coffee, and until recently there were even more, but The SweetSpot now occupies a preeminent place. So what shall one simply say about this much-touted coffee…
Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: Karina’s Mexican Restaurant
by JOHN ADAMS •
View Larger Map Karina’s Mexican Restaurant sits on the corner of Main Street in downtown Whitewater. As one sees from the street view above, patrons enter on Main, with seating to both the left and right of the entrance. It’s a large space, and for the occasions when I visited (lunch, dinner), larger than the…
Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: Tokyo
by JOHN ADAMS •
View Larger Map Tokyo is a family-run, Japanese-cuisine restaurant, of modest size, and a relaxed atmosphere. It’s situated on a prominent corner in downtown Whitewater, along Main Street. That first sentence establishes the perspective from which one should consider Tokyo: it’s a small, family-run Japanese restaurant. It’s a pleasant surprise, and happily recommended. Across America,…
Food, Restaurant, Review
Restaurant Review: Whitewater’s Lakefront Pub
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater, Wisconsin is a college town with a plentiful selection of bars, but a suitable pub with good food, a wide selection of beers, and a congenial atmosphere is always hard to find. Those in, or visiting, Whitewater would find that experience at the Lakefront Pub, named for its location along Cravath Lake in downtown…
Food, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Foodie: Food Trucks
by JOHN ADAMS •
Agriculture, Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Farming, Food, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Laws/Regulations, Liberty, Local Government, New Whitewater, Planning
A Model Ordinance
by JOHN ADAMS •
These last few months, beginning in September, Whitewater’s Planning Commission has heard, and subsequently considered, a proposal for an urban (backyard) chicken ordinance. The proposal is not mine; I have been a mere observer of this effort. One may write about a topic, but only after months of careful observation, as in this case. I…
Business, City, Food, Liberty, Local Government
The Game of Thrones Food Trucks
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Institute of Justice, the nation’s leading libertarian public interest law firm, asks a question about Chicago that would be as fitting of other cities’ regulators: Should the city of Chicago be in the business of protecting a few politically connected restaurateurs from competition? That is the question to be answered by a major lawsuit…
Food, Holiday
Thanksgiving, Two Days Out
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Food, Free Markets, Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Whitewater’s ‘Transient Merchant’ Ordinance is Only Half That
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater has a Transient Merchant Ordinance, at Chapter 5.28, et seq., of her Municipal Code, but the ordinance’s title is only half right. It’s not merely an ordinance that restricts food trucks’ sales, but also and necessarily consumers’ purchases. It’s part Transient Merchant Ordinance and part Consumer Restriction Ordinance. Each and every time a city…
