. Not to say that the food won’t be good, but let’s not stretch the term “authentic” so far out of shape as to make it meaningless.

Ah, due to a trick knee, my area of expertise. Did you want free parking or just a place with a parking lot near by? For free, my highest recommendation would be Flower Market Cafe (link below). Mark Bectelli is a gracious host...

and fried onions — the perfect amount of acidity and wonderful on a cold night... and a lovely beet salad with mandarin orange segments, walnuts and microgreens. The hummus they brought out gratis was slightly smoky and...

special and perhaps they would try out the concha as a special. Anyway, meats for the tacos, nachos, tostadas, burritos and tortas include: carne asada, Al Pastor, lengua, chorizo (says it is house made), fajitas (beef or...

cheese was shaved too fine and was drowned out by the balsamico which was a bit too liberally applied. And the toast was quite hard. Very tasty, don’t get me wrong, but should have been better. Pork sausage and mixed green...

good. We aren’t looking to spend $40 on breakfast on a typical weekend so places like Henrietta’s Table or Harvest are out. Ideas?

curd, preserved cabbage, pork and edamame (L17 at lunch) that I could happily eat (and and one point did) 3x a week, and I find their soup dumplings to be among my top 3 in the city (and trust me, I did my research). Braised...

a suggestion for an off the beaten path joint with no pretense that totally floats your boat, I’m as interested in hearing about that as I am the top drawer, often-trod places. I’ll eat anything, and am especially...

Also not so far from the county museum is Sofi (on 3rd St near Crescent Heights) - a bit higher end Greek place. I think they are only open for dinner. You will also be near Farmer’s Market at 3rd and Fairfax, which has...

" menu that our hostess had never bothered to give us. Now, that made things easier. She then mentioned what was out of stock and stood by while we chose. Jacqueline, a light-lager girl, wanted Harp; of course, they were out. I...

I’m working on a recipe for fish in papillote for my in-laws on Friday night and I have a few questions. I’m thinking of using a non-salmon fish (they don’t eat salmon) with some thinly sliced potatoes and...

a Consumer Reports person...going off topic – it drives me NUTS that by the time the reports come out half the product models in the ratings, and invariably the top 3, have been superseded by new models which haven’t...

enough about La Famiglia. You also may want to consider Il Portico. Check out the website. I have not been there unfortunately. I’ve researched it though and am told the atmosphere is most romantic, and the food is...

, walls of wine bottles and again space between the tables! High end northern Italian. Nothing like it here. “Le Bernadine” for lunch, specializing in seafood. (go on line and check out there web site) The last dinner...

I am a fan of Gary’s wine blog. Definately appreciate his unique perspectives and his ability to pull out esoteric fragrances out of his “sniffy sniffs”/ He made mention of an article on Slate.com in his video...