to be easy modes of transportation. BART to and from SFO wasn’t a problem. If you have any questions about these posts or are planning a trip, email me at cmk7u@virginia.edu Day 1: Berkeley - Dinner at Chez Panisse Cafe...

True, but it seems to matter to the OP...so perhaps these colleagues are self-employed. Doctors, etc?

tomato, the true essence of what it means to grow the purest, freshest, most local ingredients (ala Alice Waters), was now understood by my parents as well. We decided to split 4 appetizers and one entree, since we were all...

Lotería Grill, Pete’s Café, El Coyote, Royale, Gladstone’s, Pho 79, Fred 62, The Gumbo Pot, Doughboys – all of them have their supporters (some of them quite devoted), all of them are restaurants whose alleged...

that is (almost) as good at Olivetto cafe, Dopo etc. I could be wrong, but I hate waiting.

painting for 624 FF. It was so cheap that I was going to buy two pieces. However when I whipped out some cash, it turned out that the 624 number was just the ID number for the painting! Hah! I knew that it was too good to be true...

They had plenty of sweetened varities and four sour ones, pear, plain, mango and green tea. I will definitely head back to try the mago and green tea. What i really liked about the toppings was that they were real fruit, whole...

A 20% tip is standard in all metropolitan areas. 15% is provincial. Somebody said that 20% is the new 15%, and this is indeed true.

, with not that many dishes being churned out pretty regularly (also, it’s a chain). However, having now been in China for a while I can say that A&J is more like true Chinese food (in Beijing, anyway) than Joe’s or...

had was at Studio Cafe at the Four Seasons. Hopefully this year, we will attempt to get into Bymark and Canoe...the line is for-ever busy!!

!) like a good Reuben), so I will probably steer clear of the latest and greatest. This may change however. Still, the tried and true are what bring us back 3) Yep on the milk and corn on the cob, also the tabouli filled pitas....

, perhaps you could share what it is that you love about Primizie, the new cafe opened by a husband-and-wife catering and food-service company. You’ll find that there’s a wide range of opinions on this board about...

's the Market Cafe at the Buttes resort in Tempe; don’t bother with it now, the food went to abysmal as soon as they were bought by Wyndham). I decided on a build-your-own pizza, my mom wanted something light, I think she...

the others (not saying much) but you have to read the labels on some of it. Their seafood is the freshest in the area. Occasionally, they have mislabeled an item (calling Dungenous crab blue crabs) which has resulted in great...

good for Ragu. And how my marinara wasn’t sweet enough. Go figure. Now it’s true, I do fancier things quite frequently, because it’s fun, and I like to experiment. But I really hate all that preservative-laden...