If I were going out here in the East Bay, I’d go to Eccolo, or if my budget didn’t stretch that far, C’Era Una Volta in Alameda. http://eccolo.com/Thanksgiving.htm...

There are a couple good wine/martini bars in Portland that I’d recommend. The Wine Bar is on Wharf St and Una is located on Fore St. Both are very good and have excellent atmosphere.

York that you are used to great food all the time and this restaurant is right up there with many of the stellar restaurants of manhattan. It’s also a hop skip and a jump from your hotel. For the night with your friends...

We are visiting Boston (from Philadelphia) for several days (weekdays) in July with three kids (ages 9, 10, 11). We will be doing typical touristy stuff (aquarium, Museum of Science, Swan boats, Natural History Museum). Our hotel...

), Trattoria Toscana- looks like a hole in the wall in the front but is a gem in the back garden (near Pza Cinque Giornate in via Porta Ticinese), and Vittoria (close to the Duomo). i used to live in milan but haven’t been...

. Rise (Japanese) on Craigend Street near King’s Cross. $70 tasting menu. Really exceptional. Una's (Eastern European) on Victoria Road in Darlinghurst. Huge portions and really reasonable prices. Also there are a ton of...

of hotel and found ourselves in the midst of a gigantic Sikh rally, with thousands of people, and orange-garbed men offering plate after plate of FREE great indian food – curries and garbanzos and palak and samosas and a...

Hi All - Will be in Boston this coming weekend and dining alone on Saturday night. I’m staying at the Omni Parker House Hotel and would love recs on good, lively places to have a great meal solo, preferably within walking...

hotel is Union Oyster House. While the restaurant is not recommended, the raw bar is. Wait in line for a stool at the round wooden bar, reading about Daniel Webster’s prodigious appetite for oysters while you wait. Oysters...

had scrod with shrimp—not a great dish. Tiramisu was the best at Villa Francesa’s out of three sampled. Caffe Paradiso was just okay and at two for $13—ridiculous. Cafe Vittoria was good. Anyway, before we left,...

with the lights were also delightful. it’s near the downtown disney entrance/exit for the hotel californian.

The Eliot Hotel in the Back Bay is very nice and Clio is just downstairs. http://www.cliorestaurant.com/ Very interesting menu.

Vittoria though it is cheaper than Ca Dario on the same 1200 block side streets. Los Olivos - Side Street Cafe always gets the most enthusiastic endorsements but may not be open for brunch. Might have to rely on the Fess Parker...

New! New on the scene in the spot next to Soupsy’s Greek Grill - "Una Completa" Cuban fast food. With daily specials for $5.95 and create your own entrees for $6.95 the proteins encompass beef, pork, chicken and fish plus...

Lunch, close to your hotel, and very Olde Boston: the Locke-Ober Room. Dripping with atmosphere, a bit fancy and formal, but far better than the Union Oyster House among the few remaining century-old-plus places. Great lobster...