The chef at Sonoma, Groody, used to work for Ben & Karen Barker at Magnolia Grill. He’s a CIA grad.

Don’t remember if it was brought out in the previously mentioned thread but Barkers is good too. They operate out of a cart, and I think that it is in Woodruff park in downtown Atlanta at lunch time during the week. They...

For a great New England seafood experience: Legal Sea Foods For a classic Boston pub: Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain For a more traditional New England dining experience: Wayside Inn in Sudbury (20 miles west of Boston) or Barker...

If you are ever in Durham again there is a place called The Magnolia Grille that rivals anyplace here in Boston. The Chef, Ben Barker is highly recognized in the culinary world

pricey — I would say about $60-$75 per person, sans wine. You’ll notice from the thread just below that Magnolia’s Karen Barker recently won the James Beard Award as best pastry chef (though, as I comment,...

I’ve also forgotten the name of the restaurant over on Barker Island in Superior. But it’s great. Wonderful, fresh white fish. And a great whitefish soup. It had been recommended on the Slow Food – Lake Superior...

Chili halfsmokes at Weenie Beenie, Arlington VA. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=561 I don’t consider Ben's Chili Bowl in DC "Southern."

http://chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco23/messages/89514.html NEW WOEY LOY GOEY – SF Chinatown Chowdown Lunch Series #13 http://chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco23/messages/88786.html Y BEN HOUSE –...

accompanid by roasted veggies. We were feeling very full by dessert time but couldn’t pass on the caramelized pinapple atop a soaked sponge cake— a glorified pineapple upside down cake if you will— and a...

. The smell of popcorn and hay and fried dough, the sweet and salty taste on your tongue when its really hot and the noise of the barkers and rides surrounds you. That is what summer is all about. It can not be duplicated in...

was just the guy who was always in the booth yelling."ride em up, ride em up, bumper cars, only a quarter, ride em up"). How many times he must have barkered that exact phrase... ride em up, only a quarter... I never heard him say...