worse. I travel a great deal for business and dine out a lot, and nowhere else in the country has so many restaurants with this dumb policy. Fine dining means being seated when you want; not waiting for an hour at the bar. Is there...

to the nearby Ristorante Ideale for tiramisu afterwards. Arizmendi Bakery in the Inner Sunset has some of the best Californian thin crust pizzas in town. Toppings change daily and are always meat-free. Get mussels and fries at...

The chocolate ice cream was very, very good. It had that chewy texture I’ve loved the rare times I’ve encountered it, in an ice cream just loaded with excellent chocolate. This is in my top five best chocolate ice...

The bar refurbisher whose shop is on Houston St. next door to Milano’s has a bunch of old Horn and Hardart vending machines in his window.

I, too, am a big fan of AC. I was disappointed, however, in trying to maintain the shiny interior finish and concerned that I might scratch it if I used too coarse a scrubbing sponge. Alas, the solution is on their web site. They...

into this conversation, which I shouldn’t have. The two times I went to Don F, I wasn’t impressed. I thought the meat wasn’t great, but it’s possible that either a) I wasn’t given “the good...

stopped going there as the noisy atmosphere is a nuisance. Outback can do a pretty good steak. Skip the Bloomin' Onion; too greasy. Chili’s burgers are a good bet, especially if accompanied by a Top Shelf Margarita, or...

!). The first full day I was there I was treated to just about every national renowned dish in the country, including the aforementioned lunch of shopska salad, kavarma a bottle of rakia and a pizza with pickle and corn topping....

, but not outstandingly and you’ve got the picture. It’s cheap. If you need a drink, you bring your own or bring it down from the bar upstairs. (2) Indian YMCA (41 Fitzroy Sq, even closer to UCL) has a canteen that...

Good plan "B" Morton.

. It almost sounds like you are saying that only the uneducated and untalented rabble from China come to New York, while the West Coast cities attract the talented and cultured Chinese chefs. Barring some objective form of proof,...

. They are the tiny onion with the long skinny green top. I think the onion part tends to be smaller in the US than what I’ve seen in Europe. Fiddleheads are not a mushroom... it is a spiral-shaped green fern sprout plant...

Auburn Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor Bath Belfast Biddeford Blue Hill Boothbay Harbor Brewer Bridgeton Brunswick Calais Camden Caribou Cornish Cumberland I don’t want to list all of them. It’s boring. These are alphabetically, the...

still get to sample the ambiance, but at a significant saving. Increasingly, many places have HH specials or free buffets which helps a lot! Then there’re deals to be had, like the one at this bar where they serve...

eating out every night, but good to know that it’s not a financial tragedy if I do... BTW, I’m completely horrified by this: "... a large percentage [of diners] would like to see table-top televisions installed at...