My boyfriend and I are visiting Seattle and Portland from New York City in a few weeks. We were planning to drive from Seattle to Portland but take a 2 day detour to check out some vineyards. I understand that this will take us...

not see the actual mashing and distillation. But the standard tour does enter the Blanton bottling hall where they bottle their single barrel products. Interestingly, we were able to mingle with and talk to the line employees...

California’s In n’ Out Burger, I’m not a fan of the Castle. Likewise, a lot of recommendations for Alma – people may have forgotten that I have always been underwhelmed by Alma. For places pretty unique to Minnesota or just...

and not buy anything, but I figure we can go to town, grab some stuff, and just start cooking... It’s more fun that way :-) And I agree on the Cask – I figure it’s right there, so why not pop in – they...

My wife and I drove up the coast this weekend and stopped for a few tacos on the way: Taco Mesa in Costa Mesa: Had two blackened calamari tacos... just about the most perfectly cooked squid available in California. Very tasty....

If you are at the Ferry Building on a Saturday morning, then you might want to try Frog Hollow inside the building. They have a variety of baked goods, including a very good fresh cherry turnover right now. I’d go for a...

and a small group of people and it wasn’t quite as good as I’d remembered the ID tour to be. What weekend are you going to be in town? I am running a little Seattle food events calendar covering everything I can track...

years since I’ve been there. Farther south on 4th Ave, near 36th Street just past the old dog track is Micha’s. I had a yummy lunch there recently and many locals swear by it as the best of that genre and...

there’s Champs BBQ at Hiway 65 and 7th Standard Road, now called Merle Hagard Way www.champsbbq.org . For ice cream it has to be Dewars, 2 locations, one at California Ave and Eye street and at Calloway and Hagman Road in...

Chocolate Covered 4069 24th St San Francisco, CA 94114 It’s between Noe and Castro. If that’s too far out of the way, Fog City News has probably the second largest selection (but a colder, more condescending staff) and...

Hello, My husband and I are trying to figure out vacations, and we are wondering if there is a good and/or bad time of year to tour through Napa? Also, would 3-4 days be enough there or are we going to be sad that we didn’t...

My friends and I are planning to have some kind of a restaurant tour around Pasadena, Old Town and whatnot, this summer :]. Do you guys have any suggestions for us? Preferably some that serve reasonably priced, GOOD food (we are...

The “Need yummy recommendations” thread having diverged into MUNI discussion, I thought this might be a really good idea (I could be wrong). Maybe we need a thread of 'food tours' by bus route – meaning a...

is to pack my fat cells with Bay Area flavors that will not be easy to find in Oahu. My preliminary assessment is: Easy to Find on the Islands > "California Cuisine" which goes by “Hawaiian Fusion” there... I have found...

Watching ACK tonight and I just had to comment on something Bourdain said .. something that went like "Like Islamic art, their cooking follows a strict set of rules. But everyone finds subtle ways to express their individuality...