Food & Cooking

Florida restaurant owner fighting for his life after COVID

Robert C. Williams 2 hours ago

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Nino Pernetti, owner of Caffe Abbracci, left, stands at the restaurant in Coral Gables, Fla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Pernetti celebrates 30 years in the restaurant business. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)


Al Diaz

AP

CORAL GABLES, Fla.

Everyone thought it odd when Nino Pernetti called the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2020, to say he was skipping the annual New Year’s Eve dinner at his landmark Coral Gables restaurant of more than 30 years, Caffe Abbracci.

He injured his ankle while playing his daily round of tennis, he told his friends, family and staff at the restaurant where athletes, actors and politicians dine in anonymity. The doctor, he said, instructed him to put up his leg and rest it for a week.

“We should have known better,” his ex-wife Marlén Pernetti said. “Nino would not miss Caffe Abbracci on a 31st. He would’ve shown up on crutches.”

Days later,

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Lewiston’s best restaurant refused to serve Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘spiritual mentor’

Robert C. Williams 14 hours ago

Martin Luther King Jr. with Benjamin Mays, the Bates College graduate and Morehouse College president whom King considered his spiritual mentor and intellectual guide. Courtesy Bates College

With the approach of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and as the nation continues to reexamine its troubled record on race, an incident in Lewiston more than 75 years ago affirms that the roots of racial issues stretch deep and were never just a Southern concern.

The incident occurred in 1945 when Bates College graduate Benjamin Elijah Mays wanted to have a meal in the city’s leading restaurant.

Mays, a civil rights activist and the president of Morehouse College who later gave the eulogy at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, was already a well-known figure as World War II neared its end.

About 750 people gathered on March 18, 1945, to hear him speak at the now-demolished United

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Best UK restaurants you’ll want to visit in 2022

Robert C. Williams 20 hours ago

Exquisite eats

It’s been a tough couple of years for the hospitality industry but these trailblazing restaurants prove that the spark hasn’t gone from the British culinary scene. We’ve scoured OpenTable’s latest Top 100 UK Restaurants rankings to bring you the overall winners for each major region or city included on the list. From Michelin-starred fine dining to sizzling steakhouses and fusion cuisine, these are the best places to eat across the UK based on diner reviews. Due to COVID-19, check individual restaurants’ websites before visiting.




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Birmingham: Chakana

The most highly-rated restaurant in Birmingham is Chakana, a Peruvian restaurant housed in a stunning old bank building in Molesey. Michelin-starred head chef Robert Ortiz grew up in the Peruvian Amazon and has worked at top restaurants in

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This ‘Barefoot Contessa’ Ina Garten Recipe Is Meals Community’s High

Robert C. Williams 1 day ago

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