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Thanks for the report. I might have to add Bar Tartine to my itinerary on next month’s trip up north. I’ve been wanting to try their bread for a while. (Planned stops: Zuni, Chez Panisse Cafe, Quince, A16, plus...

to give me a slight nod of recognition sometimes) PLACES THAT ARE SO-SO Chosun Galbi (less hassle than Soot Bull Jeep) La La’s Gumbo Pot PLACES THAT SORTA SUCK, HONESTLY Cafe Figaro (Los Feliz Village) El 7 Mares (Silverlake)...

likely to settle in villages, and those who had harsher lives as explorers and trappers. The North became industrial and financial while the South remained agrarian. Think of the differences between Boston and Charleston. In both...

I was informed recently by a beef aficianado that Chickie’s, a beef stand in Little Village at 28th and Pulaski is “the best,” at least for take-home beef. The edge supposedly comes from the stand’s...

- Haub’s Steakhouse $$$, Log Inn $$$, Gemeca Inn $$$, Carriage Inn $$$, Sandy’s Pizza $$ Gary Wirt – Dunes Bowl Coffee Shop $$, Miller Bakery Cafe $$, Miller Pizza Co. $$ Goshen – Hoppers $$, Town Haus $$,...

to their B&B: "Go through the village to the factory. Then go up until you’re over the bay. We’re the big house on the side of the road." HUH? It doesn’t help that, outside of Dublin, there’s not a single...

East Side, the East Village, and then over to SOHO — you won’t see the Disneyfied Hell you allude to. And what you will see... you’d be hard pressed to find equalled anywhere else in the world. I’d probably...

We used to go to this restaurant at Kennedy/Hwy 7, geesh, forget the name, but it’s changed hands now – used to be right next to a bakery - ok, that’s not much help is it? Name fails me:( You could pick several...

's, they have a pretty good version. However, for carbohydrate nirvana, go to Marchiano’s Bakery in Manayunk. It’s not particularly convenient, on Umbria a couple blocks west of Leverington. A good walk from either the...

Valley Blvd Ste 121 (just West of Walnut Grove) Rosemead, CA 91770-1681 (626) 573-1888 J&J (or Jin Jiang and have Shanghai style dumplings, aka, “soup dumplings”) 301 West Valley Blvd., #109 San Gabriel 626-308-9238 Mei Long Village...

or another. My list of places without avoids: BB Sandwich shop, the cheesestak shop in the village fits the bill, but only serves one thing. Laziza pastries ...if we exclude my first visit there...which is fine by me. Difara’s...

in Potomac Village used to be pretty good, but haven’t been there for a while.

pasta dishes as well. In Highland Village. Mayflower Café. A downtown, 50s diner that has retained its character. Like many places in Jackson, there is a Greek influence on the food. The seafood salad is especially memorable....

was surprised what passed for good coffee in most Village cafes). Fifteen years ago, the taste for coffee among most Americans (outside of some west coast enclaves) was for watered down Yuban with lots of cream and sugar. Now,...