Category Archives: crossroads

Food. An innocuous word. Four letters and one syllable. The word sounds a little funny. Say it slowly. It’s not grandiose or evocative like other short words like “seek,” or “fear.” It is four letters but cannot be profane. It’s not even as connotative as the word that describes its subset: meat. And yet….one can...

On an unseasonably cool Wednesday in the middle of summer, we decided to explore the neighborhood. Heading west from 17th and Washington Street, we climbed the hill toward The Westside Local, a new, stylish restaurant filled with oddly shaped tables that are fashioned from salvaged wood. It had opened a few weeks earlier and since...


