Restaurant Log
| Recommended | ||
| Solo trip to New Orleans. Feb, 2001. | New Orleans | Uglesich's | I made it for lunch. Fried green tomatoes and Shrimp Uggie. |
| New Orleans | Liborio Cuban Restaurant | I had the roast pork. Very good. |
| Lafayette | Dwyer's Cafe | We try to stop here on the way in or out of New Orleans. |
| NYC with Susan. Feb, 2001. | ||
| East Village | Banjara | Chicken and onion skewer, and lamb in pickle. very good. |
| NYC | Katz's Deli | |
| NYU area. | Trattoria Dante | At 79-81 MacDougal St. between Bleecker and Houston. Very good Italian. Wonderful mushroom risotto. I can find little trace of this place on the Internet. |
| East Midtown | Shun Lee Palace | Lunch on a bitterly cold afternoon. |
| East Midtown | D'Artagnan | Dinner on Friday of restaurant debut week. |
| West Village | Mary's Fish Camp | Had lunch. |
| East Village | Tanti Baci | Susan had the gnocchi. |
| UWS | Zabar's | The last night we got cheese, wine, fruit, bread and stayed in the hotel. |
| Solo trip to NYC. Oct, 2001. | ||
| Midtown | Grand Central Oyster Bar | A few raw oysters and some New England clam chowder for lunch. |
| East Midtown | D'Artagnan | Had the cassoulet. Sadly, restaurant now closed. |
| Midtown | Aquavit | Salmon for lunch in the cafe, accompanied by several aquavits. |
| The Bronx | Pasquale's Rigoletto | Arthur Avenue. I had some raw oysters on the street before lunch. Bruschetta, carpaccio appetizer, veal w/prosciutto & mushroom entree. Very good. |
| Coney Island | Nathan's Famous | Not disappointing. |
| Brooklyn | Peter Luger | Steak for lunch. What's all the fuss about? |
| New Orleans with the family. Feb, 2002. | ||
| NO | Mr. B's Bistro | BBQ shrimp a must. Very good duck spring roll. |
| Philly/NYC with the family. July/Aug 2002. | ||
| Philadelphia | Rick's Philly Steaks | In Reading Terminal Market. My favorite of the three philly cheese steaks that I tried. |
| Philadelphia | Independence Brew Pub | Dinner. |
| Philadelphia | Pat's | |
| Philadelphia | Gino's | |
| Philly/Italian Market | Renzulli's Water Ice | The best. |
| Philadelphia | Monk's Cafe | Good food. Good beer selection. |
| UWS | Artie's | When we stay on the UWS, we usually have a breakfast or lunch here. |
| UWS | Trattoria Sambuca | Good family style Italian on UWS. |
| Midtown | Teodora | Quiet Italian place. Very good. But there's so much else to try. |
| Plains tour. Nov 13-17, 2002. | ||
| San Angelo, TX | The Corner Stop #2 | Good al pastor tacos. |
| Canada with Susan and Annie. June 21-26 2003. | ||
| Montréal | Boris Bistro | Very nice outdoor courtyard. Good, light menu. |
| Montréal | Le Petit Moulinsart | Just stopped in for some beers. We enjoyed the Tin-Tin motif. |
| Montréal | Boulangerie Première Moisson | |
| Montréal | Dépanneur B.B.Q. Los Amigos | Rue St-Laurent at Rue Rachel. Excellent BBQ pork sandwiches. We also found some very good street food elsewhere on Rue St-Laurent. |
| Montréal | l'Étoile de l'Ocean | Portuguese. Our first bacalao. Our waiter was the owner. He recommended getting the wimpy recipe on first try. |
| Montréal | Le Marché Jean Talon | We stopped for fruit and some drinks. |
| Ville de Québec | Buffet de l'Antiquaire | Enjoyable cafe. We had breakfast there twice. Rue St-Paul. |
| Ville de Québec | Le Mesclun | Dinner. Good but not impressive. |
| LA Dodgers outing with Ken. Aug 8-10, 2003. | ||
| LA | The Empress Pavilion | Dim sum for lunch. |
| LA | Biltmore Hotel Bar | A good place to drink. |
| LA | Grand Central Market | I liked the Mexican street food. |
| LA | La Golondrina | Ken ate lunch there. Touristy, but pretty good. Ken asked for the good salsa too late. |
| LA | The Edendale Grill | I had a good beef tenderloin. |
| LA | The Original Pantry | Breakfast on our way to the airport. |
| Plains tour. Nov 6-10, 2003. | ||
| Fort Stockton, TX | Sarah's Cafe | Good homey Tex-Mex place. |
| El Paso, TX | H&H Car Wash | Very good. |
| El Paso, TX | Lucy's | Get the Machaca. |
| Tularosa, NM | Yum Yum's | Donuts/Fritters/Sandwiches. I just had coffee and a donut. |
| Business trip to Sunnyvale. Mar 30-31, 2004. | ||
| Palo Alto | Cafe pro bono | Dinner with Ken. |
| Susan and I met Jean and Fred for a weekend in NYC. Jun 25-28, 2004. | ||
| UWS | The Fairway Cafe | It was late, raining, and the Fairway was across the street. High-priced dinner. Better for breakfast. |
| Theater District | The Stage Deli | We had eggs and corned beef hash for breakfast. |
| Old Town Bar | Great bar. | |
| UWS | Assaggio | Italian. Pleasant enough setting. Food ok, not great. |
| Little Italy | Lombardi's | We were in the neighborhood, so we took the opportunity. Great sauce. Soggy crust.. |
| A business trip to Cedar Rapids, followed by a visit with the Wildings. Jul 16-18, 2004. | ||
| Cedar Rapids | Taj Mahal Cuisine of India | Lunch with the Rockwell Collins guys. Known by them as "the bad Indian place." |
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Kernels | A grilled pork loin sandwich. Ray says the Hy-Vee deli makes the best in town. |
| Iowa City | Z'Mariks Noodle Cafe | Had a bowl of the spicy peanut noodles. |
| Cedar Rapids | Maid-Rite | Home of the loose meat sandwich. Had to try it. |
| Family to Chicago. Aug 10-16, 2004. | ||
| Lisle | Fabulous Noodles | I don't think we made the best choices, but this is a very good Chinese restaurant. |
| Glen Ellyn | Flip's Hot Dogs | On Roosevelt Rd. We had an Italian beef and couple of hot dogs. If I lived around here, I'd go back. |
| DeKalb | The Twin Tap | An old favorite. Have they really always called it Twins Tavern? |
| Chicago | GiOio's Beef Stand & Pizzeria | I walked up Clark St from River North to Wrigley. Stopped here for a pretty good meatball sub. |
| Chicago | Carson's, The Place for Ribs | Twenty years ago this was a favorite. Now it's terrible. |
| Chicago | Portillo's | We obviously didn't eat very well in Chicago. We stopped at the one on Ontario. I carried in an Al's roast beef sandwich from up the street. |
| Plains tour. Nov 3-6, 2004. | ||
| Santa Anna, TX | Dub's Bar-B-Q | Had an ok chopped brisket sandwich |
| Abilene, TX | Joe Allen's | Brisket not very good. Steaks looked better. |
| Lubbock, TX | Josie's | Breakfast burritos. Good chips. |
| Canyon, TX | Fat Boy's | Another ok chopped brisket sandwich. |
| Rocky Ford, CO | Taqueria Mexico | Very good chorizo/egg/potato breakfast burrito smothered in gravy. |
| Kenton, OK | The Merc | Old-fashioned general store, soda fountain, burgers |
| Dumas, TX | Taqueria Los Mismos Tacos | Took a couple of good chorizo tacos to go. |
| Spur, TX | The Dixie Dog | Burgers, hot dogs, patty melts, chicken fried steak. Good fries. |
| A business trip to Sunnyvale, followed by a visit with Ken. Nov 11-14, 2004. | ||
| Sunnyvale | Barn Thai | I sampled the Pad Thai and the Pad Keemow. Also the Tom Yum Kai soup. All good. |
| Palo Alto | Sundance, The Steakhouse | Good steak. Nice place. Been there done that. |
| Palo Alto | Kan Zeman | A very good plate of hummus and beef/lamb shawerma for lunch. |
| Half Moon Bay | Half Moon Bay Brewing Co | A pretty good pale ale. |
| Pescadero | Duarte's Tavern | Ken and I each had a bowl of Green Chile soup and a pour of Blanton's. |
| Redwood City | Bangkok Bay | Not very hungry, but sampled the Drunken Noodles anyway. Good. |
| Houston with Susan. Mar, 2005. | ||
| Ninfa's | The original one on Navigation. Best fajitas we've ever had. Great margaritas. | |
| Azuma | Very good, but we were too stuffed from lunch to eat much. | |
| Villa Arcos | Breakfast tacos. Sausage super good. Also the bean and potato. Pass on the migas. | |
| Churrascos | Wonderful butterflied tenderloin steak. | |
| El Tiempo Cantina | Nice mexican breakfast. | |
| Yankees outing with Ken, April 2005. | ||
| NoHo | Temple Bar | Great martinis, but expensive. Excellent free appetizers. |
| East Village | Angon | The chicken jhal fry was good. Excellent mulligatawny soup. |
| Greenwich Village | The Strip House | Very good steaks. Seating for two is tight. Better to go in a larger group. |
| East Village | Brick Lane | The lamb bhuna was sensational. |
| UES | Paola's | Looking for a good neighborhood Italian. Disappointing. |
| UWS | Artie's | Back to my standard New York deli stop. |
| Palo Alto, June, 2005. Ken and Sarah's wedding. | ||
| Palo Alto | Kan Zeman | Had to try it again. Very good, but the memory of the first time was better. |
| Palo Alto | Gordon Biersch | OK, it's over-designed. But I like the beer. |
| Woodside | Bella Vista | A group outing the night before the wedding. Nice view. |
| Oakland | Siam Bay Authentic Thai | The wedding reception buffet was held here. Some of us American natives tried to do hot. |
| Baltimore, August, 2005. Neon school. | ||
| To Be Continued. | ||
| Zihuatanejo, Mexico. November, 2005. Wedding AlaKing. | ||
| Zihua | Hotel Sotavento | The wedding dinner and breakfast buffets. |
| Zihua | Pollos Locos | Inexpensive, tasty chicken broiled over an open fire. |
| Zihua | Kau-Kan | Four of us shared a whole red snapper a la Veracruzana. |
| Zihua | Tamales y Atoles Any | The quesadillas good but greasy. We enjoyed the chicken tamale with mole. |