Looking for a restaurant that has a couple of big screen tv’s to watch the LSU World Series game tonight. Not looking for a smokey filled bar, but rather a place that we can get a decent meal at and watch the game from our...

In all price ranges, my favorite Cognac House is Normandin-Mercier. It is generally available at wine stores that do business with Chadderdon. My favorite widely available Cognac House, in all price categories, is Martell. If you...

Hey, two questions. I am looking for a local steakhouse for dinner and have heard that Crescent City steakhouse is great. I am wondering if that is indeed true and also how safe the neighborhood is for dining, being that it is...

Dave Martell at D&R Sharpening (www.JapaneseKnifeSharpening.com) is a terrific person to sharpen your knives. He is excellent and can put a “scary sharp” edge on your knives. He has done some sharpening for me and I...

I’m gonna be in town this weekend. Been on a damn diet for a month now and I’ve having serious pork fat withdrawels. Plan on making a trip to Cochon, but was wondering if there are any joints that serve fresh fried...

I’m looking for a restaurant that offers both good fish/oysters/shrimp N.O.-style plus some old N.O.-Italian-style dishes like veal with crab, paneed this and that, parmigianas, etc. I checked Mandina’s menu which...

on Melrose at Martel Ammo is great for Sunday Brunch – a little pricey but worth the splurge Lucy’s Adobe Mexican Food on Melrose right across from Paramount Studios Hope that helps a little...

For a more casual but yummy fare, I would suggest the Villiage Idiot on Melrose & Martel. Great food for an upscale English pub and very reasonably priced. Lala’s is good, but basic. Table 8 just reopened so it should be...

I’m curious for places to try over in the Tulane Gravier neighborhood, as I just got a job over in the area, and I’ll be needing a place to get some good food for lunch. I’m interested in all types of food,...

It’s finally crawfish season. So – anyone know any restaurants doing something special to celebrate the start of the season?

2nd the Chao Krung. We should own the place by now, we order so often... Eat Well on Beverly & Martel has good take out (dressings are so-so)

We ended up seeing The Aviator at the Grove and at recco of a friend who lives in the area went (walked actually) to Le Chine Wok on Beverly between Gardner and Martel, and it was really quite decent, altho' we only tried 2...

Corralitos Meat Market in Corralitos (Watsonville area). Swingles Meat Market in Martel. Ralphs Custom Smokehouse in San Jose. Los Gatos Meats and Smokehouse in Los Gatos.

I would love to do a recipe swap with you. I put my recipe in the reply to the message above, but here it is again, without parenthetical comments: Vin de Noix de l’Auberge a l’Huile de Noix, Martel (Lot) 40 walnuts,...

://www.zittoemangia.com/ http://www.voir.ca/publishing/article.aspx?zone=1&section=21&article=64132 It is right opposite Parc de la Petite Italie (former Parc Martel) at the corner of Clark and St-Zotique. It is definitely a nice...