bc Restaurant

red rice   Since early on in my restaurant career, days off have often involved boiled food. I suppose it was the polar opposite of the tastes and techniques of the week’s work. It started in the 1980s when I would gather on any given Sunday with food industry types such as Chuck and Neal P...

Mark Nanni and the Intentions   It's March. Thank goodness for a month with five fridays! This not only might mean an extra paycheck, but also another night of LIVE music at bc, as we host a Friday Night Music Series. For the Fifth Friday, I've asked Mark Nanni to bring his Intentions to play...

  bc's burger - sirloin and brisket chargrilled topped with cheddar cheese and pancetta served on a brioche roll with egg mayo, shallot ketchup, lettuce, tomato, red onion and fried russets   Our eyes met across the crowded dining room. He reminded me of the surfer boys of my youth wi...

Once, the only way to hear music was to have a musician with a pulse in your drawing room, around your campfire or in a concert hall. Today, this is obviously not the case, but alas, there is still something very special about a live performance. Perhaps it's the performance piece? Over 2012 we had...

I told you I was a blonde, I forgot the cowgirl part - but at some point we were all cowgirls in the 1950s.   by Ellen Leahy, your host at bc Restaurant   When my mother started losing her memories it was quite startling as her powers of memory had been so good, people would often ma...

   the lovely Amelia Robb is our sweetheart hostess! I wish those were my words, but it was Michael Manning's retort when I asked 'How do we clean our Open Table reservation unit's screen?'   "Hostess tears," Manning said.    michael manning and chris thomas servin...