I think a Chinatown guide would be muy bueno!!!! I gave up on the place years ago too. I really like Sunset and or Richmond China-towns. Luckily, I never fell into the Nanking trap. Years ago, I remember driving by it one day

at Chez Panisse (to which we’ve never been). If we can get away without driving, we’ll take BART 9 blocks to the restaurant and leave next day. Can anyone here suggest a nearby hotel to stay afterwords and place for...

drive there from Bologna and Milano for dinner...

) and not so high for beds. I spend a unjustifible sums on food and drive a 10 year old Toyota and wear a Swatch. None of us is right or wrong. We are all different with different priorities. I was just trying to say what Jon...

I have never been to Bob Chinns so I can not say good or bad. I have been by the restaurant many times and most of the time people are waiting outside. So I question myself,"Bob Chinns must be great everytime I drive by people...

of Mexican food I’m in the process of consuming; I think about driving from Alameda to Mountainview and back on a rainy work night. I hesitate. Then I realized I’m being offered the chance to eat Shanghainese food...

, the artichokes atop of the pizza are what are special, something in fact to be a zeloat about). Does sams travel well? I live in the heights, and it would take me about 10 minutes to drive it back to the house.

. I also bought a six-pack of Cattle Drive chili with beans. While not exactly gourmet eatin', it’s pretty good for canned chili and makes a quick meal with some sourdough bread when you’ve got a hankering for that...

Is anyone going to be in the area before 7:30? I work pretty close by and don’t want to drive all the way home and back, but that does leave me with some time to kill.

Well, institutional learning can occur. We went to One Market last night and had the Dine About Town menu. We went due to the (mostly) positive reviews on this list and its easy BART access, so we could avoid a Friday night drive...

Toronto Hounds – Can you help choose one in each category for us? We’re going to stay downtown and would prefer not to do too much driving, but we will for the right place(s). Trying to avoid the hotel dining spots...

As I have been trying to wean myself of excess chowhound, I have been making less frequent trips to other boards/hot posts. But now that my hard drive has crashed (any unsolicited computer help, more than welcome) I have a bit of...

So... to sum up, you had a great meal but it was too “simple” for the cost? Is this correct? If you ever wanted to know exactly what sort of comments drive a chef to drink, well... this is a perfect example – and...

with your premise, that were there one KFC in America, Jane and Michael Stern would drive hours out of their way to review it for Gourmet, and the rest of us would sigh wistfully at a joint that offered both...

the NY hounds and communing over our mutual favorite obsession (and hanging out with my fellow Boston hounds on the looooong drives). Thanks to Nina and Peter for introducing us to that dazzling magician, Ali, to Eric and Jim for...