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ArborBlog Aggregator

I found a new aggregator today- one about Ann Arbor blogs.  Take it for what it is.

links for 2006-02-15

• Come Visit Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor
  Basic listing of Ann Arbor restaurants, but advertising heavy. Very little information on restaurants and text is very small
  (tags: food AnnArbor reviews)
• Smoke-Free Restaurants - Ann Arbor
  pretty self-explanatory, but need to already know what type of food the restaurant serves. Also includes non-dining eateries such as Baskin Robbins
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant)
• Hello Metro - Ann Arbor
  Has listings of Ann Arbor restaurants, etc. and can browse restaurants by cuisine type. However, search seems absent and very little additional info about restaurants except link to Google map. Beware of advertising links.
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant)

Pacific Rim Restaurant

I respectfully disagree with the guest reviewer's review of Pacific Rim on www.nicetaste.com.  While I agree the decor is much improved, I don't think the same about the food.  The reincarnation of Kana into Pacific Rim brought a huge shift of purely Korean food to a strange mix of Asiatic medely.  While a few individual dishes may be good, the overall blend of tastes is erratic and clashing. 

Paradise

Tucked away in the apex of the Colonnade shopping arc on Eisenhower is a Chinese/Thai restaurant called Paradise.  I had never heard of the place until I switched jobs and my current coworkers started raving about the place.  So, one day I went, and well, it's not bad.  I wouldn't say that it's anywhere in the same league as some of the Asian restaurants reviewed at www.nicetaste.com, but it's alright for a middle of the road outing.

Ann Arbor area livejournal community

livejournal.com has an Ann Arbor community that anyone can join (for free).  The organizer wants the site to be an "an open forum to discuss events & issues, post hints and helps, and generally keep one another up-to-date on things in Ann Arbor, Ypsi, Dexter, Saline, and so on" but they would like to keep it free from various forms of "ill-will."   

Ann Arbor Restaurant Menus online

Thanks goes to nerdtech for scanning in menus of restaurants in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.  He's even set up rss feeds for them as well. (A2 & Y).  One note - nerdtech hasn't added any menus since 4/18/05 but he says that he's always looking for help from folks like us.  Just send him the jpg at menus at nerdtech dot com.

Middle Kingdon

Well, this restaurant is so spicy that the you can see a faint white smoke eminate from the kitchen at the back of the corridor-like dining room.  I should have listened to htchan's warning at www.nicetaste.com when he said "Think you can eat spicy?  Think again."  Now, I'm not one who normally eats spicy food but my mother-in-law, who adores spicy food, can't stop raving about this place.  It's the first place in 25 years that she deems worth the money, and she even proclaimed the food is better than her own.  So if  you have that finicky eater in your family, you should bring them to this little restaurant with the big punch!  As for me, my lungs are still recouperating.  Enjoy!

links for 2006-02-11

• Roadfood.com
  A kind of "different" restaurant site- it's more of a forum rather than a review or guide. So, anything goes
  (tags: food AnnArbor forum restaurant)
• ChefMoz - "general internet directory of local websites" Ann Arbor
  A review site, mostly text based, but does use standard star method
  (tags: food AnnArbor reviews restaurant)
• Citysearch.com - Ann Arbor restaurants
  Only 593 restaurants "in and around Ann Arbor" are listed.
  (tags: food AnnArbor reviews restaurants)

Red Robin

Burger joint - right?  Well, they offer a lot more that just burgers, but I have to say it's still the burgers that keep me coming back.  Whether it's a mushroom, BBQ, or blue cheese burger, you can't find a better burger in town.  I know that flies in the face of the Blimby fanatics, but Blimpy's is just plain too greasy.  Red Robin's Ann Arbor restaurant isn't dripping with grease, and the restaurant frequently offers dinner and a movie for 2 for just $25.99.  That's a bargain with today's prices. 

links for 2006-02-09

• UofM Chinese Students and Scholars Association - Ann Arbor Asian restaurants
  just a listing of Asian restaurants in Ann Arbor, no other details but does have Chinese character names and subtitles
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant)
• Restaurant Row - AnnArbor restaurants
  only has 89 listings, but many of the listings have a scanned menu that's viewable, seasonal specialties, and some reviews.
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant reviews)
• Restaurant Surf - Ann Arbor restaurants
  Just a listing but displayed in a roledex-type style. Has 1-2 word descriptors of cuisine, address, and phone # of each listing. Not a very comprehensive list though.
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant)
• Wiki Travel - Ann Arbor
  scroll down to see recommended places to eat in Ann Arbor, with short descriptions, address, and possible phone #
  (tags: food AnnArbor restaurant)