I would strongly reccommend La Cote Brasserie. I ate there recently and the menu is modern yet very New Orleans. The desserts were fantastic too. The restaurant and the hotel it is in (the Rennaisance Art Hotel)are decorated with...

1. Matt’s in the Market- at the bar or small table. 2. The Palace, Travolta, Restaurant Zoe 3. Art of the Table- one seating thurs-fri-sat, Sitka and Spruce, How to Cook at Wolf, Moxie Are you in Cap Hill?

Take a walk to the Brown Palace Hotel. For a good lunch, the downstairs restaurant/bar called The Captain’s Wheel (or something similar) serves an excellent lobster roll. Say hi to Tom Baines—he served the Beatles...

Palace with good pizza. On the other end of the scale, my absoulte favorite (for service, food and ambiance, which in my opinion is a lost art) is Jasmine’s at Bellagio. The decor is breath-taking and when you dine with the...

I’ve never been but there’s been mention of the Terrace Room at the Lake Merritt Hotel. It is a nice location (20s Art Deco) with a lake view. My guess is the Palace Hotel would be the “sure bet”, however...

Can anyone suggest some good local restaurants for New Years Eve located within walking distance of the Westin Palace. The Westin is having a gala but it is 500 Euros a person, too rich for us. This is our first time in Madrid and...

had a brilliant meal there this past may; can’t say enough good things about the staff, the proprietor-chef or the food (beware, the art on the walls is particularly unattractive).

leads for a similar question near the Palace of Fine Arts.

. As for places close by: The Oceanaire should be open when you arrive; it’s good seafood in kind of a kitschy steakhouse atmosphere. I think it’s at 7th and Olive, which should be about 3 blocks from your hotel. The...

we’re coming to New Orleans from Los Angeles next week to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. We were planning to have dinner at Commander’s Palace and Stella! but the concierge at our hotel suggested Upperline...

My wife and I like to go out for a casual dinner on Fridays. We try to stick to places where we can get in and out for <$75 total. The past few weeks we’ve done: How To Cook a Wolf, Sitka and Spruce, Tamarind Tree,...

Temple Bar, the bar at the Palace Hotel or Lexington Bar and Books come to mind...

i will be in rome for three days in january. i love to eat! (hence chowhound!) i’m trying to pick a hotel and i want it to be close to some good, non touristy areas...what area in rome should i stay and what is in that...

produce gold-leaf souvenirs or for decoration of palaces and hotels .

's Cafe is good New Mexican, there’s also Diane’s, Isaac’s and the Jalisco – not to mention Spaghetti Western – and they’re all reasonably good (hey – you’re not in Santa Fe!) (okay...