delightfully
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Lake Park Bistro — Lake Park Bistro has the kind of delightfully old-school French restaurant feel that starts at the grand entrance and continues with white tablecloths and waiters in spiffy uniforms.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The inside is arranged with the measured confidence of Spanish Colonial design at its most resolved, delightfully adding a secret passageway to a speakeasy behind a combination vault,” it states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Local fisherman Wyck Crawford, played by a delightfully rascally Stephen Root, serves as Loftis’ human antagonist, warning the mayor of impending doom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was believed to be a cheerfully overweight, somewhat enigmatic British chap with a delightfully macabre sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Each time he told her he had to return to Chicago, she seemed crushed, delightfully so.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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