quintessential rituals associated with going out for New Haven pizza? 7. Many of the 100 year old NYC places like Lombardi’s and Totonno’s still use super hot coal-fired ovens (though they are illegal now, these old...

. Being asked to 'have a drink at the bar' and wait for our reserved table even when the restaurant isn’t full and our table looks ready. Being constantly called ‘you guys’ by wait staff or over familiarity. Not...

Ask him if his mother drank Allen’s Coffee Brandy and milk, the real woman’s drink of Maine! Actually the red snappers ain’t too bad, are made by a very good local butcher A. Bean, are might even be healthier...

Nobody’s mentioned Dirty Martin’s. Hand cut, well-done fries. They can be a little greasy, but potatoes without fat are illegal.

Agree with Dona Tomas and Fonda Solano. Both great food service atmosphere, drinks. Didn’t like Tamarindo, more attitude than the food merits.

if you are a drinker but do not drink any alcoholic drinks in these establishments while you are feeling them out like this, or you may come across the wrong way). try to get on friendly terms with one or two members of staff,...

I used to manage a front end for a national chain. What you’re describing is illegal, and should be brought to the attention of the store manager. If he/she doesn’t get those baggers retrained, the store could have a...

ludwig Bemelmans' ‘Hotel Bemelmans’ is really beautiful and sad – it’s a collection of vignettes he wrote about working at the Ritz at the turn of the century with all kinds of crazy chefs who gamble and...

actually, I’d omit the underdeveloped immune systems, if you are talking about children. I would ban antibacterials and sanitizers, lock them outside with the dogs, and make them drink from the water hose (as I had to do).

I hadn’t read all the way down here before I responded “up thread.” The question about the environmental impact of the fire is a good one, especially since Berkeley is trying to make fires illegal. I wonder what...

1. do opposites attract? i love vinegar, and lime beetroot, onion pickles, salt & vinegar chips obviously capers, anchovies, dill, bitter lemon drinks, juniper berries. And my better half finds them disgusting. he loathes them...

In the situations you describe, what needs to be done is for existing laws and regulations (parking, food permits, etc.) to be enforced. People who are doing business illegally will continue to do business; only those people who...

haha I could probably manage to avoid it, at about $4 a drink! :)

<(if I was him I’d consider suing for theft of intellectual property rights because it really WAS a great idea!)> it may have been ethically wrong for them to take the idea and run with it, but it is NOT illegal, and even...

ZZZZZZ.....The music is annoyingly repetitive – was this show scored by the guy who blasted music to torture Noriega into surrender? Conversations are inane schmoozing, so it hardly seems to matter that the subtitles are...