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...
" . . . 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...
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.
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...
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...
If you don't fall for Hut's on the first date, Hell in the first five minutes you are inside the place, you might want to have a doctor check you out for lack of a soul. It is heart and soul that d...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
The late night place to hang in Crescent City is the lounge at Northwoods Restaurant. There's a back door to enter after 9pm when the restaurant closes for the night. We got into town too late f...