Looks like I missed telling you about Leslie's barbecue place in Van Horn since it appears you were leaving today for points west. Here it is for anyone else who travels through Van Horn. It isn’t the best in Texas but...

The wife and I, before she was the wife used to come from downtown out to the Carnation restaurant for lunch. Also many years ago there was a Van De Kamps restaurant/bakery in the space between the old May Company store and the...

If you have become a Jack’s Classic fan in addition and not meant to replace is Pineapple Hill Saloon. Order the Kona burger. It’s located at Van Nuys and Moorpark in a strip mall almost next door to Mogo’s. As...

Restaurant 558 W. Van Buren Ave., Chicago 312-663-4114

downtown. I don’t know what their relationship is to Ocean Star but I have several times seen the Ocean Star van parked out front so I assume that they are somehow related to the owners there.

The Matterhorn in San Francisco on Van Ness has great fondue and raclette. As for the South Bay??? Can’t help you ..sorry

If you don’t mind coming to Van Nuys, there is a great diner we love for breakfasts and cheap filling dinners: Nat’s Early Bite. Yum!

IMO, the only way to get a good meal by the water is to pack a picnic and head to the Toronto Islands or the Leslie Street Spit. Most of the waterfront places in TO have mediocre food for inflated prices, and get away with it...

Can anyone recommend a good nouvelle Thai place, preferably with nice ambiance and preferably not below 30th St? Regular Thai is fine too, but since I don’t want to leave Manhattan and I want a nice restaurant I’m not...

A couple of food-snooty friends are coming in from San Francisco and want dim sum this Saturday. Will I have egg (foo yung) on my face if I take them to the Golden Unicorn? It’s been a couple of years since I was last...

Here’s the list of my favorite Japanese restaurants in So. Cal.... Tsukuba (Artesia & Van Ness, Torrance) Tsukiji (Western & Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena) Kasen Sushi (Magnolia & Garfield, Fountain Valley) Kappo Sui (Bristol &...

Anything by Elizabeth David (I’ve read “An Omelette and a Glass of Wine” three times!) and the magnificent .).) MFK Fisher. The Tuscan Year by Elizabeth Romer (someone told me it was fake but I don’t care...

off every stop, but no Garmens allowed. Or possibly God leads Keg around New Haven? Or God & Keg Lobster and Flounder in Downeast Maine? But i think I gotta get the ol' '67 VW van goin' (no Garmen allowed) and we desk top publish...

not point my stubby finger at the live fish tanks. Just like my favorite character, Leslie Lapides, in Sophie’s Choice who could say but could not do it. Although there is a tradition in Casamurphy dating back decades to torment...

there used to be a restaurant called Van Gogh’s on lakeshore rd.. - port credit, mississauga... not sure if it’s still here. THey served indonesian/dutch food.