, and cost of storage in a restaurant being higher than a retail shop. So it is, roughly, a fair comparison of value. Naturally, some reasonable markup is appropriate for accessing, selecting, storing, serving, and hiring good...

an explicit fee to park, they are paying for it in terms of higher food prices. I don’t see any difference between this, and a restaurant charging a higher mark-up on wine because they choose to serve it in fine glassware.

The other secret about Taix is that this restaurant has an amazingly well-stocked wine list of hard-to-find favorites at barely a 10-20% markup over retail. The big secret? You can buy ANYTHING on the wine list for offsale (to...

interest to me, will be on wine prices at restaurants. Much discussion has preceeded on the CH Wine Board. Some years back, an industry group did a survey on wine pricing. The result, as I recall, was that restaurants that had...

-rate restaurant. Our waitress, in an obnoxiously humorless attempt to highlight her Canadian bi-culturality, mispronounced French words to the amusement of a French couple sitting next to us. The price of the meal (not to...

. The Bass was impeccably fresh and the sauce was very flavorful. Two others had the rice coated Bronzini while to other two in our group chose the restaurant's signature dish of grilled scallops served with short rib ravioli....

crowded. I do the lunch as I’m already downtown & it’s $10 cheaper. The trick is to get to a very good, pretty restaurant that already charges $15 & up for its entrees. That way the $20 lunch (actually $25 after tip &...

Hi Chowhounders, Hoping for your expert advice on this. During a weekday this month there will be a very special event being celebrated with roughly 6 people attending. It will most likely be a lunch, maaaaybe dinner. What...

I believe the OP is referring to Farm Restaurant at the Carneros Inn: http://www.thecarnerosinn.com/pj_farm.html

and several others mentioned it, but let’s get emphatic here. QPV considered, Passionfish is one of the best restaurants anywhere. Especially the wine list. It’s well conceived, fairly extensive, and priced just above...

create a list of restaurants with good food and Wave Corkage and Post it. I would rather patronize them. When a Wine list is of Good Vintages and “FAIRLY PRICED”(1.7 markup) I think most of us are happy to buy off of...

Since serious tea drinkers are a neglected minority, I thought it might be helpful to compile a list of full-service restaurants (not tea shops or places that otherwise specialize in drinks), that have good tea service. And no, I...

Was wondering what folks think about whether restaurants, specifically places that specialize in breakfast should offer real maple syrup? Are there places you frequent that do? Because I can’t stand fake syrup, I almost...

Restaurant O was somewhat comical in that the critic gushed about the water service, the amuse bouche, and the clearing of plates and silverware. But more on that later. Short story: Good food with some Asian twists, but hiccups...

There are two restaurants on Queen Street East in the Beaches that we are interested in trying out. They are Michelle’s Beach House & Nevada. Have any of you tried one or both, and how did you like the food. Please let me...