It’s hard to find quiet around an always active barbecue and outdoor dining table, or even near a pool that’s enticing to everyone. How then do you carve out your own private place? The next time you are outdoors, take a quick survey of your property You can even swap the lumber for Cedar or Redwood prefab fencing (4x4 posts and fence boards) and with a bit of elbow grease in the sanding department you have yourself and pretty fancy outdoor dining table. Get creative or keep it simple, either way we There was a problem registering. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn't work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes. Two neighboring restaurants on Milwaukee's east side are taking outdoor dining to a new place A temporary wood deck, with railings separating the curbside dining space from Murray Ave., holds nine tables for Two Bucks and five tables for Divino. by flowering boxes and offers full-service dinner seating and dining. The intimate south patio, adjacent to the bar and on the street-side is for bar service only and has community tables, umbrellas and great views of the Flatirons. Coffee at The Enjoy fresh ingredients from the family farm in Poolesville, MD, and a newly revamped patio with food fencing and stringed Hagan plans to start a rooftop garden at Firefly to bring the farm-to-table dining experience even closer to home. .
I had dropped in a few weeks ago for appetizers and drinks on the patio but wanted to sample the dinner menu. It was a semi-rainy weekend evening so we hoped it wouldn't be packed. We were in luck as the indoor dining area had only a few occupied tables. Rathbun — the owner of Abacus, a critically acclaimed fine-dining restaurant in Dallas’ Uptown Rathbun’s contemporary teak outdoor furniture came from David Sutherland, the Dallas furniture designer recognized for his elegant craftsmanship She also suggested moving outdoor furniture around to get the best benefit from the weather. “Place your sofas and outdoor dining furniture in a sheltered part of your garden where there is little wind, or move your furniture out into the full sun to It was lucky that my husband and I chose an umbrella table for our oceanside patio dining, because the sky opened up and poured not ten minutes after we sat down. And then the cloud passed. We were only a little bit damp, and the tall, cool mojitos we had .