Dean Johnson

The Tex-Mex cuisine served at G’s is in line with the current food industry’s maxim that less is more. Dean Johnson reviews this new Haverhill restaurant.

That’s the hoary punch line, of course, to dozens of jokes. The foodie version goes something like this: What are the three top priorities for a restaurant?

It is a common story in the restaurant business: A chef spends several years getting established at a respected eatery and along the way garners…

Inside The Uncategorizable Music of Melvern Taylor Melvern Taylor has been a part of the Merrimack Valley music scene for decades, but someone needs to…

When folks dine out these days, especially families, they too often have to decide whether they prefer quality or quantity. How do you sample a…

There is a backstory to this review of the Lawrence eatery Sazon Peru. I originally intended to review it late last summer, and was, in fact,…

It was like something out of a Judd Apatow comedy. After a night of really serious drinking and now wearing that goofy alcohol glow, one…

When chain restaurants from the Empire State open a local operation, we expect a Big Apple home office. But Burlington’s recently opened Black & Blue…

Lowell Model Railroad Designer Takes on Times Square Giant The Washington Post called it a “whimsical wonderland,” the Boston Globe dubbed it “an amazing, high-tech mini…

For Gulshan Kumar, the owner of Rangoli Grill in Westford, the Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali is an important autumn holiday. Diwali honors…

If there is such a thing as hallowed ground in Lowell’s culinary community, then it surely must be the small dining room and cozy bar…

When I was a young man, my good friend Juan had a simple dining out rule. “I want a lot of food,” he would invariably…