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Best Drag Queen
Kofi (Terry Nabors)
She's big, bold and beautiful, with more style than Vera Wang, Donna Karan and the entire Queer as Folk cast combined. Kofi hosts late-night events at JR.'s, including the male stripping and dance contests. On a recent Monday night, Kofi warmed up the crowd by lip-synching "I'm Every Woman" and "You Can't Hurry Love" while patron after patron paid their…
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So many toasts, so little time. The only problem: The more glass-clinking we do, the more forgetful we become, and so we neglected to highlight a few Houston classics. Luckily, our readers stepped in to remind us of the Categories We Forgot.
Best Buffet Todai Japanese Seafood Buffet 7620 Katy Fwy., ste. 300, 713-682-0009 Best Cafeteria Cleburne Cafeteria 3606 Bissonnet, 713-667-2386 Best Huevos Rancheros La Mexicana 1018 Fairview, 713-521-0963 Best Scrapbook Store Photos Forever 4061 Bellaire Blvd., 713-662-0200 Best Ship Battleship Texas Best Spa Bergamos Spa Retreat 2535 Kirby, 713-529-2444 Best Tortilla Soup El Rey Taqueria 910 Shepherd, 713-802-9145 Best Veterinarian West Alabama Animal Clinic 2030 W. Alabama, 713-528-0818 Best Wi-Fi Spot Byzantio 403 W. Gray, 713-520-6896 …
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Best Cheap Date
UTMB-TAMUG Classical Concerts
Forget the unwieldy handle, and remember this about the UTMB-TAMUG 2005-2006 Classical Concerts series: It's absolutely free. You can spend an evening at fine arts venues in Houston and fork over a pile of Benjamins for some of the same concerts that book dates for free in Galveston. Sure, the scheduling is a bit haphazard, and some concerts are announced…
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Best Apartment Complex
Bissonnet Village Apartments
In a city where not having a car is a death sentence for your social life, we'll give the Bissonnet Village Apartments a nod for being strategically close to one of the hottest singles scenes in the city: Rice Village. Auto-challenged residents of "The BV" can stroll -- if need be -- to the nearby Village restaurants and bars, or…
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Best Place to People-Watch
Taco Cabana
If you want to get a real look at the people populating our hippest little multicultural area, just mosey on over to the Taco Cabana at the corner of Montrose and Westheimer, order a plate of nachos and a margarita, and pull up a chair. You'll see transvestites hailing down cars for dates, homeless youths who look like Blink-182 gone…
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Best Reason to Stay in Houston During the Summer
The Houston Symphony Summer Series
Many a balmy Houston night has been made cooler and more comfortable thanks to the efforts of the Houston Symphony. Beginning in June, when it first presented Summer Symphony Nights at Miller Outdoor Theatre, our skies have been filled with sweet sounds designed to make us forget that we've still got sweat dripping off our brows. The symphony's Lord of…
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Best Charity
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Picking the best charity is harder than it sounds. What are the criteria: the condition of the recipients? The overall effectiveness? How the money is spent? Well, if you consider all of those, then Houston's Shriners Hospital just might be the best charity to donate to this year. The hospital provides free -- yes, free -- medical care to children…
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Best Local Blog
Off the Kuff
We waited for someone to step up and dethrone Charles Kuffner as the best blogger in town. We scoured the H-town blogosphere, reading what the pamphleteers of the 21st century had to say about sports, politics, music, art and breakfast. We wasted countless hours, time we could've spent paying our bills or cleaning our homes, getting too much information from…
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Best Parade
Pride Parade
Beneath a giant chandelier hoisted above the corner of Montrose and Westheimer, float after float passes by every year in the nation's original nighttime pride parade. It's one heck of a party and a nonpareil people-watching opportunity. This year Gs, Ls, Bs and Ts lined the streets, hooting, hollering and hooking up long before the actual parade passed by. All…
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Best New Magazine
While it's not the most polished pad of pulp in the printed-matter pile, Hater magazine has a youthful exuberance all but lost in so much of the mainstream media. A free, digest-size, full-color rag, Hater is available quarterly, in limited supply, throughout the city. The mag's credo states that "Hater defined is the critic of our generation," and boy, do…
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Best Tourist Attraction
Former Enron Building
No, there are no tours being offered at the moment. You can't just walk in and see the exact spot where Ken Lay and Co. made the decisions and signed the papers that all but destroyed their faithful minions. But you can stand outside and gawk at this architectural masterpiece. Like staring at the charred remains of a burned-out warehouse,…
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Best View
Stingaree Restaurant
The best view in the Houston area requires some gas money and a large appetite for Gulf Coast seafood. Head down I-45 to Galveston, catch the ferry to Bolivar Peninsula and follow the signs to Stingaree Restaurant. For optimal viewing, arrive about an hour and a half before sunset and insist on a table by the window. If one isn't…
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Best Buddhist Temple
Jade Buddhist Temple
Remove your shoes and shuffle to the front of the hall. The benevolent eyes of a three-ton white jade Buddha follow your steps -- as do those of a hundred lesser gold Buddhas sunk into the front of the aptly named Grand Buddha Hall. The psychic residue of the thousands of devotees who have cycled through this space since it…
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Best Cheap Thrill
Sliding down the handrail at Edwards Greenway Palace 24
Speed, man. There's nothing more exhilarating. But speed can get expensive: Mustangs, motorcycles, meth -- that stuff adds up! So instead of saddling yourself with more debt (or, God forbid, another nasty addiction), head to Edwards cinema on Weslayan. You don't even have to buy a ticket to ride the theater's outrageous length of fat metal rails into oblivion. Divided…
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Best Court Ruling
Reversal of Andrea Yates's conviction
Andrea Yates is obviously a disturbed woman, and no one can know what demons drew her to (at this point, allegedly) drown her five kids in a bathtub. But in their zeal to make a case, Harris County prosecutors threw away caution. They brought in a California psychiatrist expert named Park Dietz who said he was a consultant for the…
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Best Criminal Court Judge
Brock Thomas
When the judge is the son of the county sheriff, it's safe to say that criminal defense lawyers aren't going to have the most optimistic feelings heading into court. But 338th District Judge Brock Thomas, son of Tommy, has dispelled any doubts about whether he can be a fair arbiter behind the bench, quickly establishing a reputation for evenhandedness. At…
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Best Democrat
Rick Noriega
It's a cliche that politicians who are so eager to send other folks off to war sit safely behind their desks. Not Rick Noriega. He was sworn in for another term as state rep this January -- not in Austin, but in a wooden barracks building outside of Kabul, Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel Noriega was on active duty training the Afghan…
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Best 15 Minutes of Fame
Houston, circa 2001, via the TV movie
14 Hours
Those of us who weren't living in Houston when Tropical Storm Allison paid a visit seem to have missed out on the kind of bonding experience only tragedy can create. But thanks to TNT ("We Know Drama"), everyone got a chance to see how the courageous doctors at Memorial Hermann Hospital saved hundreds of lives in the titular timeframe. Or…
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Best Local TV Anchor
Bill Balleza
The talent level among Houston television's anchor desks has dropped precipitously in recent years, thanks to vapid newcomers and fading veterans. One longtimer has maintained his A-game, though: Channel 2's Bill Balleza. Thoroughly familiar with our town (you won't catch him mispronouncing "Kuykendahl"), Balleza also tries, as much as possible, to tone down the hype machine that is KPRC. He…
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Best Local TV News
KTRK/Channel 13
While they definitely aren't the sexiest staff of journalists, and they don't have the eye-popping graphics and whiz-bang of the other stations, the veteran tried-and-true hands of KTRK consistently produce the best local newscasts overall. Staffed with a combination of virtual Houston landmarks that have been at the station longer than some of their competitors have been alive (Ed Brandon,…
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Best Local TV Personality
Scotty Kilmer
When your own station's Web site singles out your "off-beat delivery," you know they're not talking about the recipient of a bachelor's of broadcasting degree. That's exactly what we like about the quirky Scotty Kilmer, the car-care expert who hosts the twice-weekly taped segments. But it's during his Saturday-morning live appearance answering viewer calls that the Guru of Gaskets really…
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Best Light-Rail Station
We know, we know...This one took these same honors last year. But let's face it: It's gotten even better since then, and most of our rail stops suck. With the exception of a couple downtown, they're purely functional affairs -- if they're not slap-bang in the middle of a parking prairie like Smith Lands and Bell Street, they're facing the…
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Best Organic Cemetery
Ethician Family Cemetery
George Russell is a colorful blend of genius and crazy. He founded his own religious group, the Universal Ethician Church, as a sanctuary for those fed up with the hypocrisy or greed they've experienced in mainstream organized religions. And he also created the state's only "green" cemetery, where folks are buried sans embalming and, preferably, sans coffin. The only coffins…
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Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners
Hillcroft/New Chinatown
Tired of telling your out-of-town friends and family that Houston is an international city? Then show them on this driving tour. Drive west on Richmond from Loop 610 to Hillcroft. Hang a left and show them all the halal Chinese restaurants, Persian kebab shops, Latino hip-hop clubs, Indo-Pakistani curry houses, Arabic hookah bars, Indian sari boutiques and travel agencies prominently…
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Best Republican
Paul Bettencourt
Local Republicans are a pretty predictable lot -- they're against everything, and they're against it loudly and insistently. Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt is right with them when it comes to being anti, whether it's light rail or the latest property-tax scheme. But instead of frothing at the mouth and trying to outshout everyone, Bettencourt takes another route: He…
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Best Sanctuary from the Fast Track
The Rothko Chapel
The Rothko Chapel is nondenominational, and the various religious texts on the table by its door attest to that, but we can't help feeling that in there everything is Zen. (Damn, did we just paraphrase a lyric from one of the worst bands ever? Sorry, we'll try not to let it happen again.) Mark Rothko's large, dark paintings present the…
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Best Sign
Brooks-Mays Pianomax
So you're driving along U.S. 59 when, through the clutter of billboards, you see it: a grand piano, perched precariously on a pole 108 feet above the ground. Chances are, your first thought is "Does that thing really play?" And your second thought is probably "Either way, that's pretty damn cool." Erected in 1973, when the music store was called…
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Best Local TV News Reporter
Cynthia Hunt
We're not saying that it only takes a pretty face to be a good TV reporter. We're not saying that notorious "Railcar Killer" Angel Maturino Resendiz had anything other than Cynthia Hunt's austere professionalism on his mind when he sent her exclusive jailhouse letters that were ultimately subpoenaed for his trial. We're not saying it was one of the most…
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Best Use of a Trash Can
TAZmaniac Sound System
This rolling, blaring work of art pops up at just about every social-justice event in town. Crafted out of a wheeled trash can, powered by a car battery and equipped with some big-ass speakers, the TAZmaniac Sound System has become one of the activist community's most efficient means of raising a ruckus. (Hell, the thing pumps out enough bass to…
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Best Vintage Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery
In this tucked-away glade of oaks, magnolias and granite markers, pockets of heavily manicured grass slump before the memorials of a thousand varieties. A grief-stricken angel is collapsed across a "Hill." Above an eight-foot Celtic cross a mockingbird dances in the Spanish moss, singing lightly of those things the dead no longer can. Here on the edge of downtown lies…
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Best Vintage Houston Street
Montrose Boulevard
When J.W. Link, attorney and former mayor of Orange, developed the Montrose neighborhood in 1910 (or 1911, depending on whom you ask), he probably had no idea it would become a sanctuary for artists, hipsters, teenage runaways and gay nightclub owners. Named after a Scottish port town, the area's eponymous boulevard is home to some of the city's finest restaurants,…
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Best Vintage Local TV Commercial
Thunderbolt Transmission
Yes, it's almost 30 years old, but you can still catch it every so often, and longtime Houston residents are sure to crack a smile when they hear the immortal line, "We put the YEEEE-HAWWW back in your motor and transmission!" It's like a mini-movie: There's romance, action, suspense and a theme song you can't get out of your head.…
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Best Weathercaster
David Paul
It's a Houston tradition from June to November: You go to sleep knowing there's a tropical storm or hurricane heading our way, and the first thing you want to know when you wake up is, Is it still barreling down on us, or has it sheared away? Some stations pile on the danger hype, insisting that every storm could still…
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Best Zoo Animal
What is it? A sleek, striped donkey? A purplish-red zebra with round ears, horns and a long tongue? A furry dinosaur of some kind? Nope, none of the above. It's the okapi, and its only living relative is the giraffe. Western science didn't even know these five-foot-tall, leaf-chewing critters existed until the 1890s; the okapi was the last of the…
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Best Local Boy Gone Bad
Former judge and TV star Eric Andell
Eric Andell had as shiny a reputation as any local Democrat, and he wasn't afraid to flaunt it. As a juvenile court judge and later an appellate judge, Andell was savvy with the media and smooth at political gatherings and parties. He had a syndicated television show, Juvenile Justice, and was wooed by Republicans to switch parties. But, as he…
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Best Local Boy Made Good
Sam Farha
Sam Farha didn't win the World Series of Poker this year or last year, but that doesn't mean he hasn't made it big at the table. The Lebanon native, who's called Houston home for 20 years, has made a very, very good living playing cards. A second-place finish at the 2003 WSOP netted him $1.3 million, and he just keeps…
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Best Local Girl Gone Bad
Fort Bend County Treasurer Jeanne Parr
When Jeanne Parr ran for county treasurer in 2002, she told voters all about her experience as a lay minister and Sunday school teacher, her work with 4-H Club kids and the time she was named Outstanding Leader of Fort Bend County. What she didn't mention was her gambling problem. It turns out Parr had quite the jones, taking weekly…
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Best Local Girl Made Good
Brooke Valentine
So far, the whole Houston "Third Coast" rap thing has been a largely male phenomenon. For every Beyonce, there are two or three Mike Joneses or Lil' Flips. Brooke Valentine is trying to change that, and she's gotten off to a hot start. She's teamed with Big Boi from OutKast for the hit "Girlfight" and with the late, lamented ODB…
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Best Place for a First Date
Houston Zoo
When you have a first date with someone, it's best to gather as much information about the person as quickly as possible. A date to the Houston Zoo should teach you plenty in just one visit. You'll get answers to some major questions without having to invest in conversation. For example, you can observe if your date likes kids, animals…
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Best Place for a Last Date
Hotel Icon/Bank Jean-Georges
It's terrible to break someone's heart, but sometimes a relationship just isn't meant to be. If you've got dumping to do, make it happen somewhere luxurious. After downing a little liquor at the Whiskey Bar, order your date a delicious lamb chop at Bank -- it will make the bad news easier to swallow. And we're all familiar with how…
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Best Political Victory
Hubert Vo
In the worst of ways, Talmadge Heflin looked unbeatable: Endorsed by the Houston Chronicle, he'd logged seemingly as many years in the Texas House of Representatives as Palpatine had commanded the Galactic Empire, and the flab in his double chin was exceeded only by the corporate flab in his war chest. Democratic challenger Hubert Vo commanded a fraction of the…
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Best Lawyer
Barry Scheck
Okay, this is technically cheating, since Barry Scheck is based out of NYC, but screw it: Scheck's Innocence Project helped get two wrongly convicted Texans out of prison last year. One of them was George Rodriguez, a Houston man who served 17 years for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. (Since other prisoners consider child-rapists the lowest of the low, we…
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Best Place to Get Screwed, Blued and Tattooed
Surf Shack
Taste is all in the mouth here in the land of "Beers, Babes and Waves." Nearly naked women on carpeted pedestals along with massive drink specials are the main attractions for the backward-ball-cap crowd, but the thing that really makes the Surf Shack unique is the presence on the premises of Nice Guy Tattoos, poised with needles at the ready…
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Best Vintage Houston Personality
Marvin Zindler
There's not a Houstonian alive who doesn't know this human oddity's name and freakish visage. To a Houston transplant, the first Zindler sighting is one of those occasions where you question reality, the existence of a fair and merciful God, and your eyesight. Could that dude really look like that? Was he in The Dark Crystal? What's going on behind…
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Best Bureaucrat
Abelardo Saavedra
For too many years, Houston school superintendents have depended on spin to save them from problems. Abelardo Saavedra, finishing his first year in the position at HISD, has shown a welcome ability to deal with controversy rather than just duck it. He addressed persistent stories about widespread cheating on standardized tests at some schools and created an office of inspector…
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Best Civil Attorney
Jim Sales
Our award for best civil attorney usually goes to some swashbuckling plaintiffs' lawyer who's racked up a big win. But let us now praise one who toils in a megafirm, defending public-minded corporate giants against all-but-frivolous suits (as defense lawyers would put it). Jim Sales has done a lot of that in his 45-year legal career, but he's done a…
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Best Civil Court Judge
Levi Benton
Say what you will about George W. Bush's term as governor, one thing that can't be argued is that he broke apart the good-ol'-boy network that previous Republican govs habitually used to fill judicial vacancies. One of the minority attorneys he named was Levi Benton, a previously little-known lawyer who was nominated in 1999. Benton has stayed out of the…
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Best Community Newspaper
The Brazosport Facts
With a name that's somehow both unassuming and boastful at the same time, The Brazosport Facts sets itself a high bar. And the feisty paper usually lives up to its moniker, providing colorful, comprehensive coverage of Brazoria County. It's not afraid of taking on polluters or the state agencies who don't police them, which can be a rare philosophy in…
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Best Criminal Defense Attorney
Rusty Hardin
Tabbing Rusty Hardin as Houston's best criminal defense lawyer is like naming Lance Armstrong as Best Bicyclist from Texas -- it's not exactly a groundbreaking pick. But Hardin proved again this year why he remains the name that should be on the speed-dial of every athlete or deep-pocketed Houstonian who might ever conceivably get into trouble. After a ton of…
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Best Landmark
The Law Office of Tim Hootman
As an amorphous blob of dishonestly named subdivisions, Houston offers drivers few signposts, greetings or markers of real meaning. One exception is the Law Office of Tim Hootman, which is as geographically appropriate as it is bizarre. Drivers exiting Interstate 45 at Pease for downtown will see, in front of his lot, a metal sculpture of a fat, busty lady,…
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Best Nonprofit
Houston Food Bank
For more than 20 years, the Houston Food Bank has been distributing millions of pounds of food annually to those in need. Efficiency counts for more than glitz, and the bank doesn't stop with just handling food donations; chefs and nutritionists give their time to help kids and indigent families learn about healthy meals and snacks. Covering an 18-county territory…
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Best Public Information Officer
Raquel Espinoza-Williams
Our pick for best flack is also the Houston Press Club's "Communicator of the Year" for 2005. Espinoza-Williams produces a great monthly newsletter for the Houston Shriners Hospital, which offers free treatment to children suffering from a variety of serious conditions. Her stories not only reflect the innovative treatments the hospital offers but also dig deeper to get the emotions…
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Local government and university leaders are struggling to craft spending plans amid uncertainty over the state budget — and how a package of threatened cuts might affect schools, roads, public safety and other basic services.
Officials throughout Maryland are pressing lawmakers to return to Annapolis and settle budget business left unfinished when the General Assembly session ended this week. The failure to come to an agreement by Monday's deadline raised the specter of more than $500 million in reductions, much of it in local aid.
"Everybody is still in shock," said William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the state university system, which would stand to lose up to $50 million — a reduction that he said could lead to a sharp tuition hike. "We're in uncharted territory, so I'm hearing lots of questions about 'what does this mean and how does it get fixed?'"
A state budget analysis estimated that Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City stand to lose a total of about $262 million, with the impact expected to hit especially hard in the city, where schools depend on the state for 70 percent of their revenue.
Though many believe the state will resolve the impasse over the budget before the cuts can take effect, the uncertainty over how and when means officials have to make decisions without necessary information about state aid. School administrators in particular face deadlines for hiring teachers and figuring out course schedules.
On Wednesday, Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, said he would not call lawmakers back to Annapolis unless legislative leaders strike an agreement to avoid the cuts.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, who is scheduled to submit his 2013 spending plan Thursday to the County Council, said he was "reasonably confident" that there will be a deal. But he added that it would best be done "sooner rather than later. … I think next week is a good time."
"Obviously, it's a difficult situation," Kamenetz, a Democrat, said Wednesday. The county has no way to add money to its budget after it is approved, and he said his plan doesn't account for any cuts because he doesn't have final numbers. The budget must be passed by June 1.
The threatened reductions come after several years of lean budgets for local governments, who say that even a 1 percent decline in revenue will cut into vital government functions.
Along with uncertainty about potential state aid cuts, counties also are left to wonder how much of the cost of teacher pensions the state will decide to shift to them. A bill to settle that matter, along with a tax increase that would have avoided more than $500 million in cuts, died in the closing minutes of the 90-day legislative session.
"The longer the counties go without certainty, it makes it much more difficult for them to put their budgets together," said Andrea Mansfield, legislative director for the Maryland Association of Counties.
"We're all waiting to see what happens in Annapolis," Ray Wacks, Howard County budget administrator, told members of the County Council on Tuesday. County Executive Ken Ulman, a Democrat, is supposed to present the budget April 20, and the county charter says the plan has to be adopted by May 31.
Wacks said in an interview that he is estimating $9.6 million in state cuts. That's a bit more than 1 percent of the current $854 million budget, but Wacks said the impact would be greater than those numbers suggest.
"It's really not 1 percent of the total budget," Wacks said, because in 60 percent of the budget there's no discretion for cuts. The county, for instance, has to pay $5 million more for education to avoid potential state penalties.
"We have additional costs. We've been busy cutting costs," said Wacks, including holding police positions vacant and cutting back on filling potholes.
In Baltimore County, officials estimated they would lose $14 million to $21 million in state aid; the current budget is $2.6 billion. Kamenetz said the cuts would likely come in education, public safety and health and human services, but he said it was too soon to be more specific.
Vicki Almond, chairwoman of the Baltimore County Council, said the possible state aid cuts are not nearly as deep as she had feared.
"I think we're faring rather well," said Almond, a Democrat. "I'm surprised that it isn't more."
The situation could be more dire elsewhere.
The Baltimore City school system would be hard hit. Andrés Alonso, the city schools CEO, said the impact of the state budget as it stands would surely be felt in the classroom. School officials say they stand to lose nearly $34 million in funding; the current budget is $1.3 billion.

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Castle Crashers Developer Reveals New GameAlien Hominid and Castle Crashers developer The Behemoth has issued the first trailer for its as-yet-untitled third project, a side-scrolling platformer due out in 2010.
"A super early version of our next game," wrote the studio. "No title has been determined at this time, or price point, or which console it will be on."
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No. 2 Notre Dame Defeats No. 12 Lady Vols 86-70
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kayla McBride scored 22 points to lead five players in double figures and No. 2 Notre Dame erased an early 12-point deficit to beat No. 12 Tennessee 86-70 on Monday night.
Since losing the first 20 games in this series, Notre Dame has beaten Tennessee four straight years by an average margin of 17 points.
Michaela Mabrey and Natalie Achonwa each added 15 points for Notre Dame (17-0), which hit 10 of 20 3-pointers. Madison Cable had 12 points and Jewell Loyd added 11.
Meighan Simmons scored 23 points for Tennessee (14-4), which shot 8 of 32 in the second half. Isabelle Harrison had 13 points and 16 rebounds. Ariel Massengale had 14.
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Enable Shortcodes in WPtouch on WordPress
Filed under: HowTo, web development
Building a mobile website for your blog or business can be a daunting task. Perhaps you're an expert at mobile website development and you can design a mobile website on your own just fine. But for many of us, learning to do this would take far too much time and effort and probably wouldn't turn out all that great anyway. If you are using WordPress to run your website, you're in luck. There are several plugins available to make your site look great on mobile devices.
With over four million downloads, WPtouch is perhaps the most popular WordPress plugin to make your website mobile ready. I have been using it on this site for a month or two myself. You can see in the image below what my site's home page looks like on a mobile device with WPtouch enabled.
If this is the first time you're on my site, I'll tell you that I write a lot of tutorials that include commands to enter into a Linux terminal window. To separate those from the rest of the text, I've created a style in my site's stylesheet (style.css) that I use whenever I show one of those commands.This is what it looks like:
After a while I got tired of entering the html code to enable that style, so I modified my theme to create a shortcode for the style. As it turns out, WPtouch doesn't process those shortcodes from your main theme, so the shortcodes end up getting displayed on the mobile version of your site. Click to enlarge the picture below for an example. My shortcode is called term.
To fix this, you need to edit the theme for WPtouch. These files are not accessible from the plugin editor in WordPress, so you'll need to log in to your web server and edit the files from there.
Adding Shortcodes to WPtouch
Once you're logged into your webserver, navigate to the directory where WordPress is installed. It's probably installed under your public_html folder, but that can vary based on your server setup. Once you've found the right directory, navigate to
In that directory you'll find a functions.php file. This is where you can add your shortcode. (If you don't know where to find the original shortcodes, you should be able to find them in the functions.php file from your main desktop theme.) Open your file for editing and add your shortcode at the bottom of the file and save it. This is the code I pasted into the bottom of my functions.php file:
//Shortcode for terminal class styling function term_shortcode( $atts, $content = null ) { return '
' . $content . '
'; } add_shortcode('term', 'term_shortcode'); add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode');
Once you have saved the file, you should see that WPtouch is now processing your shortcode.
If your shortcode has nothing to do with the page style, then you're done. In my case, I need to make one more change for the style to display how I intended.
Editing the WPtouch Style
Within the same directory as the functions.php file, there should also be a style.css file. That's the file you'll need to edit if your shortcode requires a style definition in the style sheet. I pasted the following style into the bottom of that file for my terminal window styling.
You can see in the picture below that my style has been applied.
The changes you've made to the WPtouch plugin will only last as long you don't update the plugin. If you do update it, (which I recommend for security reasons), you will need to edit the plugin again to re-enable your shortcode.
This post originally appeared at http://tuxtweaks.com/2013/05/wptouch-enable-shortcodes/.
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Hi guyes ,
i am useing the event manager plugin for events & i want use the that short code for my mobile website but wptouch not allow me to use plz help me .
i have made the changes in as mention on blog but it not reflected in my website . wp-content/themes/bauhaus/functions.php & paste above code .
Thanks so much! Now I don't have to buy pro.
Hi Rochelle and Linerd,
I have read the article and comments, and Im attempting to use the include command to allow my shortcodes.
With the latest free version of WPTouch (3.1.5), there seems to be no functions.php file in a deafult directory. So Im attempting to use root-functions.php in the directory: wptouch > themes > bauhaus
I've added the code:
include( dirname(__FILE__) . '/../path-to/my-wp-theme/functions.php);
(changed the path location) but each time, it causes the site to go inaccessible and is only fixed when I remove the new code. Any advice, as the shortcodes are key in my site?
I know I'm about three months late to the party here, but just as a heads up, I was able to accomplish this by just doing an include of my customized functions.php file within the default wptouch theme functions. My site relies heavily on shortcodes throughout, so I went into the functions file you pointed to and added this at line 3:
include( dirname(__FILE__) . '/../path-to/my-wp-theme/functions.php);
and it seems to work perfectly. Might save some time for others who use many shortcodes, but I'm a bit of a novice, so I don't know what this does in terms of efficiency.
Thanks so much for this post!
Hi Linerd - we are using wptouch for our mobile version and are very close to having it completed although we are having a few issues - eg our login does not work plus we would like to add the ability to login with fb -- images post in thumbnail view but when clicked on they disappear, leave a reply not working as well as we need to,add a post function. I know this is off topic but was wondering if you had any suggestions. Please don't send me to support forum they have yet to reply
Linerd, sorry I should have looked before commenting a few minutes ago but I did some searching and after landing on the shortcode api page for wordpress, I found a function that helped me:
function caption_shortcode( $atts, $content = null ) {
return '' . do_shortcode($content) . '';
This may be helpful for some of your users if you want to add it to your post Thanks again for the example!!!
Thank you - great article! This really helped get my contact form cleaned up. One question, I have added your code and it renders correctly but within my custom shortcode is the shortcode for [contact-form-7] which I think is losing its ability to render correctly now. Any ideas how to modify the code above to allow for this? Thanks!


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LOST Marathon, Milepost 24: We Are Just the Pieces
- Sunday, January 31, 2010
At the Marina, when Kate sees Ben, she's freaked. When Jack says Ben's with him, she's more freaked. She deduces quickly that Ben pulled this "take Aaron" stunt. Now... Ben has already gotten Kate here. It would seem unnecessary and counterproductive for him to continue to goad her. But he does with, "Because he's not your son, Kate." Was Alex your daughter, Ben? Come on. That Ben doesn't need to say this when he DOES need Kate to get on the plane has me thinking he might know something is up with Aaron, might know there's a reason Aaron needs to go live with someone else, a reason he can't come to the island (even though by all we've been told, it would be logical to assume he should have to come).
Sun is at the Marina too, with Aaron in the back seat. She's got her gun, ready to kill Ben for his role in Jin's death... even as we've just learned that Jin is alive. And here's another thing that has always made me go Hmmmm: Sun gets a phone call from her mother - Ji Yeon wants to say hello. It's Sun's last conversation with her daughter (no, she doesn't know this - but she DOES intend to murder someone upon hanging up), and she spends her conversation saying, "I met a new friend for you in America - his name is Aaron"? It seems out of place. You've got one kid in your back seat, another on the phone, a gun in your hand... and the thing you take time to do is tell these children about each other. Does this somehow link them? Will they grow up to be the next generation of island battlers and searchers? It also bugs me that Jin was always so adamant that Sun take care of that baby, and now the last thing he would ever want is for her to abandon the child to come find him... but that's exactly what she does, even though she has to suspect she may never be returning. A bit unsettling.
"I didn't kill your husband, Sun. Neither did anyone else. Because he's NOT dead." -- Ben. Lucky for Ben he was told by Locke just before he killed him that Jin was alive, and hey, he'd even given him this ring to pass along... but the ring was SUPPOSED to be a sign to Sun that Jin was dead, because his wish is that she STAY WITH THEIR KID and NEVER COME BACK. Another misread sign due to perspective or manipulation.
Ben's plan is hitting some snags. Kate flips out when she finds out this is about going back to the island. Sayid says if he sees Jack or Ben again, it'll be extremely unpleasant. Sun's got him hostage, and the clock is ticking.
The van pulls up to the church. Ben, Jack, and Sun arrive the same time as Desmond. Ben reaches in his pocket, pulls out Jin's ring. He didn't need to drive anywhere for it. He just wanted them to come with him. When Ben says he got the ring from Locke, Jack calls him on it - you said John never came to see you. "That's true, Jack - I went to see him." Jack's look says he's so tired of dealing with this man and his little games, but let's just get it over with.
Des: What are you doing here?
Ben: I assume the same thing you are.
Des: You're looking for Faraday's mother too?
Ben suddenly has a realization. Doesn't seem like he's made this connection before. Walks inside anyway. So we know that Hawking is connected to Widmore, but now is working with Ben? That may be scratching him right now as well...
Hawking says they can get started, despite not having everyone. Jack, Sun, Ben, and Desmond follow her downstairs to The Lamp Post dharma station... below a church... in Los Angeles. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Some discrepancy regarding whether or not Ben knew about this lab, which Hawking says is how Dharma found the island in the first place.
On the wall of the station, Jack sees a U.S. Army "Eyes-Only" photo of the island dated 9/23/54, as in exactly 50 years prior to the crash of 815.
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Bad news for college students taking out loans. New interest rates are in and they are higher.
It's an expensive reality that was on the minds of some Duke graduates as they considered their future. Stephanie Jones took out loans to attend college, and she said she'll take out more to attend medical school later in the year.
"It's very concerning," she said. "Especially when I'm looking at doing a professional degree in something that's very important because medical school is so expensive. Loans are a very, very important part of pursuing that goal."
The rate increase is expected to impact approximately 7 million undergraduates who took out subsidized loans for the 2013-14 school years.
The new rates are up nearly one point. That means Stafford Loan borrowers will pay about $46 more per year for each $10,000 borrowed.
Undergraduates will now be paying 4.66 percent (up from 3.86 percent). Graduate students will pay 6.21 percent (up from 5.41 percent). Plus loans have risen to 7.21 percent (up from 6.41 percent).
"Last year congress actually tied the rates for student loans to the U.S. Treasury," said Asset Protectors and Advisors President and CEO Tom McDermott. "So the U.S. Treasuries are effected by the market. So as the U.S. Treasury goes up, so will your student loan cost. And where do we all expect interest rates to go in the future, but higher?"
McDermott said student loans have a bigger impact on us than we realize, so it's important to keep them in check.
"Stay in state," he advised. If you're in state, it's roughly 50 percent less than going out of state."
Another tip McDermott offered is attending a community college. Most of the classes students take in the first two years can be taken at a community college for a fraction of the cost.
Taking online courses is also another option. According to a study from Fidelity, more than half of parents expect their kids to take online college course.
Finding scholarships can help lower college costs too.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren recently introduced a proposal that will let student borrowers with high interest refinance their debt with the old rates.
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Chances Of Getting AIDS From Open Mouth Kissing
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Posted by Anonymous, 1 Replycan this be a new risk? i thought kissing was safe, but a woman at CDC said my mouth is just like my vagina (how'd she know?) and that this risk is REAL. local testing site said no need to test based on no risk. anyone? what's your take on french... Read more »
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Posted by Anonymous, 1 ReplyAbout 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?
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As for the maitre d preparing food at the table, this is bizarre and done for effect. One evening we ordered beef wellington which was brought to the table pre-cooked and cold we believe. It was shown or presented to us like an old used rugby ball. It was then placed on a trolley/camping stove where it was pretentiously moved around with a fish slice. Like most of the food it was horrible. The same for the lobster - bouncy golf balls could be made of it. Other disappointments were
* flowers not in Queens Grill suite as promised on the website.
* the planetarium not working - told it had not been for months with no repair in sight.
* entertainment/facilities non existent unless you like bingo. quizzes, shuffleboard or the spa.
The commodore bar was quite pleasant when the staff were there without the senior bar person who treated his staff like dirt which was how his seniors appeared to treat him.
Positives were the butler Devendra who provided good professional service and Beatrix in the Queens Lounge - what a bundle of energy and Derek the waiter and his team who were courteous, efficient and helpful.
We are frequent cruisers and would classify this ship as 3* at best (Carnival magic?). We took issue with the incorrect statement on leaving Southampton that Cunard is a British line - what rubbish. Do they think we are that naive? As an Englishman I find this insulting.


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To celebrate the release of Snow Patrol's sixth – and what some are calling their finest – album, they've granted us a behind the scenes peek into their collaboration with the LA Mass Gospel Choir for their track "The Garden Rules". It's something really special to behold. As far as the record goes, it's a jam packed ride of no less than 14 tracks that reach way beyond what Snow Patrol is known for. Some are calling it ambitious, we call it epic. Fallen Empires debuts today.
I love how adding a gospel choir just makes everything come together no matter how random the music. Example? Gorillaz. Done and Done. WAIT. Check out the part where Gary is using a webcam from his studio. Is that a framed copy of U2's War in the background? I love it. You can take the boy out of Ireland but you can't take the Ireland out of … Scratch that. This post should be titled Fallen Empires: When Glasgow met South Central. As Jay-z would say, Glory!


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Come outside to play, slide, run, skate, eat, check out the amazing ice carvings, watch an artist at work, take a L'il Chipper class, make a craft, listen to music, dance, sing karaoke and more. You will not run out of things to do at Ice on Whyte.
Ice on Whyte is presented by the Ice on Whyte Festival Society, and has successfully grown through the continued support of many community minded businesses and organizations, and the dedication of volunteers and artists.
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Dutch Marines of the 2. Battalion during the exercise Cold Response 2012
I had to chuckle at p-d's caption.
Dutch Special Operations fire on enemy positions during a mission in Afghanistan.
-I've never seen soldiers with such perfect hair then that of the Dutch SO, their only competition is French Special Operations. How they keep their hair that immaculate during long firefights and patrols is a secret only Europe's elite operators know.
Dutch Marines near Combat Outpost Tabar in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. © 2012 · Claire Felicie Photography
Dutch Marines near Combat Outpost Tabar in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. © 2012 · Claire Felicie Photography
This is the number of fatalities suffered by dutch troops while they were in Afghanistan. I made it in photoshop back in early November.
The eyes of Marines before, during & after Afghanistan. Photographed by Dutch photographer Claire Felicie.
Dutch honor guard soldiers carry the coffins of Dutch marines Jeroen Houweling, 29, and Marc Harders, 23, at the airport in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Both marines were killed when their vehicle was hit by a road side bomb on Saturday, April 17, in Afghanistan. (AP / Ed Oudenaarden, Pool)
A Dutch soldier with Afghans during a patrol in Chora valley in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province. Photo: AFP
Dutch commando Lieutenant Marco Kroon, 2009 recipient of the Military Order of William, in Afghanistan. The Military Order of William is the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, equivalent to the British Commonwealth's Victoria Cross or America's Medal of Honor. It was awarded to Lieutenant Kroon after an intense firefight in July 2006 in Uruzgan Province during which he was forced to call in extremely close air support from an AC-130 gunship to prevent the insurgents from overrunning his platoon's position. Although his platoon suffered no casualties, the Taliban were decimated by the airborne salvo of 25mm, 40mm and 105mm shells and were forced to retreat.


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Ella Dining Room and Bar
- Address:
1131 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
Contemporary AmericanPrice: $31 to $50
Ella Dining Room and Bar
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.elladiningroomandbar.com/
- Phone: 9164433772x
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday, 11:30am - 2:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday, 5:30 - 9:00pm; Friday - Saturday, 5:30pm - 10:00pm
We are also open weekday mid-days with a limited menu & bar service. Our Happy Hour is Mon-Fri from 3-6pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Californian, Contemporary American
- Executive Chef: Ravin Patel
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Zagat rated, Ella is Sacramento's most-lauded dining destination, with award-winning design and service, and clean, seasonal farm-to-table cuisine. Ella is perfect for all events, offering small and large party spaces, private dining, Chef's Tables and Cocktail Party space. See our OT reviews!
- Private Party Contact: Nicole Desmond 9164433772x
- Entertainment: Dine with us before the show and you can leave your car with our valet. This is a great way to avoid the long waits in the crowded parking garages at the theater.
- Special Events: Ella specializes in Private and Banquet Dining for parties large and small. With a variety of dining options and spaces - from an audio visual equipped Private Room, to large semi-private spaces, a cocktail lounge, Chef Tables, a patio, and whole restaurant buyouts - we can meet your Private and Large Party specifications and exceed all your expectations with the best, freshest food and and most genuine service in Sacramento.
Ella also puts on many Special Events throughout the year, from Winemaker Dinners to specialty Cocktail Tastings, and special Chefs Menus for holidays like Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and more. Make your next holiday or happening special at Ella.
Getting there
- Cross Street: 12th Street
- Public Transit: Cathedral Square Lite Rail stop 100 yards. Bus stops one block in either direction from K Street.
- Parking: Valet
- Parking Details: Parking is easy at Ella. We offer convenient valet parking just steps away from our front door. There is also ample street parking at night, and four public parking garages with in two blocks of Ella.
Ella validates for city garages for cars parked after 5:00PM.
Ella is located just one block from both the Sheraton and Hyatt Hotels. Leave your car at your hotel and you are just a few steps from Ella.
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Located in America's Farm to Fork Capital. In the heart of Downtown, the family behind The Kitchen and Selland's Market Café brings you the region's most relaxed and elegant destination, Ella Dining Room and Bar. Ella offers warm, welcoming ambiance in an inspiring space that evokes effortless European rustic luxury. The environment is modern yet timeless, dramatic yet comforting. Ella brings together the finest quality ingredients from this bountiful region to create authentic and honest fine food that nourishes body and soul. Chef and Owner Randall Selland and family invite you to savor the joys of friends, family, and great food and wine. Service is gracious and refined. Ella has signature handcrafted cocktails, an eclectic and impressive wine list, and a fresh seafood bar. WE specialize in Private Parties. Perfect for business lunches, celebration dinners, and everyday enjoyment. Walking distance from Convention Center, Capitol, theaters, and hotels.Continued
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Ella Dining Room and Bar reviews from OpenTable diners
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- Food4.5Service4.4
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
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- ExceptionalOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/20/2014I love Ella but can't afford to go too often. During Farm-to-Fork week they had an exceptional prix fixe menu - 3 courses for $45. The flavors in each course were unique and tasty. They accommodated my gluten-free needs easily. Even though the noise level is moderate, the accoustics are so great it was easy for my 80 year old mother to hear the conversation. The service with Wilson was the best.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Can't complainSromeroVIPDined on 9/19/2014The food and service was good, but it was way too loud. You couldn't really carry on a conversation across the table.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- sept 19thJeroenGerreseDined on 9/19/2014another great experience with solid food quality and presentation and service! My only suggestion is once one arrives at 6.40 for a 6.45 reservation and there are enough open tables why direct us to the bar ......sometimes if a party is not complete I understand however for a reservation for 2x we prefer to have a cocktail at the table (bar was standing room only)...the hostess insisted we go to the bar! strange.....so I told her if we must go to the bar we go elsewhere so she directed us to our table....and not once said anything more...even the fond farewell was lacking!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- my experienceKarlalgDined on 9/19/2014Awesome service but my food was salty. ..best tres leches dessert!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- a little tarnish on the gleamThaurosDined on 9/19/2014This was maybe our 10th time at Ella, and, though I'll admit, based on past experience there, I have elevated the bar very high, this visit was a little disappointing. The food (everyone in our party had the farm to fork special) was quite good--though not inspirational, as I'd hoped. The sevice was just a little off the mark. Three requests to get the somelier over; water, coffee, bread not replenished without asking. It was very crowded, but my experience has been when exceptional restaurants are crowded, that's when they really shine. Not this time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great as always!MreevesDined on 9/18/2014Wonderful food and service! The bar is so good, with all of the creative drinks. Always good menu. Scallops are the best, though over salted. The soups are to die for.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dee HartzogDeedeeDined on 9/18/2014One of the best restaurants in the world. The food was outstanding and, unlike most restaurants, the wait staff checked in with us repeatedly during the evening.Special Features:
- Great Farm To ForkWineauxVIPDined on 9/17/2014The Farm To Fork menu was outstanding! Tasty amd prepared to perfection.Special Features:
- Some issuesPeenchoDined on 9/15/2014Hello, we enjoyed our lovely birthday dinner at your restaurant however had some issues that I want to mention the female sommelier did a WONDERFUL job picking a reasonably priced wine for us it was excellent I really take issue with the time this entire meal took. We came in around 6:20 and weren't finished until 9:30...yes we had a lot of courses, but the time in between each one took way too long. I wouldn't have cared much but tables of the same size as ours were seated around us AFTER us, and had departed way before us. This is NOT the first time or I would not be writing this Also my daughter had your special pasta of the night and the portion size was too small. She is not a big eater had it finished in minutes with hardly any pastaSpecial Features:
- Birthday CelebrationOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/15/2014This was a very special birthday celebration for a very special friend who happens to be a foodie and lover of good wine. Your food ,vine and service was over the top. We all enjoyed our evening and would come back again. Thank you for making this all happen.Special Features:
- A view from an East Coast FoodiePapaJVIPDined on 9/12/2014Our experience at Ella's was extremely enjoyable. We started out with their special Ella gin and tonic which was made from home-made tonic and a celebrated special of the restaurant. It was not to our fancy having been used to a traditional G and T with Bombay or Hendricks gin. The rest of the meal from the fresh oysters on the half shell, the soup, tomato heirloom salad, salmon, veal chop and dessert were really outstanding. Add the nice service and it was a great meal. Downtown and special! We are really happy we got to travel from the east coast and experience Ella's.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FantasticParkerhornDined on 9/11/2014Great place. I live in Atlanta, but travel to Sacramento often. This is the goto place in Downtown.Special Features:
- Fabulous!sacrobinVIPDined on 9/11/2014My husband and I just love Ella! We don't get a chance to dine here very often, but when we do, it's always first rate. Service was superb, from the host who was utterly unflustered and pleasant even though we were late for our reservation and the restaurant was quite busy to our server who provided an excellent wine recommendation and even marked my birthday with a candle in my dessert. The entire staff was very professional and attentive, providing us with a perfectly paced, delicious meal. The food, of course, was just incredible: grilled octopus, Tomales Bay oysters, California King salmon, grilled pork chop, vanilla bean pavlova, tres leches cake! Every course, every item was prepared perfectly. Excellence at every turn.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- wonderful lunchwonderfuleveningDined on 9/10/2014My first time and it was wonderful. from the buzz free special drinks, to sal,on that was flavorful and moist to a great dessert. I'll be back and maybe next time take my husband.Special Features:
- Where the Hip go to LobbyAllisonVIPDined on 9/9/2014Ella is notorious for providing great drink, great food, and - most importantly in the Capitol area - a wonderful happy hour! For $5 a glass you get a quality white or red wine, plus with things like grown-up fried chicken fingers, oysters, smoked trout rillette or, my favorite, steak tartare and popovers all around the $10 or less mark, you can afford to have one of their amazing bourbon cocktails (the chef de cocktail is a bourbon afficiando and you can tell!). This place was made for me, let's keep it classy, early, and on the cheap.Special Features:
- ReviewerReview4uDined on 9/8/2014I took my friend there for her b-day and I wasn't impressed. The food was good however, the service wasn't great and the area we were seated in was very cramped. The waiter kept running into the back of my friend's chair everytime he had to service another table. Our drinks sat empty for quite sometime. I anticipated receiving excellent service especially given that it was a special occasion, however that was not the case. It would be helpful to address space planning in that restaurant. The hostess was great and the food was good, but again I would expect a certain level of service and ambiance to match the prices charged.
- Outstanding as usuallisabDined on 9/5/2014I've been lucky enough to dine at Ella's over the past 7 years or so and have not been disappointed yet. I can say that the salmon I ordered was one of the best meals I've ever had. By the way, all of the meals I've enjoyed at Ella's are in my "best meals" list. Our server was excellent and the accompanying staff was as well. I look forward to visiting soon and continue to recommend it to anyone looking for a great dining experience.Special Features:
- FINE DINING DOWNTOWN1KTravelerVIPDined on 9/5/2014I had an amazing dining experience at Ella. As a regular of their great Happy Hour, I thought I'd give the dining room a try. I asked my server for 3 courses "Chef's Choice." Without hesitation he got to work and started with an Heirloom Tomato Salad with Miso Aioli and Squash Blossom Pesto. Second Course was a Wood Fired Baby Octopus with Cranberry Beans and Poached egg in an iron skillet. Finally, the seared Scallops with lardons were a great end to the meal. Everything was delicious! Wine pairings were well done and service was impeccable. This counts as a true fine dining experience in Sacramento.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/4/2014Dinner with the Ella team was fantastic! the service was first rate, the food was excellent. we had wine and just enjoyed ourselves tremendously. a great experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lives up to its reputationSallyDined on 9/4/2014This place is lovely, in a modern but not at all stark way. The service is outstanding and friendly. We want to compliment in particular the wine steward, who was very knowledgeable, very good at explaining wine-making esoterica, and not a bit intimidating, even to people like us who tend to be intimidated by wine stewards. That said, they could have screwed up everything else and the food would still have redeemed them. We especially loved the cedar plank toasted cheese, the heirloom tomato salad and the scallop entree.Special Features:
- Very good food and drinksStaceyo85Dined on 8/30/2014Came here for a birthday dinner and was provided with wonderful service as well as exceptional food and drinks!Special Features:
- Non-stop GoodnessPhantomEaterDined on 8/30/2014The four of us loved this dinner at Ella. Dinner entrees weren't too exciting for us, so we opted to have just about every appetizer/small plate available as they all looked promising. Every dish was quite delicious, with the exception of the watermelon and lobster salad. That was probably the most bland of the food we had. Bone marrow was sumptuous as always, as well as the oysters and rabbit sausage. Wait staff were wonderful and quite fun to talk to. We will definitely be back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 46th AnniversaryOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/29/2014We really appreciated how well we were taken care of. And we have recommended Ellas and will continue too. Thank you, Harlan and Jane MaitaSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just a Thursday niteSirloveDined on 8/28/2014It was date night, had to get there before the month's end. New and old dishes. Great food great service. And the GM Anthony great friend.. Notable night, well doneSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love everything about Ella'sCalPostDined on 8/27/2014This is our new favorite restaurant. Love everything, very good food, perfect and attentive service, very easy valet parking, fresh crafted drinks & the bartenders work well with special requests. The only thing I would change if I could would be some more intimate type seating and the noise level can really be too much at times when they are really packed for dinner. It's a beautiful restaurant but it seems that it's not the best spot for a quiet or romantic dinner..Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/27/2014horrible experience related to service. bar server forgot one of the app's and we had to reorder. had to tell them we were ready to dine. apps came long before cocktails. dinner service was terrible too. warm old coffee. asked for dessert wine got the menu but never came to take our order. too bad i was there with business owners ,hospitality folks and prestigious local winery owner. big opportunity missed by ells and bummer of an evening for us.Special Features:
- Eat at Ella!krisDined on 8/27/2014We thoroughly enjoyed the special August lobster menu - we tried the lobster/shrimp toasts on the happy hour menu, the lobster and watermelon salad, the the cast iron lobster with mushrooms and bechamel. All were excellent. Service was fantastic - friendly, educated in the wine and food selections, and attentive. We had a lovely window table and thoroughly enjoyed our midweek meal.Special Features:
- Ella delivers again!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/25/2014We knew Ella was great and they proved it again during their lobster month. Great cocktails, great service, great food and desserts and all within walk-in distance of our hotel The CiItizen.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyed Lobster MonthLindaForThePeopleDined on 8/25/2014My husband and I had lunch at Ella's for lobster month -- yum! We shared the lobster cobb salad and had every intention of getting the lobster and shrimp roll... until we saw the heirloom blt on the menu. Had to get and share that instead. Just delicious! The other super delish thing was a "buzz free" cocktail; I had a basil mint lemonade. Just fantastic! It wasn't sweet (which is my usual objection to lemonades), was super flavorful and so refreshing. The service was friendly and excellent. Ella's is a wonderful place for a special occasion or pre-theater dining, as it's right around the corner from the Community Center Theater.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An Anniversary to remember!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/22/2014We have been dining at Ella's since we moved here from the Bay Area. We love, love, love it! The service is impeccable and the food is to die for. Thanks again for a cherished night out.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- a favoritefavtimesDined on 8/22/2014I moved to sacramento earlier this summer and Ella is always a favorite to bring friends and colleagues to. One can always depend on the food being great and the ambiance has great energySpecial Features:
- Great for dinner and drinksWAfoodieDined on 8/21/2014While the portions are on the small side, the overall food quality is excellent and delicious. One of my favorite places to eat in sacramento. The Menu changes frequently, so there is always something new to try.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lobster, lobster, lobsterJanjanVIPDined on 8/21/2014The lobster casserole was good but we missed the Thermidor, the bone marrow was excellent,the pork chop was juicy and cooked to perfection.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- C+/B- OverallLunchGuestJan222014Dined on 8/20/2014Three of us had lunch. It was Lobster Month at Ella so that's what we ordered. Food was a C at best. Service was an A. Atmosphere was an A. Not very crowded however.
- ExceptionalOpenTable Diner Since 2003VIPDined on 8/16/2014Ella has never failed me. We went recently for my wife's birthday. The service was outstanding. I am always impressed when my children are treated well. The food great as well. I really enjoy the themes they have. The Lobster Thermidor from lobster month was great. Don't miss the desserts! We don't drink alcohol, but Ella has a very inventive non-alcoholic drink menu. It was a great meal.Special Features:
- Lost Their Golden TouchUnderimpressedDined on 8/16/2014I normally rate Ella very highly, but something seemed "off" during my recent visit on a Saturday evening with family. There is usually a monthly menu item that is featured. This time it was lobster. We all ordered either a lobster appetizer or main course. While the presentation was lovely, the taste was bland and blah and the lobster taste was masked by creams and other ingredients. I am referring to the Lobster Thermador. BTW, it was very pricey. I had the heirloom tomato salad, and the tomatoes were tasteless and mushy. Also, the place needs a facelift -- new paint and shine. The ladies room was dirty. After a few years of being a high flyer, perhaps the chef and management need to revisit quality concerns.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/16/2014Service was pretty good but the food was mediocre. Expected a lot better for the price.
- OverratedOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/16/2014Extremely overpriced for what you get, I expected more from a Selland's restaurant. The service was extremely slow, we had to ask our waiter to come back to our table a couple of time, none of the food came out at the same time, by the time all of the entrees were on the table the first two people to receive their food was almost cold. I ordered the fried chicken which was a little dry but the house-made tobasco is delicious. For what you get it isn't worth the price.
- Excellent food, very slow serviceFoodGeekDined on 8/14/2014I had lunch here this past week, and while the food was excellent, the service was really haphazard and slow. It was an hour and 20 minutes from start to finish, and the service was really pretty bad for a restaurant with such great food -- like my lunch date asked for a black napkin, which never came; I had to ask for bread; we had to flag down a server to order. It wasn't crowded, so it's hard to figure out what is going wrong here. The food, however, was excellent. I had the stone fruit and burrata salad and the melon gazpacho, both of which were excellent. My lunch partner had the cheeseburger with gruyere and an egg on top, which he raved about. It's just too bad about the service. It's not up to par for the quality of the fare.Special Features:
- Once Again ExcellentTharrisDined on 8/13/2014Service was outstanding!! Food was above what we expected!!Special Features:


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