This isn’t directly about Cafe Campagne, I just happened to come up with this rule while leaving there with a meal half-finished. The Rule? If you enter a low-ceilinged restaurant and you see a party of 8 or more seated (or waiting), just leave immediately. On Friday, we sat down to dinner at one of [...]
Friendly staff, ok atmosphere, out of the way location, but avoid it, avoid it, avoid it Amore is trying hard, it really is. They are new and they want to succeed in a location that several other places have failed in (the former location of Spice). However, they are cutting corners on the most important [...]
If you can stomach the noise level, it might be worth a shot. Marco’s Supper Club is nearly a landmark, tucked away on 1st Avenue. The atmosphere seems funky but romantic, the staff is excellent and the prices are reasonable for downtown. I was wondering why we didn’t eat there more often. So we visited [...]
Good, but not good enough for the price. While I detest the Zagat guide, they do have one thing absolutely right. They rate restaurants on three axis: food, service and decor. When a restaurant has entree prices in the $25-$50 price range, you better expect all three. I was a bit disappointed at the decor [...]
The chocolate artisan of St. Remy, Provence, France website Best known for his Chocolate Alphabet series; he creates delicate, subtle and delicious confectionaries. His alphabet chocolates are small, square chocolates stamped with letters in gold-leaf. Each letter is a different flavor. My favorites are the ones that showcase the provencal flavors: lavender, violet, thyme. We [...]
1) In Nice, if looking for quality food, avoid the places near the Promenade De Anglais, unless you have a specific recommendation from someone you trust 2) In Paris, avoid any place offering a 10 Euro menu. It is a tourist joint that doesn’t think you know better 3) Don’t eat dinner in the old [...]
Here are some of my favorite meals by neighborhood, these aren’t the once a year meals, there are the once a month meals (not that I eat all of these every month, I’d be dead of heart disease if I actually ate like this every night). I mean that they are all reasonably priced (and [...]
worth checking out if someone else is paying Walking in the door any night at the Icon Grill, you’ll see large parties of people. These are business groups on expense accounts. You will also see a fair number of tourists due to its proximity to the Westin and other hotels. That these groups are the [...]
Great and affordable French Le P’Tit Bistro is a small, unassuming new spot a bit out of the way on Second Ave in Belltown. The staff is friendly and the food is excellent, especially for the price. The Crepes are very good and the entrees are wonderful. Given its out of the way location, it [...]
