will answer all your questions and take great interest in introducing you to new experiences. Akaihana: Broadway bet. 77th and 78th. This is a real sleeper. The rice is always so fre’s a tiny bit warm, which softens the fish...

. I think the place is not disliked, but rather, most everyone is simply indifferent to its 'sleeper' charms...

. Orange). This place is a total sleeper and very cheap. -El Camino Real (Fullerton) The last time I went there I saw Kobe Bryant and his Mexican American wife. Excellent food. -Taco Mesa It’s a small chain but the food is...

(NOT the one on Columbus) and Brasserie Jo which i think is a bit of a sleeper. That beings said, Tratorria Toscana, East Coast Grill and Eastern Standard are some of my favorites, so to each his own...

King’s restaurant and sushi bar in Fridley is a real sleeper. It is a Korean restaurant and karaoke bar in a strip mall that serves sushi. And they do damn fine job they will give anywhere else in the twin cities a run for...

The warm chicken confit with baby greens salad at ESK, recommended to me right on this board. Best sleeper dish on that menu, and one that I can’t seem to stop ordering despite all the other wonderful things there. Amazing.

From the Jasper Hill website, explaining the name “Constant Bliss”: Named for a revolutionary war scout killed in Greensboro by native Americans in 1781. He was guarding the Bayley Hazen Military Road with his...

it a point to go either slightly before or after the lunch rush. Since we seem to be pulling out other lesser known beefs that we enjoy, my sleeper of the week beef pick is Max’s on N Western Ave. Excellent beef, tasty...

complete agreement with uptown jimmy’s comment... “the more i learn, the less I know.” Part of reaching one’s chowhound potential is becoming acutely aware of how little one knows... and that’s the...

from each other’s plates.... standouts were the Salmon Gravlax and Escargot appetizers (both under ten bucks), and the Mussels a la Creme de Ricard (which our waiter identified as a 'sleeper' on the menu at 8$ for about...

strive to participate on the site: I believe that the fundamental spirit of CH, and the purpose of posting on these boards, is to share information as a “food-loving community”. This includes the sharing of tips on...

can probably score a bottle for under $25 in wine stores. Basically, the sommelier does a ton of arduous triage for you, 'cuz he’d damned well better serve sleeper wines that cut the grade and taste expensive! With that in...

How about let’s have a pizza taste off. We can get 5-6 people, agree on the topping, then everybody goes to a place and gets their pizza (Joe can stop at 2 Amy’s, I can do Mama Lucia in Silver Spring (or maybe my...