unfair it might be, a lower markup at a wine bar than I do at a restaurant. Best of luck in your venture!

would be faster. There is also a way to import directly through the SAQ. Go to SAQ.com and click “private ordering” on the left side. This looks to be a much more expensive option (price in country of origin + duties +...

I guess I’m not really that surprised. My s-i-l worked in retail for years and she told me the markup on [women’s] clothing is equally outrageous, especially since so much of it is mfr’d overseas where labor is...

warrenr offers good advice on figuring out the wine pricing structure of various restaurants: don’t use benchmark wine prices.

An assured newcomer in Park Slope.

galore. I found certain points of interest like: —Restaurant markups and extra unexpected charges. —Substitution of food and ingredients; i.e., the menu says Chilean Sea Bass but the resto substitutes Patagonian...

for their section on restaurants: http://www.bolognadavivere.com/html/ristoranti.cfm I hope this is useful to you. I think it’s doubtful that restaurants recommended by Bolognese for Bolognese will be anything but excellent. Do...

. There are also a bunch of downtown restaurants owned by the same group, that are all about the upsell and insane wine mark-ups. Never been based on reputation. Of course these places are aimed at the oblivious and affluent....

I’ve liked sweetbreads well before the TV chefs tried to make it popular. Any recommendations for a Chicago restaurant? (so far I’ve gotten Blackbird, Boka, and Custom House). Thanks for the help.

I was thinking of Cafe Atlantico or Nora’s but I haven’t been in a while. Are they still good? I live in Bethesda, so I have been to most every restaurant in that area if that helps.

looking for best value restaurants in nanaimo – john

Hello! My partner and I are going to be visiting Los Angeles in May and we are looking for suggestions of Vegetarian restaurants to eat at. We are both true vegetarian’s so please no seafood suggestions. We are going to be...

Just read through this board – it will give you pretty much all you need to know about dining in Halifax. Halifax isn’t that big. It has some good restaurants though.

Has anyone eaten at the Don Chisciotte Restaurant at Piazza Navona 103 recently? Comments on quality, experience, price etc.?

at the restaurant? (i.e. roughly how much is the % markup). 3. How good is the wine itself? For 1 and 3, you’re definitely going to be much better off tapping the knowledge of all those wine geeks that hang out on the wine...