First off it is never wrong to ask prices, most people in the food service world would rather have you know before hand than get schocked after. Now as to sneaky ways. One thing you can do is have a set number of bottles of beer,...

of construction on Cicero near North Avenue that slows things down on that street. BUT, Harlem from Oak Park North is pretty bad. As I said, I would detour west from Midway to Harlem, take that north to Ogden, take Ogden to...

Not to insult your client, but I think you made better choices. I wouldn’t put RT’s as the best seafood, it is cajun, and not bad, but... I have never really heard Asia Bistro talked about much in the best sushi...

this July/4th. Boy it’s too bad I discoverd this website after I left S.F. I use to spend all my money and time hunting for “hole in the wall” places. I can’t wait to go back for some steamed pork belly...

food is vile? a bit exagerrated IMO. service is fast, place is clean, food is safe and may not be the MOST authentic (although it can hardly be called the PF Chang’s of Thai) but vile? nah, not so much in my book....

Val, I don’t really have a recipe as I’ve been making this since I was a little kid with my mom. I will say it’s not like most restaurant versions(which often have cornstach to keep it stable for service). I...

I once heard an unsubstantiated figure tossed out once that less than 30% of American households own a cork-pulling device. Talk about bad marketing to make your product impossible for most people to access. I’d love to...

sales people have been there for years. They speak English (and many other languages) quite well. Their French isn’t bad either. I have no doubt that if you visit each region and town from which the goods are made and sent...

and not getting sauce to go. I have high hopes for my return visit. After all how bad can a place be that has a selection of hot sauces including Tapatio, el yucateco, salsa huichol, buffalo chipotle, green Tabasco and others be?...

aaah thank you for the explanation. Sounds like an excellent idea. I don’t know of anything like that here...we shop the Farmer’s Market in order to buy from Alberta/BC/Sask producers. There is a service called...

and lots of room with a choice view over the railroad) at 6.15 – not bad at all. At checkin, the letter with the billhere coupons was waiting for me. After freshening up a bit, I headed for the Golden Gate for the very good...

for the ranges to get each other dirty and the oven to interact with each other in bad ways. If you have the room for 60" of range in your kitchen what I would suggest is the get the regular dual-fuel range of your choice...

their excellent service. When the headwaiter asked how the beef was, we said that it was good, but our insincere and weak smiles prompted him to root out the source of our secret dismay: that the blood-rare filet did not...

reading & hearing how the crabcakes at Stoney’s are supposed to be the very best in the DC-Baltimore area. The cake was fine but not stellar. And service was too slow for a 1/2-empty restaurant. I’ll go back to...

I’m glad you liked the tea pot. Too bad you didn’t enjoy the teas as much as I’d hoped. I haven’t tried either of those myself. Too many teas, not enough time. I’ll have to check out Teance when I...