Restaurant review: Juke Fried Chicken

So a new southern comfort food place opened up Chinatown, in a new building on Keefer Street, just east of the Floata restaurant. Juke apparently takes it’s name from “juke joint”. This comes from the pre-desegregation days of white-only and black-only bars and restaurants in the American southern states.  Juke joints were black pubs and restaurants…

Restaurant review: Cheesecake Etc

It’s been a few years since I set foot in Cheesecake Etc. This little dessert place has been something of a local institution since the late 1970s. The place is almost frozen in time.  The menu is basically a raisin & walnut cake, and plain cheesecake, a chocolate cheesecake topped with whipped cream, and various…

Restaurant review: Fable Diner

It was a lazy weekend morning, and I decided to go for brunch. I’m not actually a brunch kind of person, but I enjoy it once or twice a year. We decided to go to Fable Diner, on East Broadway, just west of Main street. There was a line up outside, when I arrived, and…

Restaurant review: Pho Hong

On a cool, wet and drab Friday night, with no inclination to cook, we decided to go out for dinner and get some comfort food in the form of a hot bowl of noodle soup. Our first choice of restaurant was strangely closed on this day, so our next choice was Pho Hong on Fraser…