restaurants? The best place in Little Italy is Forlini’s. A fine old world red sauce Italian with tasty food prepared and served buy some genuinely nice and caring owners.

. Arnaud’s makes chain restaurants shine in comparison. Several years ago, my girlfriend and I disregarded the advice of the owner of the B&B in which we were staying at ate at Arnauds anyway. It was awful and expensive. The...

a conversation without yelling, but as long as you know that going in, you should be fine. Service is OK, but can be spotty – they definitely suffer from “beautiful people” syndrome. But maybe that’s...

I heard from someone in the neighbourhood that the owner of Niche runs a training program for individuals who have Aspergers' syndrome.

I think that Saccone’s may be suffering from "mass praise from Northeasterner Syndrome". They can execute if they know that they have to. I know you shouldn’t have to, but let the pizza chef know that you are serious...

" on the menu) was as unctuously appealing as only red-cooked pork belly can be, and Bund Shanghai’s version did not commit the error of being too sweet. Hard to believe, but the owner told us that the house’s...

new owners maybe?

My wife and I had a very pleasant experience on our 1st. visit to China Max. A gentleman, the owner perhaps?, guided us through our selections. Food was great. My limited Cantonese was received with laughter and patience. Visit #2...

lewdude—Check out the L.A. board with a seach for Langer’s Deli. It was been operating for many years by the Langer family. The owner is now in his 90’s but evidently still makes his appearances. His son runs...

her tuna wrap, since they served us spoiled food. They wouldn’t do it without the owner's permission, who wasn’t there. As they were preparing her tuna wrap, I was standing there and saw the worker in the back...

Does anyone know if there are new owners or something at the Urban Gourmet in Somerville? I’ve been going there for years now and it seems lately that the quality and consistency has taken a nose dive. Plus, the kitchen was...

I’m not being critical, well I suppose I am, but I’m getting reading about l’Ami Jean-related posts boredom syndrome. I feel there was a time when Chowhound was mainly concerned with more humble fair - Chinatown...

Will you marry me? I thought I was the only one in the world who, even after living in Tuscany,The Perigord, Umbria and learning what great food tastes like,feel that most of the signature chef syndrome at $500-800/ person is...

of 2006 Renwood viognier. The highlights were the birds – delightfully flavorful and miles away from the “tastes like chicken” syndrome of too many game birds. For dessert we did mixed berry crêpes and crème...

jeff and hit up the places there. Then ask around about other places such as on rt 25a and rt 347. You have a lot of small towns in that area and it’s pretty as well. (Except for the suburban strip mall syndrome on the...