Neighborhood Bar

by Melanie Wong 4 years ago

Last Wednesday three of us got together for happy hour at Rustic House Oyster Bar and Grill in San Carlos. A first time for each of us, we were pleased with the quality and value found here.

by Melanie Wong 4 years ago

On the last night of Hanukkah, a friend and I met for a holiday cocktail at newly opened The Snug. We were greeted warmly. Though open less four weeks, the place was already packed at 5:45pm. The n...

by Melanie Wong 4 years ago

" . . . The backlash was swift. Declaring that you want to replace family-run, neighborhood-oriented storefront retail with computerized protein-bar transaction cubes is not really the fast track t...

www.startribune.com/local/137678533.html The "Burch" concept as described in the Star Tribune strikes me as fatally flawed on several fronts. There is no parking so they'll have to valet. That's...

Looking to stay at either the OMNI ROYAL ORLEANS or Hotel Monteleone. The Omni is less money but wondering if it is worth the extra money to stay at Hotel Monetelone. Also what night life would...

by Melanie Wong 6 years ago

We've talked about the weekend brunch at The Doctor's Lounge. http://www.chowhound.com/post/weekend-brunch-doctors-lounge-excelsior-san-francisco-995937 Recently, dinner service started on wee...

by blackbookali 6 years ago

I'm showing my age here when I say that it's been more than a decade since I would make my Holiday pilgrimages to St. Louis, where a necessary stop was a late night travail into a crowded, smoke fi...

by KilgoreTrout 10 years ago

Was dragged to what had been one of Allston's scariest bars recently. The Avenue used to smell like vomit, had a claw game with porn for prizes, 15 cent wings and dollar drafts. Now it is not ...

This is a long shot, but does anyone here remember the name of the vaguely British-style pub that used to be on the east side of Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, just south of Belden, back in the 1970's?...

Hi, We have a really late reservation at Little Bird on a Friday night. I was thinking we'd go somewhere around the restaurant for drinks before dinner, any suggestions? I don't like clubby/techno ...

by Joanie 7 years ago

I know there's another BB question but have some more specific requests. First, we'll prob take 95 from Boston then after Portland get on Rt. 1 (usually do Rt. 1 from BOS-Portland). Anything on tha...

by ErinRoo 6 years ago

I just moved to Berkeley (a few blocks from Fourth Street, spitting distance from the Gilman Whole Foods) from Jacksonville, FL. I'm 22, female, recently graduated, and work a regular 9-5 locally. ...

by omotosando 7 years ago

Tonight I stumbled into the Pocket Bar, a cute new little, well, pocket of a bar at 455 48th Street (just east of 10th Avenue). There is no food, although you could probably bring your own (it's...

I will be going on a business trip to Minneapolis in July, and I will have at least a day to kill. I was wondering what would be a good watering hole for someone in their mid-twenties to go to alon...

by Booleng4 11 years ago

I've been looking for bars, restaurants, places in general, in the Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, White Plains, and Rye area, to hang out. So far I've been to bars in White Plains, such as Brazen Fox, but...