but not great. Everything about it clearly places it in the second tier of restaurants in terms of quality. I would only go to La Caravelle if you have a very specific reason, such as the langoustines from Bretagne that Cabrales...

other Thai food before Sripraphai, and your Thai-virginity raises an interesting question for me. I felt that I appreciated Sripraphai more having worked my way up to it at more mediocre Thai restaurants. Now it’s pretty...

...Susanna Foo a few years ago when she raised the prices. Susanna Foo learned western culinary techniques at the CIA which she applied to Asian cooking. Her new Chef de Cuisine is the highly regarded Bruce Lim (?) from...

-expensive meat and poultry, or do some of you also buy regular meat and poultry at the regular supermarket? I even eat farm raised salmon every now and then. We eat virtually no processed foods and never any fast food, but the...

I stopped by D with a D this morning. Got two Donuts, a warm honeydipped and a chocolate frosted cake. I didn’t want two donuts but I wanted to sample the raised and the cake. The glazed was a perfect glaze. Not as sweet as...

I almost couldn’t bring myself to order out loud. I had pre-gamed by looking up “Stage Left” on Chowhound, and so I went in with my hopes slightly raised (I should have known better, as several Hounds talked-up...

, and cilantro. Future gardening plans include a 20x4 raised bed cold frame, a 3 tier herb garden, and expanding a mini hot house. I think it may keep me busy....... yeah, pretty sure it will! I lucked out having a horse farm?...

I, like many others on this board, have travelled to try some of the top restaurants all over the world and have never really found Susur to be in the top tier. He’s good no doubt and is arguably the best of Toronto;...

Several places I frequent have raised prices a little but still seem to be doing good business – but these are generally pretty cheap to begin with. My sister is a waitress in Austin and has seen her tips cut in half since...

KurumaZushi, IMO, is in the same league as Yasuda, and the fish can be stellar. The otoro and hamachi at Karuma is the best I’ve had. Yasuda’s rice is what raises it above other places. 14 piece omakase lunch there...

from New Orleans. I mention the New Orleans connection because living there for almost 10 years raised our expectations for food, service and value to levels that are hard to find almost anywhere else we’ve been. I can’t count...

we could make suggestions, but a lot of the top tier restaurants are closed on Mondays and many on Sundays as well.

What a great idea! Farmer’s Daughter sell produce from their own family farm (Shabatura Produce) and other local farmers, They also have some yummy prepared foods. http://www.fresheverything.ca/ In addition to naturally raised...

. The place on St. Laurent near Portugese Park is decent, might be close to a third tier place in SF that you might find somewhere near Union st. :) There are two places though that might, just might be our saving grace however. A...

; Chino Latino, Minneapolis. I’ve been disappointed with the rave restaurants in NYC & DC. Raised in MD, so crabcakes are like hamburgers. I love trendy original food, but it has to be substantive (no tenuous towers of...