and Jefferson. There’s an Eritrean restaurant on about 19th or 20th and Yesler which I’ve been meaning to try, and another cafe at around 19th and Yesler. The Central Cinema (local arthouse cinema), on 22nd off of...

There is Dishes Docks Cinema

Going to the Blue Room this Saturday evening. Trying to “branch out” a bit as it seems everytime we head into Cambridge we end up at Central Kitchen (my fave). My question is: is it easy to walk there from the...

I agree on either Kan Sen in the old White Plains Mall in White Plains (between Barker and Hamilton Ave) and Golden Village in the Fine Arts Cinema Shopping center in Scarsdale on Central Ave. Between the two you can find almost...

. Is that the place across from Central Cinema in Scarsdale on the Yonkers border near Mom’s cigars. Another tamed down mediocre place. Not bad but not great. The only really good Thai places I have found in the Tri-state...

's seemed plain and uninteresting, and since my goal was to dazzle, I needed something grander. Danube’s room with its high ceilings and huge Klimt copies on the wall (to which a certain river had been added) was absolutely...

; that was quite the fun experience! Most moviehouses in Seattle are staid in comparison to Portland’s arcades and brewpubs (thank goodness for our Big Picture theater and the new Central Cinema). As it turned out on...

Foreign Cinema does a great brunch and, as I recall, has a private room that was about that size. If you have good weather, you can also sit outside, which is a very nice option.

Jordan’s in Grand Central (great upscale burger) or Naples 45 (authentic pizza) in the Pan Am Building (up the escalators in Grand Central).

suggestions of restaurants that offer great value (and I don’t necessarily mean big portions here)? To give you an idea, we like Soy, Ban Lao Thai, Iris, Aux Lilas, Il Boccalini... It doesn’t have to be in the Plateau...

Portuguese: Atasca, on Hampshire (or the cuter original location a couple blocks further on Broadway). Vietnamese: Pho Lemon, on Broadway. Both very close, and very good. (I live around the corner from the cinema...)

Visiting SF for work and will have at least 3 dinners to explore fun, inventive restaurants where a nice spot at the bar for one would be a great experience. Staying near Union Square, but within the central urban area would be...

. I haven’t tried it before so perhaps others can comment on it (I think there are a few regulars here who are from Scarsdale). It’s located in “Archway Mall”, a strip mall on Central Avenue, same mall as...

've closed most of their sites. I think there’s still a location at Scottsdale and Shea in the complex with the Harkins Cinema. Of the various fast Japanese places, I like Yoshi’s best. There are locations in Central...

Italian) across from the cinema; Kabuki (sushi and more) across the street from the Mill near McNear’s; Central Market (rich, New Orleans-influenced) on the corner of Western and Petaluma Boulevard; Aram’s on Kentucky...