For romance, it’s definitely Auberge for late afternoon drinks checking out the valley view. For dinner, it’s up to your taste. Terra is in a 19th C. stone building, small and intimate. Martini House is a Pat Kuleto...

: in the hills above St. Helena. Tour includes a walk in the vineyard and extensive discussion of vineyard management issues and strategies. Excellent, inventive wines. Kuleto Estate: near Lake Hennessey, the estate of...

mention: the wine list is really quite unusual — the work of Rob Renteria. It’s well-organized into various categories that include some whimsy — one category is Women Winemakers We Love. Martini House...

almost everything about Fish, theirs do not measure up (btw, neither do their fried oysters, save your mouth for the Pine Cone Diner.) The last time we made our oyster run up the coast, TH and I made a comparative stop at...

Pat Kuleto is actually opening two restaurants connected by a plaza at the same location, Waterbar and Epic Roast House. Waterbar will indeed feature seafood, while Epic Roast House “will specialize in all types of meats...

with the season, availability, etc. Halibut in SF is almost always a good bet because it’s from around here. I had a dorade one time that was phenomenal. Many good options. Have had no fish problems. 4) And, last but not...

I can tell from your initial post. For example, Orson’s by Elizabeth Falkner is the newest restaurant creating buzz for her molecular gastronomy dishes. The biggest recent open is Pat Kuleto's pair of restaurants by the...

Personally, if I were coming from New York, I’d go to Koi Palace. Aqua is dark, modern, conservative, expense-accounty. Pat Kuleto's decor at Farallon could be the dining room set for a big-budget Jules Verne fantasy movie....

, Michael Ouellette is one the most charming hosts you will ever encounter in a dining room. He manages to stop by each table to inquire of ones' needs, thoughts or share a story or two. He’s well known, well liked and...

by amusement park owner George Whitney) 13. What restaurant did Edsel Ford Fong work at as a waiter? Ans. Sam Wo’s (point deducted if you say SBC Park) 14. Name all restaurants currently owned by Pat Kuleto (Pat Kuleto...

Epic Roasthouse Report I first heard about the Pat Kuleto ventures, Epic Roasthouse and Waterbar, about a year ago (why didn’t they keep the original names though? “By Land” and “By Sea” were great names.) and I have been eagerly...

Here is a more concrete schedule: Thursday Hendry Winery and Hess followed by a trip to Back Room before dinner. Friday Pride, Paloma, Cain and Del Dotto (St. Helena) Saturday Silver Oak, Cakebread, Honig, Frog’s Leap, and Fluery...

Service is a continuing problem virtually everywhere in this Province including Sorrentino’s mlsabo, the ambience reminds me to a certain degree of the Pat Kuleto Italian restaurant that was off the lobby adjacent to Union...

, the onglet. The 22oz bone-in ribeye is fantastic. More over, the side dishes are excellent. Definitely several cuts above the Elmer’s Glue like creamed spinach of the rest. Just a short aside about “Coach” Pat...

else (specially where there was a highway: but then Hwy 66 started here). The Art-Moderne style diner of course is to most people’s minds today the prototypical diner design. These Art-Moderne characteristics were what Pat...