Montréal Guide
Oren and I had the pleasure of a few beautiful fall days in Montréal this September. For your culinary inspiration and travel enjoyment, here is our first visit’s pass at the All In Guide to Montréal.
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Archive for Guides
Restaurant Guide
Ratings and reviews of restaurants visited by All In, by region and name. Also see our list of restaurants we need to visit and recommend any you think we’ve missed.
Jump to a region:
The Bay Area, California
The Los Angeles Area, Californa
Boulder, Colorado
Las Vegas, Nevada
Naples, Florida
New York, New York
Los Cabos Area, Baja, Mexico
England
Located in San Francisco except where otherwise noted.
A16 — Impressions (1/06)
Amber India, Mountain View and San Jose
Bacar — Dinner (8/05), Update (1/06), Drinks and appetizers (1/07)
Bar Tartine — I give the bakery 5 stars though
Bistro Elan — Note (1/06)
Bistro Jeanty — Dinner (5/05)
Burma Superstar — Call to put your name on the list. 6/06, 8/06, 10/06 (dinner for 6)
Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park
Cafe Gibraltar — Note (1/06)
Canteen — They don’t seem to have seating for parties larger than 4, and there are few spots for more than 2. Brunch (11/06)
Cascal (Mountain View) — most recently: drinks and tapas for 6 (1/07)
Coco500 — We had miserable service, but have heard we need to try it again. Dinner (3/06)
Ditmer’s, Mountain View
The Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, Forestville (Sonoma County) — Dinner (6/05)
La Folie — Dinner #2 (10/05)
The French Laundry — Dinner #1 (5/05), Dinner #2 (11/05)
Gambardella’s — Dinner (5/05), Many more recent dinners
Homma’s Brown Rice Sushi, Palo Alto
Iberia’s Bar, Menlo Park
Incanto
Itapas
Jack Falstaff — Dinner (6/05), Dinner for 6 (1/07)
Junnoon, Palo Alto
Kiss Sea Food Japanese Restaurant — Dinner for 3 (11/06)
Lure, San Mateo — Dinner for 4 (2/07)
Manresa, Los Gatos — Drinking Small Dinner (9/05)
Mantra, Palo Alto — Dinner (4/06)
Mediterranean Wraps, Palo Alto
Myth — Dinner for 4 (1/07)
Pilar, Napa — Dinner (8/05), Lunch (11/05)
Piperade — Dinner (10/05)
Pizzeria Delfina — Note (1/06)
Pizzeria Picco, Larkspur — Lunch (8/06)
Pizzaiolo, Oakland — Dinner for 3 (7/07)
Quince — Dinner #1 (9/05), Update (1/06), Dinner for 2 (1/07)
Range — Dinner (8/07). Originally recommended by Alder and Steve J.
Redd, Yountville — Brunch Note (6/06)
Rivoli, Berkeley
Sakae Sushi, Burlingame — Definitely some of the better sushi on the Peninsula
Sawa Sushi, Sunnyvale
Tallula (Closed 2/06) — Dinner (10/05)
Tartine
Tomi Sushi, Mountain View
Verro, Palo Alto
The Village Pub, Woodside — Note (3/06)
Woodward’s Garden — Dinner (1/06)
Xanh, Mountain View — Lunch for 2 (10/06), Lunch for 2 (5/07), Dinner for 2 (6/07), Dinner for 4 (7/07) — the food, or our ordering, has improved since opening.
Zachary’s Pizza, Berkeley
Zibibbo, Palo Alto — Not our usual dinner (11/06)
Zucca, Palo Alto — Dinner for 2 (7/07)
The Los Angeles Area, California
Lebanese Kitchen, Pasadena — Note on Dinner (6/06)
Lucques, LA — Note on Dinner (5/06)
Sushi Roku, Pasadena — Note on Lunch (6/06)
Urasawa, Beverly Hills — Dinner (11/05)
Illegal Pete’s Burritos
The Kitchen — Why Palo Alto Needs It (8/06)
Snarfs
Las Vegas, Nevada
New York, New York
Pegu Club –Written about in Gourmet Magazine (2/06) and elsewhere, this is possibly my favorite spot in all of NYC and my favorite bar anywhere. Friends who have been have not been disappointed. Drinks and appetizers (10/06)
Cafe Santa Fe, Todos Santos — Lunch (12/06)
Edith’s, Cabo San Lucas — Dinner (12/06)
Felix’s, Cabo San Lucas — Dinner (11/05), Dinner (12/06)
Gardenias Tacos, Cabo San Lucas — Lunches (11/05), Lunches (12/06)
Havana, Cabo-San Jose Corridor — Dinner (11/05)
Mi Casa, Cabo San Lucas — Dinner (11/05), Dinner (12/06)
Mi Casa de Mariscos, Cabo San Lucas — Dinner (12/06)
Mi Cocina, Casa Natalia Hotel in San Jose del Cabo — Dinner (11/05), Dinner (12/06)
The Office, Cabo San Lucas — Lunch (11/05)
Ricazon, Cabo San Lucas — Dinner (12/06)
Tequila Restaurant, San Jose del Cabo — Dinner (11/05)
St. John’s Bread and Wine, London — Note (5/06)
Day-to-Day Essentials Guide to San Francisco
A wonderfully epicurean, world-traveler-extraodinaire friend moved to San Francisco a few weeks ago. She has visited dozens of times and has a good grasp of tourist things to do in SF, but it’s accomplishing the day-to-day errands that prove most challenging for the recently relocated, so I’ve decided to start an abbreviated guide to accomplishing life’s little chores in the Bay Area.
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