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How to Feel Right at Home at a Fancy Restaurant
Is there any High Quality Fine Dining in the Boca-Delray FL area???
We will be visiting in Boca Raton for a week. I'm looking for really great food but not necessarily “white tablecloth” fine dining…just restaurants with chefs who create a bit of a twist on the cl...
Winston-Salem fine dining
The best fine dining in Winston-Salem is at Ryan's, Bernardin's and if one wants to travel to Greensboro Green Valley Grill.
"ALO" – A superlative meal to complement a very special occasion!
Ever since ALO first opened its door to the delight of the culinary world, awards and accolades from authoritative members of the restaurant critic community had been flooding in. Riding the back o...
FRILU, Thornhill – A triumphant post-Covid lock-down re-opening!
As an avid gourmand, one of the harshest punishments this protracted Pandemic lock-down managed to inflict on me was the deprivation of sit-down, fine dining experiences at some of my favorite rest...
Chef Nora Haron returns to the kitchen
Opening sometime in June 2021, Oakland chef and Singapore native Nora Haron will helm a fine dining/casual café combo called Table at 7, in the old Prima space/Walnut Creek. Haron was the chef at t...
Birthday lunch in the bay area
Hi all, Looking to take my wife to a "fancy" lunch for her birthday. It's been forever since we went out with COVID and a little one, so I want to make it a special one. I was hoping to go to Th...
Stellar "Topolobampo at Home" dinner
I know that, even before the pandemic, the Chicago board has been moribund for years as to restaurant chatter (other than nostalgia) but, if anyone is still reading it, here's a shout-out to the To...
Best Fine Dining in Boston
I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best fine dining restaurants in Boston. This is for way later in the year but I just wanted to know.
Ruth Reichl Wants to Fix the Food Landscape
" . . . We need to start paying attention to the people who raise our food—the farmers, the fishermen, the ranchers, the dairy people. We need to understand how important they are. It’s really a ma...
Dinner Kits and Prepper Kits by Prairie Restaurant (San Francisco)
Chef Anthony Strong of Prairie in SF is offering a dinner kit, $54, each week for pick up or delivery. There's also a larger kit, $96, of high quality pantry staples . . . Galician razor clams, any...
"My Wonderful Kitchen" - Last 'take-out' Family Dinner Before Next Week's 28 Days Extended Lock-down!
Tucked inside a secluded, ground floor space beneath a commercial office building along the famed culinary Hwy#7 stretch, "My wonderful Kitchen" is IMO, amongst one of a handful of 'elite' fine din...
Reservations for The French Laundry Fall 2020
Hi all, With dining opening in the Bay Area and an exchange of French Laundry reservations possible again, we have created this post dedicated to that purpose. We have locked the previous Fre...
Best Tasting Menu for people who don’t eat seafood
We’re taking my parents-in-law to Las Vegas for a no-holds-barred 50th anniversary extravaganza next year (knock on wood) and one thing we want to do is arrange a tasting menu experience for them. ...
Your current wishlist in Toronto
Thanks for the encouragement, Googs. Which restaurants are on your current wishlist? What will you order?
RIP Cecilia Chiang
This morning brought the sad news that Cecilia Chiang left us today. She celebrated her 100th birthday last month. Her pioneering restaurant, The Mandarin, elevated the status of Chinese cuisine in...
Reservations for The French Laundry Spring 2019
Hi all, Due to the increase of threads about exchanging French Laundry reservations, we have created this post dedicated to that purpose. We have locked the previous French Laundry reservati...
Shoutout for Convivio, in Durham
Convivio, at 104 City Hall Plaza, is (one of) the best Italian restaurants in Durham and the Triangle. Run by two Italian guys -- Paolo Gavazza, the Chef, and Giuseppe Cagnoni, the man at the bar -...
Your top 3 in Toronto
What are your top 3 foods/restaurants /places to shop in Toronto lately? My top 3 places to eat: Saturday Dinette, for brunch and for dinner. Love their mac & cheese and their fried chicken. D...
Mourad @ Aziza To Go | Richmond District - San Francisco
During Covid-19 shelter-in-place, Chef Mourad Lahlou has consolidated the operations of his two restaurants Mourad (Michelin one-star) and Aziza at the latter's venue. Last week before the end of R...
Aubergine To Go | Carmel-by-the-Sea
Aubergine, the Michelin one-star restaurant within L'Auberge Carmel has been closed during the Coronavirus crisis. Then, as noted here, https://www.chowhound.com/post/meals-michelin-stars-1089805?c...
