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Full moon, or almost. Belltown sidewalks are empty except for a clutch of furtive smokers and cellphones conspirators at the corner of Second and Battery. Inside, as Florida battles Oklahoma on wall-to-wall flat screens, Tim Buckley is celebrating his comeback.

We were introduced to In the Bowl: Vegetarian Noodle Bistro on Capitol Hill a few days ago and have been planning our return ever since. New (to us anyway, apparently it's been around since at least February), In the Bowl is a welcome addition to the quick, cheap Asian-fare genre on The Hill. A bonus: It's all-veggie and every meal comes with Black Rice Pudding for dessert. The restaurant is small, with an atmosphere reminiscent...

Although we live relatively close to the the Ave and even head over there from time to time for cheap eats or discount athletic shoes we had no idea the place was living under the thumb of an East African gang. The owner of Schultzy's was on the TV last night and apparently he was also in the dark to the fact that he was behind on his protection money payments and claimed ignorance of any organized crime in the area. Of course the gang is actually involved in more modern-day activities such as drug distribution.

Seattlest has been hitting the cheap eats lately (mostly due to lack of funds), but we decided it was time for a splurge. While there are many new restaurants on our try-out list, XO Bistro bubbled to the top because we've been longtime fans of Cassis and we wanted to try out its similar-styled replacement.