I’m taking my girlfriend to Cru for our one year anniversary and was wondering if it’s appropriate to mention this to the maitre’d or someone else at the restaurant (or beforehand). Do restaurants usually do...

I can’t speak specifically to Rai Rai Ken, I never get delivery, but as with all deliveries I think special request are a crap shoot.

it – that would be great. We’re mostly looking for near lower queen anne, but we’ll have a car, so a drive for a special place would work, too. Thank you for any ideas!

At the link below, I have posed an Outer Boroughs question on the Not About Food Board. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Erik M. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/notfood/messages/30887.html

... when do special requests go too far as to essentially strip away what a dish is all about? For example, at lunch today in a rather tight and crowded setting I could clearly overhear what the table next to us was ordering. The...

to Huntington Gardens and I am not familiar with the area at all. Looking for a lunch place that fits the requirements or if not on the menu, it they are willing to acomodate special requests. Pricing I am looking for is nothing...

I know this is an odd request but I figure it’s worth a shot. My one year anniversary with a girlfriend is coming up and there’s no place I’d rather take her than One if By Land, Two if by Sea. As it turns out,...

-shaped chocolate is Li-Lac Chocolates which used to be on Christopher but now is over somewhere around 12th and 8th. They specialize in weird molds. Hope this helps.

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