My husband and I ate at Tonali tonight. The atmosphere, as others have mentioned, wasn’t great – the cash register and ice machine should be moved elsewhere, but that was the only negative the entire evening. Service...

... that is fun food for kids & teenagers. Chains like Danchos sell fresh fruit licuados, ice creams, frozen yogurt, tortas made from cold cuts etc., as well as their speciality.... Nachos. Nachos in Mexico are largely faithful...

our downtown right now and I can tell you there is no ice cream worth eating (short of gro sto Haagen Dazs), there are no good pastry shops. The closest artisinal bread baker is 35 mins away. I might as well be satisfied eating...

more?" one night, i explained that our freezer had broken, and i’m sorry but we are not serving ice cream tonight. i had THREE different tables ask, “why is the freezer broken?” gee, if i knew that, i’d...

or samples of Parky french-fries. Again, perhaps another time. - Yet, we made it to Johnny’s Italian Beef stand almost exactly on time at 7 pm. It hardly bothered anyone that we had just eaten big cups of Italian ice cream....

for how many shells? Apples are a high water content item, as in they cook down. Dropping a pie shell, is just that. You dropped X. I bet you have dropped lots of Xs but are just hyper aware of this one. Same with slicing the...

liked, and started to serve us small dishes of amazing stuff. NO reservations. (Bourdain, sliding across the ice...)

at the fried clam place could invent onion rings (on a steamship in California actually, or so the legend goes). And the guy at the drive-in will find a way to bastardize his hamburger meat, and cover it with sauces to confuse the...

but honestly the waiter grabbed my water glass out of my hand to refill it. That’s a bit intrusive. Basically we might head back there again if we’re visited friends in the area but I don’t think we’d...

knives sharpened this weekend), and were surprisingly into the chemistry of it all (ie, that toasted nuts taste better than untoasted; that ice water stops broccoli from cooking; that the mint becomes more pronounced after the...

always complain that her food was "ice cold" and send it back regardless of whether or not the plate was so hot that the server had to use a towel to handle it. She would do that everywhere she went. Your relative won’t...

a double drawer model and only use both drawers when entertaining or when I go nuts in the kitchen. Most days I just use one. Saves on water and energy. and they look good, take up the same space as a reg dishwasher.

, know you will always be fondly remembered. I still remember the people who did that as a kid ... and the ice cream shop that gave out free cones. You’ll always be in someone’s memory as the nice generous lady, no...

problems with the order. If I did not follow these rules, chances were I would not make my 15-20% (which at a Bennigans is about $6-$8) tip. At subsequent jobs, and better venues, I learned about upselling water and drinks. It...

Melanie, You’re report on sausages is mouth-watering. In your hunt through the East Bay, did you see any Serbian sausages called cevapcici? I’ve only had homemade ones in Chicagoland, so commercial ones may be...