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When: Tuesday to Thursday, 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 12 noon to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 12 noon to 3:30 p.m.;
Mohammad Halawi has followed a long and winding road but here he is, right where he wants to be.
The COVID-19 pandemic was a party pooper for him when he opened Mazahr Lebanese Kitchen last July, but he persevered as the Lebanese chef he’d planned to partner with couldn’t move to Canada, the business wasn’t able to qualify for government assistance as it was so new and then, of course, the ban indoor dining.
ALLEN R. BALIK
My first exposure to Australian wines came in the early- to mid-1980s when they began to appear in local markets. Overall, with a few noteworthy exceptions, I found them overly extracted, alcoholic and more like chewing on oak than enjoying the fragrance and subtlety of other wines I was accustomed to at the time. This was a period when elegance and grace still reigned in our North Coast and much of Europe, so Australian wines represented a counterpoint to what I felt was a pleasurable vinous experience.
My thoughts changed in 1993 when my wife, Barbara and I visited our son Randy during his semester abroad at the University of Sydney. I was determined to explore the wines of Australia with a fresh approach as we ventured through Australiaâs eastern coast from Sydney to Lizard Island along with a timely visit to the Barossa Valley. By coincidence, we arrived there on the day local vintners were hosting their annual celebration and tasting events thro