://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco2/messages/4476.html http://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco5/messages/14938.html ARTISANAL PIROSHKI – Raise your sights beyond the greasy, stale leaden...

something very casual catered—say a backyard party in the height of summer when you can’t bear to cook— Famous Dave’s does a cheerful and efficient job. For $25 fee, they will bring all the food and...

Not larger tips but ... Any restaurant or catering facility will certainly add an 18 – 20% tip to the bill and never ask you what you feel is proper and that is for even a small group of say 6-8 people. I see it all the...

What the server did was a standard sales technique. Don’t ask the customer if they want something, ask which version they would like? This leads the customer into the mindset that their options are not 1) to buy or 2) not...

a camp fire. 2) the pit – in order to produce quantity you need a very large pit. This leads to a gas fired, semi-automated pit run by a less then qualified pit master. I don’t know the numbers, but I have read that...

there I think wow, I should come here more often than I do. They mix a fine margarita, too. Royal India I’ve only had the inexpensive lunch buffet which I suspect does not showcase their true talents. FWIW, an Indian friend...

to try many south side favorites at one time: http://www.chowhound.com/midwest/boards/chicago2/messages/13304.html The Westernathon took in several places south and west, but due to our strict rules, we skipped perhaps the best...

joe encountering the cuisine for the first time. The Contra County TImes, a local paper, drives me nuts with their reviews which are ... well, awful. However, they cater to a suburan audiance who probably would have the same...

in the running, it was beat out by Panda Express which received 2 votes. Link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/community/13563571.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Blancs champagne that I had not sampled previously. (2) Poached Hog Island Oyster, Marinated Maine Sea Scallop, Herring Roe and Reisling Gelee, with Domaine Rollin Pernand Vergelesses '98 Stunning dish objectively and...

is in Hampton and while I haven’t eaten there, I have had their catered food and it is very good. I agree with Yoken’s and Warren’s being tourist traps -same with Newick’s.

mozzarella and ricotta cheese for the amazingly low price of $2.19 per pound. All in all a fine afternoon spent West of Harlem in the company of Da Mayor. Enjoy, Gary Yum Thai 7748 W Madison Forest Park, IL. 60130 708-366-8888 Dunk...

crib from a recent post), and of course the pig shop on 2d S. Ext. Though none of these are induplicable (<—-?) experiences, they will make the visitor remember Seattle fondly.

Have you considered the point that in order to cope with increasing rents, (1) restaurants must turn over tables more quickly; (2) younger crowds usually treat a meal as one stop on an evening’s itinerary as opposed to...

A few weeks ago I was making a spicy potato/spinach dish. I had copied the recipe incorrectly from the original source, putting down 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt instead of teaspoons. When I made it, I didn’t notice the...