To get the two clunkers out of the way first, we had two very oxidized, undrinkable bottles, the Beaucastel 1999 Roussanne Vieilles Vignes and the Michel Niellon 1995 Chassagne Montrachet Champs Canet. The...

Our new favorite local hangout, Vito’s Café is a wonderful old style Italian bistro making classic veal dishes, homemade pasta and tomato sauces, and brick oven, thin-crusted, delicious pizzas. I...

This is an exquisite gem of a restaurant in, of all places, Frederick, Maryland, where my wife attended Hood College. On an old street that probably hasn’t changed much since...

Oregon’s Willamette Valley has desperately needed a luxury spa, hotel, and restaurant complex, and now they have it in the beautiful Allison and their open kitchen, top-flight restaurant, Jory, named...

This was an annual charity event held at Press restaurant in St. Helena. I love the food here as it is based on the French bistro concept of the finest...

My favorite venue in New York City for casual, but superb dining is Daniel Boulud’s DB Bistro. His chef (from Alsace), the young, but very talented Olivier Muller, only served...

In the suburbs of Las Vegas (a 20-30 minute ride from the Strip) is this authentic, quaint French bistro that overlooks an artificial lake and offers wonderful ambiance. Apparently a...

This is the tapas bar and casual restaurant of José Gomez, the owner of Spain’s Joselito, the country’s most famous farmer/proprietor of the Iberico Bellota hams. Sula has over 500...

It is encouraging to see this splendid restaurant in downtown Baltimore continue to do well in what is undoubtedly the worst recession since the Great Depression of 1929. I chose...