“Nothing-NOT a conversation, NOT a handshake or even a hug establishes friendship so forcefully as eating together!”

Jonathan Safran Foer

The Amazing Magdalena’

Trey Chapman Chow
A plate with some food on it and a skull


Good Day Chow Hounds,

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Sometime ago, I met a chef by the name Juan Rodriguez. He came out of the kitchen, smiling and laughing, happy to meet me. Juan is full of life and truly enjoys cooking for others. He’s constantly answering my crazy questions and texts and is always willing to create something spectacular to eat. A few months ago, Chef Juan opened “Magdalena’s” with his wonderful wife, Paige. Together they make an incredible team, I always see Paige working and running circles around her husband, Chef Juan! I think Paige keeps everything on track for their super dinner clubs and pop-up dinners.

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The Scoop on Gypsy Scoops!

Chalynn B Chow
A yellow building with a clock on the front of it.


I found out about this place through random Instagram clicking. My Mom and I were having a mother-daughter day and the impending joy of eating ice-cream left us nothing less than ecstatic as we parked across the street from a soft, yellow ice-cream parlor. A cute ice-cream figurine stuck out from the building and served as a sign for passerbys. It really looked quite out of place surrounded by all the concrete roads. We joked the building seemed to belong on a beach front somewhere, and as we walked up the porch and opened the aqua door, it was hard to not feel instantly relaxed-beach or not.

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