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Saturday, July 14, is Bastille Day. And several area restaurants will be offering specials to mark the storming of the Bastille.
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CHILL OUT AT PRINCE’S
Purchase one of eight classic burger platters at Prince's in July and you’ll receive a free milk shake, old fashioned float or a fresh-squeezed lemonade.
To find the nearest location, go to PrincesHamburgers.com
Inside Roots Juice: You can see the big board!: Courtesy photo
NOW OPEN: ROOTS JUICE
Roots Juice has opened at 507 Westheimer, adjacent to its sister restaurant Roots Bistro. In addition to a full line of coffees and smoothies, the juice bar serves baked good, house-made granola, salads and Sunday brunch (scrambled duck eggs, anyone?).
Go to rootsjuicehouston.com for store hours.
Krian Verma, the chef/owner of Kiran's.: Nick de la Torre
CHARITY EVENT AT KIRAN’S
Join the chefs and owners of Rainbow Lodge, Max's Wine Dive, Feast and Mockingbird Bistro Thursday, July 12, at a special event at Kiran's. The chefs will be on hand to sign copies of Green Beans and Guacamole with all proceeds of book sales (it’s $49.95) going to ARC, which benefits people with mental and physical disabilities. Kiran’s chef/owner Kiran Verma will offer complimentary appetizers and drink special for the event, which is 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
4100 Westheimer, 713-960-8472
STEAK NIGHT AT HUBCAP
Hubcap Grill-Heights will be doing a steak night each Monday beginning July 19. On the menu: marinated ribeye with fresh cut fries and brown gravy.
1133 W. 19th St., 713-862-0555
does the Bastille day special involve poor hygene, rudeness and smoking too?
No but you can come anyway.
I am sitting in Paris today. I was here two months ago. the habit of smoking here is annoying. and the French think they are the only person in the world. you constantly have to dodge people as the French are incapable of walking a straight line because they are too busy texting or talking on their cellphones as they walk on the street. and nothing here is affordable. they must make a zillion dollars doing whatever they do. if you want to pay 3.50 euros for a cup of coffee at a cafe in the morning come on over. and thats one cup of coffee. if you want a second cup, cough up another 3.50 euros (about 4.50 US dollars)there is no bottomless cup like they have in the USA. Its no wonder we had to bail France out in 2 world wars. and then they left a vietnam mess for us to clean up.
That's your fault for limiting your cultural experience to Paris. Go to any of the other towns. Start off with a pleasant attitude and see how far it takes you. :)
I found the French to be far nicer than Americans hands down. Comparing the French to Paris is not a fair sample. It's like comparing a busy New Yorker to all of America.
HBEARD85 is spot on. Paris is the NYC of France. I spent a summer in the south of France and everyone was quite polite and pleasant, just a bit more on the reserved side.
Also, you might want to keep in mind that portion sizes in America are out of control (a large contributor to our obesity epidemic); same goes for bottomless (nobody needs to drink 32oz of coca cola in a single sitting). As for having to make "a zillion dollars"--there happens to be an exchange rate that works against Americans (which is not the fault of the French), and they value things differently than Americans (notice wine--some of the best you'll have--is dirt cheap there, but sodas are quite expensive).
How anyone could be sitting in Paris and be miserable is beyond me. Traveling to all parts of France brings different kinds of experiences and environments that are worth every second, but Paris still has nothing that we over here should be trying to make apologies for. And for the record, after multiple trips over many years, the only real rudeness I've encountered in Paris was from employees of United Airlines.... go figure.
Yum! This looks good. What's with Duck Eggs being on menus everywhere lately? I hear they are higher in cholesterol but have more of the good "egg" vitamins. I want to try some soon.
Nick
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