't rave about any Italian – I don’t consider Frank and Pauly’s particularly authentic – just okay food and tons of it. Galucci’s is a phenomenal Italian import and take out destination. Check out the...

I’ll bet the cheese shop in Paris was Marie de Quartrehomme in the 6th. It’s amazing. There is also a lovely cheese shop in the Rue Cler. But my all time cheese experience was just outside Geneva. I love to stay at a...

My vote is in ,no one has yet to mention Delhi Darbars in the Glenmore Inn mall .best indian food bar none ,no equal.The food is cooked the way you want it to be ,theres too many restos out there that just make the food ,these...

Monterey Seafood: Sandbar and Grill, Municipal Pier (mussels, sand dabs, calamari) casual, local. Massaro and Santos, Coast Guard Pier. Both have sites to check. Carmel: Highlands Inn (4 miles S) Drinks and apps at sunset...Great...

The Hilltop House is nowhere near downtown. It is on Rancho between Cheyenne and Craig.

You went to Brown’s!!! Wonder if we ever shared a conversation. I knew David back in the day. Last I heard he had become the manager of Hilltop, but I don’t think he is there any more. So you have company in the...

for apple pie. In Kerrville, there’s Rail’s at the Depot and River’s Edge. (By the way, the drive from Bandera to Kerrville on 16 is beautiful.) Continuing north, the Hilltop Cafe, just outside of...

, the Red Fez, OM, Woodman’s. Once-great places that have slipped badly: Olives, Radius.Popular places that never impressed me: Sibling Rivalry, Union Oyster House (except for the first-floor raw bar), the Hilltop...