There’s a place in Carroll Gardens where I live — Bagels on the Park — that lists on their menu of lunch meats “gabagol.” I always wonder whether they’re trying to be funny by listing it that...

in Carrol Gardens is good. There’s a place in Windsor Terrace that I would travel a bit for. Same with Bay Ridge. I mean, let’s not get absurd, here. (As happened in series Chowhound posts I remember from around a...

For soup dumplings, shanghai noodles, scallion pancake, etc. head to Joe's Shanghai or New Green Bo in chinatown. I would think you have better in SF though? You might try instead Momufuku Noodle Bar which has delicious ramen...

Lucali’s on Henry and Carrol is (dare I say it) just as good as Difara’s. A quick ride on the F to Bergen and a ten minute walk and you’ll be in heaven. Unlike DiFara’s you can eat inside their charming...

One of my favorite cookbooks is the California the Beautiful Cookbook – recipes by John Phillip Carroll and text by Virginia Rainey. The pictures are wonderful and the chapters are divided by areas of California. Excellent...

Street. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it is neither fish (grocery store) nor fowl (high end market). For a high end place the standard is Central Market, and you will have one at the intersection of Carroll and Kimball...

Are you sure you’re not confusing Jen Carroll with Jen Zavala? All the reviews I’ve read of 10 Arts have been positive. El Camino Real, not so much. Anyway, you don’t get to work at Le Bernardin for 5 years...

Yes, Miami Joe (as he’s known) purchases daily from the main distribution center. I’ve been buying from him for years. Plus, I really like the idea of supporting non-corporate vendors.

(search for Izzy’s, Sebastian Joes, Grand Ole Creamery, and Pumphouse to get an idea).

Hey all, my first post here! Well I didn’t want to like The Burger Shoppe, it 's expensive, crowded with trendoids and it took over from Joe the Barber who I’d been frequenting the 10 years I’ve lived in the...

Yay Hung!

You are absolutely Right about Pacific salmon being no good by the time it reaches the East Coast. This salmon market could explode if someone froze the salmon the best way possible and shipped it east. Trader Joes had some...