Happy Friday! It's going to be a beautiful weekend - woo-hoo!

- Ace reporter Maureen Milford follows up the saga behind the shuttered Francine's Market in Hockessin. Read it here.

- I chatted yesterday with legendary comedian Pat Cooper before his Italian vodka bottle signing at Total Wine & More. He is hilarious, though I'm still not really sure what the heck he was talking about it. He told me he likes to make square-shaped meatballs to fit into square-shaped mouths. Or something like that.... (Thanks, Ciro. Mr. Cooper was very sweet.)

- I want more Moro. This Wilmington restaurant on North Scott Street is easily one of the best in the state. Read my Taste column, which focuses on the Thursday jazz nights.

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