I’ve been to places in Japan where the restaurant is the front room attached to the family home. The father is the cook, and the wife and/or daughter are the servers. This is a pretty common business model in Japan outside...

. And places where you seat yourself, that’s often the case, too. eg, any of the bakeries in town, you order, then you find a seat. Often that can be difficult at St. Honore or Pearl Bakery or Grand Central. At that point,...

That is just silly... so Mexicans outside of a 300 mile radius from Mexico City... don’t really eat any Huitlacoche... does that mean its not a Mexican food?

I have never been intimidated at a Chinese restaurant because New York City has so many different kinds and I’ve been eating Chinese food since I was a small boy. Granted, this was Cantonese and the new influx of chefs from...

And yet I remain irritated. I think it’s because it’s so close to being a full service market, without being one. I don’t mind going to a bakery for bread, cheese shop for cheese, produce place for fruit, etc....

; several of these multi-city “chains” originated right here (I think that this is also the case with some of our sari palaces). I hope Zim corrects this if I got it wrong. **** I was just looking through...

have my requisite food references out of the way, let me get to that “sigh.” My wife and I have lived all over the city in the last 20+ years—Washington Heights, East Village, Park Slope, Tribeca, Murray Hill....

I like a lot of Amy’s brand products, both the frozen stuff and the canned stews and soups. Also, Bob’s Red Mill. Love Zen Bakery products, especially the muffins (Apple Bran and Peach Bran—no cranberries) and the...

on Friday on his way up to the city, I picked up my BBQ on Sunday at 5pm, just before the tasting. All BBQ was served in its condition on arrival, no heating. I think this benefited some and hurt others. Sauce v. No Sauce –...

French Bakery & Restaurant 5018 N. Broadway Chicago, IL (773) 561-4424 Shan 5060-A N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL (773) 769-4961 Sea World ?? The Berghoff Restaurant 17 W. Adams St. Chicago, IL (312) 427-3170

and rice, or arroz con pollo if you add some spanish or mexican flavorings, or jumbalaya with some sausage or any seafood on sale... I buy the nicer loaves of bakery bread (about the same price anyways as wonderbread) and keep it...

is indicative of how restaurant starved this city really is – I can’t think of a new restaurant I’ve been excited to go to in the last twenty four months at least! That’s pretty depressing –...

fashioned ice cream parlor. And their ribs ... incredible! And the bologna and Polish sausage, while obviously not in the same league, are another guilty pleasure Lots of diners serving Ok style home cooking. For example, Shiloh...

I will be taking a trip into the city a couple times this month picking up the relations from the airport. That means a major shopping spree at Trader Joe’s. Anyone have any suggestions on what to buy there? I always pick...

When I went to Dos Caminos, I got a 5-minute spiel on its “guac bar.” Give me a break. This all-too-common practice of restaurants in the city charging anywhere from $12 on up for guac is one of the biggest ripoffs...