I couldn’t have described Hearth any better. We had dinner there last night for the first time and sat in the front room. I loved everything about the place. The entire staff right down to the busboys seemed to be very...

at the bar and always offer some to the tender, as they are generous with their drinks and corkage. i loved reading your review from a couple of years ago. i’ve been eating there since they opened a few years ago, and they...

This is why I love Chowhound. Where else can I find people to talk to about a matter as important to me as the fall of Uno’s and Giordano’s? My wife and I are aware that there are Uno’s all over America, but we...

meat, though, and to see former house speakers. Friend from Bordeaux says the tripe is the best she’s had in the States. Bistrot Lepic is just lovely, and “up” the street on Wisconsin (about 5 blocks). They also...

I concur, Joe. I lived about two blocks from there for two years before my girlfriend stopped in one day. The next Sunday we got it for an easy meal and absolutely loved it. There’s something to be said for the atmosphere...

A new wine bar opened in my neighborhood (not Manhattan). It was lovely — architecture, food, service, everything but the wine. We ordered several of the $6 and $7 glasses and to our surprise, they were uniformly awful....

Umm, the yeast dies in a 450 degree oven too. The rising takes place outside the oven as far as yeast is concerned. What takes place in the oven is from steam trapped in all those lovely little pockets the yeast made. Wood fired...

Barú is kind of new. It was positively reviewed in this month issue of San Juan magazine. I think it is very good but expensive. The service is really good. On our visit a month ago we had special entrees of salmon which my wife...

cornbread would be lovely, with a salad you can make ahead. Or, if you want something more elegant, maybe salmon en papillote (I think someone posted a recipe on general topics just a couple of days ago), which looks impressive...

a few macarons, rose and chocolate. Payard love mousses and I do too, but they are not Bouley mousse makers. I tried the cassis mousse in the Manhasset, the chocolate mousse in the Japonais and in the Notre Dame. None of these...

I thought it was great, but I do agree with the comments about the quantities of salsa and guac being too small. Best burrito I’ve ever had, and my boyfriend loved the pork and roll. And the nachos were superb. Wasn’t...

dessert during the last Danube meal that you recounted." Well, I have to say that there are places where I love taking in dessert, but they are all in France ;) My skipping dessert is becoming more a part of my dining habits of...

tender, delicate and flavorful pork... i rarely stray from the carnitas when i order from fdl, so i can’t comment on the lengua...i have tried the al pastor, though, and found it to be good but not as nice... similarly,...

Wow, I can only say I am disappointed. I love the Inca Grill up in Lake Forest and, most of the time, have had great food and passable service. What you went through was inexcusable and I surely hope that what’s-her-name...

the AOC regs. Anyway, that vintage is a little sweeter than subsequent years, and is a bright and lovely wine that went very well with the meal. Sad to say, it was the last bottle. The Anselmi Capitel whites are inexpensive and...