Same here with my cats- they know they’re not supposed to be on top of the counters, save for the one between fridge and stove that’s the path to the sleeping spots on top of the kitchen cabinets. But every once in a...

You know me well... we must cross paths in our next lives!

, however the serving temps were just about perfect – no cupping a glass of white, to warm it, or placing a red into an ice-water bath to cool it. I am more at ease with the casual nature of the wine service, than I am with...

at this early stage before they have differentiated along different development paths. Some concern was raised about the color of the wines, which while very dark, were not as black and saturated as would be expected for...

of Oakland. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/450404 There is so much..this will at least get some things started for you. Its not NY and NY is nothing like the Bay Area. There is something wonderful all over the Bay Area and we have...

I’ve had the same experience with an opposite result. For 37 years I’ve been dragged to Apple Pan for what I’d always thought was a not unpleasant, but strikingly ordinary burger. I’m a burger freak/purist...

white Burg, that someone sent back, because it was just too expensive, or something "off the beaten path," that the diner did not want, after opening. Now, some of the folk, may well crack a bottle for me, and then mention it to...

the other. Also, FYI, If lines are horrible, and you must get curds, there is a stand back by the cattle barn that almost never has a line, since it’s kind of tucked back off the beaten path.

" ;-) If DK represents the purists and the link that connects the past and the present culturally, what about alta cocina, where does it fit? As Lizard also posted up-thread where does innovation and natural evolution of a cuisine...

't? >> Remember, they’re a family run business also, they don’t deserve to succeed? They most certainly DO deserve to succeed. The point being made, however, is that because they are selling a commodity, their path to...

If you’re willing to try the outer boroughs, i recommend this place in the other direction: Mission Burittos in Hoboken, NJ (4th Street b/w Garden and Park... a short walk from the PATH train). This place is run by 3 guys...

. The server has the choices to 1) interrupt or 2) wait until there’s a natural break in the conversation/anecdote. It can be uncomfortable either way. Thanks so much Davis! I can imagine that it would be a pleasure to dine...

also be fun and adventuresome to pick out dishes off the beaten path. I hope folks would be willing to report on those “riskier” experiences, because they can potentially be more rewarding for all of us and...

to open up wide and accept or else stay on the well-trod tourist path. You can’t have it both ways. ciao

at the deliciously divvy Lakeview Lounge. At the Lakeview, they drank bottles of cheap beer and rocked to three aged hippies playing Rolling Stones covers all the while being photographed incessantly. The other car somehow found...