Reader mail

Reader mail is every Friday. You ask, we answer.

QUESTION: Hi Patricia, I wondering if you could recommend a nice, casual restaurant for about six this Friday night. We are celebrating my husband's birthday and would love to go somewhere highly recommended but, not too fancy. We were thinking Italian or maybe seafood. Thanks for your help. Kim.

ANSWER: Hi, Kim. Thanks for the letter. Not sure if you’re in New Castle County or not and what your price range is. If you’re looking for seafood, try Feby’s Fishery on Lancaster Pike (Del. 48) in Wilmington. The fresh fish of the day is listed on a black board at the entrance and you can get it fried, broiled or steamed. It’s a popular place. Eric Ruth gave a 2 1/2 star (good-to-very) review to Pomodoro, a new Italian restaurant on Union Street in Wilmington. Caffe Gelato on Main Street in Newark is another good Italian option - and you cannot leave without ordering the fantastic gelati. Not necessarily Italian or seafood restaurants, but I think you can never go wrong at Culinaria in Brandywine Hundred or Eclipse Bistro in Wilmington.
Check out the menus and see what appeals to you. Call for reservations at all of these restaurants, especially on a Friday night.

QUESTION: Hi, Patricia. Do you happen to have a copy of The News Journal article that ran a couple months ago about Whole Foods' plans to build a store at the intersection of Rt. 202 and Namaan's, please? I searched google and delawareonline without success. Also, nothing on the Whole Foods' website, but I do remember the article. Thank you. Lisa

ANSWER: Maureen Milford wrote that Woodlawn Trustees Inc. of Wilmington, one of the most influential Brandywine Valley landowners for more than 100 years, is moving forward with a plan to develop nearly 43 acres at U.S. 202 and Beaver Valley Road as an upscale shopping center. Whole Foods Market Inc. in Austin, Texas, a natural and organic foods supermarket, has expressed serious interest in leasing a more than 62,000-square-foot free-standing store in the center, said Pamela J. Scott, the lawyer on the project. Whole Foods would anchor the 200,000-square-foot center. It would be the chain's first supermarket in Delaware.
Amy Schaefer, spokeswoman for Whole Foods, said because of competitive pressures the company doesn't discuss potential sites. No other retailers have been named for the center. The project, which would require rezoning of the parcel, is expected to face an uphill battle from the community in getting the necessary land approvals.