in Truckee. Ginger-yuzu margarita with sauza hornitas reposado tequila, fresh ginger, yuzu and lime juices, and triple sec, and Thai cosmopolitan fris with lemon infused vodka, fris red thai chili infused vodka, pineapple juice,...

are of an fancy grocery, heavy on the European and expensive American dry goods (chocolates, condiments, biscuits, Trotter’s To Go products, etc) and other upscale foodstuffs (Plugra butter, Neuske bacon), with some...

Agreed. I also recommend the bacon-wrapped plums, the soups, the roast duck. Great place to get slowly plastered on vodka and then stare at the Polish-language prints and posters on the walls and try to decode them, if you dig...

OK, here’s the deal on Warsawa for a Hound. Start with the Plums wrapped in Bacon, Get a cup of the Pea Soup, and get the Veal in Paprika sauce or Beef Stroganoff, Strawberry Crepe for dessert. The drink of choice is the...

I would suggest bacon wrapped dates stuffed with a blanched almond. Those are delicious! I would also recommend cheese puffs (pate a choux with gruyere and nutmeg) and perhaps a stuffed mushroom for the veggies in your crew....

checked out the townier Costello’s or Galway. They were suitably impressed. Esp. when 3/4 of the things are <$8. I had a good bacon w/ blue cheese and bacon (made sure it was real blue cheese and not dressing whenI...

Pasta a la vodka with smoked salmon and zucchini I can’t give amounts; it’s not that kind of dish. Chop some onion, and thinly slice some zucchini into coins. Saute the onion in a bit of olive oil and butter. When the...

. We had “Johnny's Hangover Cure” as tails. Muddled mint, fresh ginger, limeade and cucumber infused vodka. It was yummy! I’ll have to try it at home. We ordered: Me — BBBLT DBF — ground turkey, bacon,...

firing up the smoker for some bbq babyback ribs, and a beef brisket. Also serving crab legs, guacamole & chips, deep fried chicken wings, and a 3 foot italian sub. For drinks, alot of beer, and alot of tequila and vodka. Having a...

lobster salad seconded.. the mini-beef wellingtons are great, too.. and the drinks are really amazing- get a martini with the blue cheese stuffed olives, or the bacon stuffed olives.. or both ;)

We used our “amuse-bouche” cards, a free-appetizer promo saved from a prior visit. They graciously accommodated our no-seafood request by serving half-sized portions of their iceberg wedge with a subtle blue-cheese...

, Tony would disapprove) and a thick rasher of good bacon in place of the canadian bacon. The accompanying hashbrown cake was hot and crispy, if a little greasy. Our son had a solid eggs, bacon and hashbrowns, all quite tasty....

interior. Apparently, there are two schools of thought on the hangtown fry: one type is something of an omelet, with bacon embedded on the outside and breaded fried oysters on the inside. The other is more of the mixed scramble...

The first great Bloody Mary I had was at K-Paul’s in New Orleans. It had tiny pickled onions in it and a giant flourish of celery. In San Francisco, Slow Club makes an excellent Bloody Mary with jalapeño (or are those scotch...

came garnished with a green olive and cherry pepper but without the vodka. The vodka of my choice then arrived served in ice (I first had to make room in the drink for the vodka). My S.O. had a screwdriver (freshly squeezed...