I’ve been back home for a while now, steaming millet, leeks, and organic Swiss chard, and generally recovering. It’s time to wrap up nine weeks on the road, and to account for nearly 8,000 miles driven (plus many more...

I need suggestions on this place. Is it good, and if so, what to order (is the porterhouse the way to go)? I want to take my friend there to congratulate him for being accepted to med school. Anyone been>?

We are from Long Island, NY and our friends are from the midlands in England. We had dinner at Santorini. The food was OK, salty but OK. The bottled wine was PRICEY. Wine by the glass was reasonable. My wife ordered a California...

A Chinese friend of mine recommended David’s Mai-Lai Restaurant on 10th and Race? I am planning on going to dinner there tonight. Any recommendations???

I agree. We took some friends visiting from Germany there and they absolutely loved it. Just be aware that on weekends they don’t serve the lunch menu, only brunch.

A friend of mine was talking about a restaurant in the east bay..I think Orinda, where the restaurant is actually located in someone’s house. The seats surround the chefs stove ala Bennihana. I believe the...

I haven’t been there myself, but it gets mentioned so many times that I have to bring up Fondue Fred on Telegraph in Berkeley. Many people say the fondue is mediocre, but a group of my friends said at least some of them are...

Celestine’s at K and 18th in Sacramento. Ask for Patrick or Phoebe, the owners, and say that you’re Fred's friends. That’s the poet, Fred. Great mojitos to drink. Yummy fried polenta sticks. Everything is spicy...

with your meal: french fries, rice and cold fried potato chips. My friend and I ordered the shishkabob. The beef was raw in my friend's entree. The beef in mine was tough and tasted rancid, whether it was old meat or pre-cooked...

Went to Majestic Gardens with a bunch of friends that wanted to go dancing. The food was OK, as long as you didn’t order the fishy fish that tasted like week old salmon crouquettes. The chateau briand was tasty and the...

That is Fred's Franks, often mentioned on CH and Phantom Gourmet.

It’s so beautiful out today! I really want to take my dog (golden retriever) with me tonight when I go out to dinner tonight on the UWS with a friend. Preferably somewhere in the 80’s or 90’s. I know this topic...

Brewsters maybe? They have great conch fritters, manhattan clam chowder and smoked fish TO DIE FOR. The other fried stuff is OK, not bad...clam strips and the like. It’s clean, the service is friendly and the food is fresh.

My sister and husband are coming with kids 11, 9, & 6 today. Any good kid friendly restaurants in the L.A. area? Preferably Hollywood are? Thanks.

and as New York as you’re apt to get in Manhattan nowadays. I even bought gift certificates – written out longhand on a standard reciept pad – for friends who would never have thought to stop by there. Anyone...