I was recently at the Fifth Floor, albeit for a special dinner and not the regular menu, and was distinctly underwhelmed. The food was basically well prepared, with luxury ingredients (foie gras, butter-poached lobster, etc) but...

Hey folks, just a short report on some of my food finds during a 7-day trip to Nova Scotia and PEI. The day we spent touring Charlottetown we were able to dine at two places: - The Water Prince Corner Shop offers very fresh Mussels

and probably Chez Panisse. For the remainders, if you have any recommendations that fit into any of the following categories, let me know: Achingly hip? Distinctively SF? Splurge but worth it? Oh, yeah, and we need a really good...

transformed to a more relaxed atmosphere. Everyone seemed to have good time and we felt the urge to start dancing and let loose. The belly dancer did an amazing second show. My boyfriend really loved the whole experience. There...

After a decade up here, I finally decided to try pho. I had some last week (Pho Golden Cow) and it was good, but naturally I have no basis for comparison. What are some good places to try in NoVA?

pleen, not sure what you mean by TAIWANESE Bubble Tea?? Without getting into the politics of Taiwanese, Chinese or just Asian in general—there is not really any distinction between the bubble tea varieties found here in the...

comes from the soil and pollination source. This is most evident in grapes, which are developed to pick-up the tastes of adjacent flowers, fruits, and vegetables. I know that Hawaii coffee and chocolate have a distinct character...

get up there all that often, so if you could start me off in DC or NOVA I would be even more appreciative. Some things I like: I really like Pho, I tend to get the veggie because the meat isn’t the big draw for me, I like...

or equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor. 6-303.11 Repeat Reach-in refrigerator light out. Provide at least 20 foot candles at a distance of 30 inches from the floor in consumer...

Zaytinya is great at the bar, if you can avoid the rabble at peak hours. The keeps are very good (better than the floor waiters, imho), you can taste through the ouzos/rakis/araks and glass wines more easily.

I just discovered chowhound. Hope it’s not too late to recommend a great wine list spot in NoVA: Flemings in Tysons Corner, on the ground floor of the Marriott Hotel. 100+ wines by the glass, which you can also get as...

with authentic Indian food. Decor could be marble floors, or a shack is okay too. Thanks!

Check out the Key Bridge Marriott. They have a restaurant on the top floor that has a great view and might be less pricey than the Ritz.

I’ve traversed Nova Scotia, trading the bucolic salty south shore for the bucolic salty north, where I scored a surprisingly inexpensive room ($125 Canadian) at hoity-toity Blomidon Inn (195 Main Street, Wolfville, Nova...

called “Red Devil Cake.” Through the years, people began to use red food coloring to emphasize the red color, but cocoa is still included along with acid ingredients such as vinegar and buttermilk, which give RVC its...