Add Intermission Tavern, in the Theater District, to your list of dives with average food.

Regarding Chowish Kosher sushi, I agree, one would think that it would be a no-brainer. Au contrare. One exception: At weddings and dinner benefits, I have had quite delicious kosher sushi. But that’s a rarity. Some of the...

a nickel if you put a TJs into St. Paul or Davenport you’d have few complaints. So it’s not a concept for regions with multiple market options – but it’s great where the options are not so vast.

call on Marcel’s part). The winner should have been Marcel. Marcel’s flaw? Picking Mikey over Mia. You were set up, dude! After all Sam’s complaints about Micheal during the concept episode, and then for him to...

is that the size of your kitchen and the quality of your appliances do not make a difference if you have a good pan. I used to live in an apartment with the tiniest little stove/oven combo in a wee kitchen and threw fabulous...

: It’s fraudulent. If a drink calls for a certain proportion of ingredients and the bartender intentionally shorts, that’s cheating the customer out of what he/she has paid for. It would be akin to a Server removing...

Echoing another poster’s thoughts...we hosted a rehearsal dinner in Houma over Christmas. Cafe Milano did a wonderful job...good food, great, attentive service, both before and during. If they could do a good job for 70...

how their kitchens receive pristine, unique, special, limited items in the middle of the dinner rush are either lying or in the distinct minority. More often by multitudes are the kitchens that add “specials” to use...

I tried to ignore this but if I don’t post this I’ll explode. It’s just dinner. If you paid for their meal, if they were your guests, if they were seeking help or advice then yes by all means say what’s on...

people did not live in cities. and came home for lunch, cheese was a part of the meal almost every day. Cheeses that are stronger in taste and don’t keep ,have long disappeared from the table, and the cheese platter after...

's (Chicago), as well as “boutique” type wine stores like Winestyles (national) or Cork & Olive (Florida). This question is about the latter. The business model of the boutique “chain” concept seems to turn...

think, but then what is expensive? I agree with asiege2, when the wine reaches the value of the dinner and or over $200, 10% is appropriate. If you want to be really nice, offer a taste!

, and I said, “Do it!”, and he said he would be serving it that very night. All day I anticipated having a big bowl of it for dinner. But when dinnertime came and I went in to get some, he had a long face and told me...

mine, and made worse by utterly half-assed service. (Kicked off by our waitress pouring BFP’s beer so abruptly that it foamed up out of the glass and all over the table, after which she half-heartedly tried to wipe up the...

Favorite story. Decided to riff on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner for extended family. (For example, the main dish was a partially deboned and butterflied turkey, broil-roasted and re-formed around a core of stuffing to look...