and North (bus/subway-with-a-short-walk from downtown...cramped parking/traffic by 12 on Sat. or Sun). Both have superb cheese selections, and you won’t have to pay the restaurant mark-up!

), that showed when most restaurants cut their wine markup, their sales AND their profits soared. Too bad that more restauranteurs did not see this study. However, most restaurants seem to be run by MBA’s and their view of...

I went to the Morrell Restaurant on Broadway a few times on their no corkage Mondays. The food was okay, though a tad pricey, but being able to bring my wine in without paying their overzealous wine mark-ups and also not pay...

renders affordable what would otherwise be beyond the budget of many people. Furthermore, there is justifiable resentment not at the presence of a mark-up on wine, but at the often exhorbitant level of that mark-up. A good...

As a result of my time spent overseas I became used to quality restaurants with no, or very low, corkage. However, now that I am back in the Bay Area I have been having a difficult time finding any restaurants at all that...

Can you help find byo wine restaurants in the northwest suburbs? I live in the Barrington area and have zero byo places since Main Street Cafe closed in Wauconda. Anything in a 45 minute drive would be great. Thanks !

changed. Wouldn’t the restaurants be opposed to it? From what I understand, much of their profits come from alcohol (and judging by some of the outrageous wine mark-ups, that’s a pretty healthy profit).

Took a couple clients yesterday to lunch at The Waterfront, which was the first time I’d dined there. We arrived at 12:30. The interior of the restaurant was nice enough, though there were zero diners inside. However, that...

in other years ALWAYS had crowds. The Caucus Room was embarrassingly empty. On the other hand the Wine Spectator award winning wine list was truly superb. The markups were also. Approximately 150 to 200 per cent and more. In a...

Thyme – on the site of the old Moxon’s (R.I.P.). Ex-Gordon Ramsay Chef (Adam somebody) - but not another fish restaurant, this is “modern European”. Dinner set menus: 2 courses £10, 4 courses £19, 6...

I originally heard about the Park Restaurant through the Tribune. After favorable Chowhound recs, I bought the Clear Channel $25 for $50 gift certificate for the Park last week, made reservations for a Saturday night and my...

I have a friend who will be visiting from NY coming in for a weekend. Thought College St. would be a good place to dine. Any feedback on the following restaurants? Suggestions appreciated; want to stay away from Italian. Leao...

Currently living in the Napa Valley and pretty much out of the dining loop in the city....have heard the Restaurant Michael Mina is booked through the summer and am just curious if anybody eatten there yet and how was their...

Hi all, I have a gift certificate for Cameron Mitchell’s restaurants and will be in downtown Columbus next week. Because this is a substantial certificate, price is no object. My question, which would Columbus chowhounds...

I think the more important consideration here is not so much whether a restaurant in Venice is overpriced or the markups are higher than another’s but whether the combination of food, service and room is exceptional and...