do Pompeii and Amalfi coast. Friend told me fancy restaurants there were overpriced and disappointing. Comments? Thanks for any tips. I’ll post upon return. Mid-July. Jon

, just avoid the lunch hours if you have the flexibility to do so.

Nice. Do they serve johnnycake with the bean soup? Great website on the link, BTW.

Since the Minnesota state fair starts tomorrow, I thought I’d take a poll to find out: 1) What’s the one thing you cannot leave the fair without eating? 2) Have you tried any of the “new” foods? 3) Do you...

. Some friends are having a party there. So, while we’re on this topic, what other restaurants do you think are overrated disappointments? You know, those restaurants that EVERYONE seems to really love but you didn’t.

would you need to have your mind changed? By others?? Yes, I know that most chowhounds like In-n-Out (myself included), you have a contrarian view, nothing wrong with that. Ultimately it’s your tastebud’s job to...

and a few others are worth consideration in Europe also.) Unlike most on this board I am not enamored of New York having grown up in Washington, D. C. where many native born Washingtonians (perhaps a contradiction!) did and do...

place, but it is an unreal hole-in-the-wall. Plop yourself down at the counter, order from the chalkboard menu (recommend the bolognese if they have it), and you’ll leave extremely happy for $9.95 before tax and tip. The...

, but in my experience, even beer-drinking women don’t drink the same quantity as men do. What was the convention for—-hope it’s not beer people! lucia

with natives aren’t necessarily good. Truckers and police cars in restaurant parking lots do NOT indicate good food. The more stuff (burgers, cold sandwiches, etc) served by a pizzeria, the worse the pizza. Don’t order...

'm not sure I’d WANT an event like this to be as easily navigale as, say, takeout from virgil’s (wait a minute...that’d be an even longer wait!).   Blue Smoke doesn’t use liquid smoke, btw....it’s...

dressing. Just not worth wasting a meal here. I do want to jump on the bandwagon about the gelato at Grom, though — I took the recommendation here and it really was terrific. We went yesterday and went back again today. The...

a decent cup of coffee. It’s absolutely worth it. Bag tea is to single-estate loose tea as Johnnie Walker is to single-malt scotch. There are times when Johnnie Walker will do, but once you try the better stuff it’s...

Well, if there ever was time to familiarize yourself with the Chowhound search engine, now is the time. I surmise that chinese cuisine is probably the most popular topic on the L.A. board – a wealth of information has...

at the “name” restaurant. I continue my search for greatness for less and enjoin fellow chowhounds to do likelwise.