For those whose work ordinarily prevents them from taking advantage of the better-priced weekday prix fixe lunches, I’d like to provide a reminder that the X’Mas Eve and X’Mas day break may present lunch...

I’d appreciate input on these restaurants in (or in the vicinity of) Barcelona. In particular, please provide information on Espai Coch, which is a bistro on the Can Fabes property, and rooms in the hotel newly constructed...

According to Gastronomie, recent black truffles sales at Carpentras in southern France resulted in prices that were triple other years' prices, due to the significant heat wave in France this past summer....

Marc Veyrat (Auberge de l’Eridan and Ferme de Mon Pere) and Michel Roux (formerly Waterside Inn; formerly Le Gavroche) have appearances at Paris' Librarie Gourmand later this month. These are book signings, but purchase of...

In addition to the tasting menu and the lunch market menu, there is now a third tasting menu at Gagnaire. It is a theme menu roughly translated as “Game from an Alsatian Hunt” (it’s translated weirdly on the...

Restaurant Magazine that Rick Stein has extended his seafood empire in Padstow with a patisserie. Various types of bread, “snicker doodle biscuits”, éclairs, trifles, sandwiches and quiches are among the products...

A wonderful chef has been added to the team of Mike, Dan and pastry chef Pierre Reboul. He is Juan Cuevas. Jusn was Sous Chef to Delouvrier at the former Lespinasse, and worked at ADNY. The meal began with a shotglass of tomato...

I’d appreciate input on which of the yummiest restaurants in NYC offer special meals (e.g., X’Mas tasting menus) on Christmas Day. Any descriptions of special meals from the last two or three years would be...

I visited Bandol, a wine bar, for the first time. While the owner/maitre d' (?) is French, the by-the-glass wine selection was much more limited than I had imagined. I ordered the soupe de poisson. Not bad, but also not...

Zagat reports that August 17 – Charlie Trotter’s is hosting a 16th anniversary dinner benefit involving the chef and Wolfgang Puck (wines from the Brown Estate Vineyard of Napa Valley). Prices are reported to be $400;...

Despite various meals at Gagnaire, I’ve never taken in a la carte dishes there or the prix fixe lunch. I’d appreciate input on such meals. Does a single a la carte dish, for example, confer in effect a sampling of...

Zagat’s recent newsletter discusses a “Taste the Difference” dinner at Acme Chophouse. Addressed during the pre-dinner discussion (moderated by Kim Severson of the SF Chronicle) and featured throughout the...

I’d appreciate input on the quality and types of dishes included in the Sunday buffet (?) at The Palm Court, in the Plaza. Also, what types of wine/champagne/other beverages are included, and is the brunch worth its cost?

I was reviewing the Sketch (Gagnaire as partner) website, and noticed that diners can become a “Friend of Sketch”. http://www.sketch.uk.com/ The benefits are noted as including priority reservations for the Lecture Room...

I utilized the New York magazine number for the alphabet city location of Cucina/Cucino Cuzco (the Peruvian chicken place), and was told the number has been disconnected. Did the venue fold?