For casual but very European, I like The Sitting Room. Perche No is an Italian place on Queen Anne Ave and pretty good. A very gracious place. Both very close to the opera house. Link:...

Another vote for Colossal Cafe given the proximity to the airport as well as the quality of the food. It’s small, but there should be room for you. Sit outside if the weather cooperates. If crowded, walk across the street...

Pattie, Sadly, no brisket worth mentioning in Chicago, none what so ever. Decent ribs, tips and hot links can be found on the far South Side, Lem’s and Barbara Ann's, but no brisket. Well, there is one source for...

as episode #136 on snapcity.com? The towns and cities stretched out along El Camino Real seemed to have preserved these hold-outs. Maybe 'hounds can share some of their favorites. One I’m wondering about is Ann's on Santa...

for the pequena if there are only two of you. On the bacon front: Definitely Fatted Calf bacon at the Berkeley Farmers Market on Saturdays. Red flannel hash at Rick & Ann's in Berkeley (not a fan of everything there, but beets,...

Anne, one thing I failed to mention was that my husband and I will be traveling to CA with our 14 year old daughter – and I read somewhere that there is a pier near the PSC and one can watch the sea lions from the...

I just found out about Boucherie Valens. It is cooperatively owned by 4 Huntingdon farms, and delivers to the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue market every Saturday. Their hormone free meat is comparable in cost to conventional meat...

Leone’s on Cooper Ave. for pizza/heroes, Boston Market on Metropolitan Avenue. And for sit-down Italian, Uvarara on Metropolitan Ave near CVS is really great.

priced) sushi in Iowa. Our cooperative market (New Pioneer Coop) for good cheese, meats, sandwiches, ready made salads and soups, and other grab-and-go things that are healthy, made fresh and tasty. The Hamburg Inn for great greasy...

Congratulations to your bro. If you hit a third of the Q places you mention on your map, you’ll be pretty tired of Q by the end. I’d definitely do one/several in central TX (Lockhart, Austin, heck even pilgrimmage to...

I know this is late but on Fresh Pond Road there’s Antica, try Pasticcio at Atlas Park, Dee’s Pizza on Metro, Spolini’s further down on Metro (family style), There’s Zum Stammtisch on Myrtle and Cooper for...

, regardless of how others may do or view things. You can link to recipes (if they’re elsewhere online), or you can paraphrase them (ingredient lists needn’t be paraphrased, just the instructions). Thanks in advance for...

to be invited to eat at Lola’s The Tasting Room with Kirk, his lovely wife Anne, and several other Dallas-area Chowhounds. Here’s my writeup. (The entire tour is covered in my blog, link below, for anyone who may be...

Wilderness That Is The Inland Empire. The last really good corned beef sandwich came direct to my doorstep via FedEx from Jack Cooper's Celebrity Deli in New Jersey. I ordered a couple of pounds of corned beef, a couple of pounds...

Thanks for the detailed review! I think you would find that the ambiance at the DC branch (Woodley Park metro) is warmer and cozier than that of the other branches. There’s also outdoor seating available when the weather is...