superk73's Profile
Chapel Hill
3rd Bonne Soiree, have been there twice, and it was great.
I like Il Palio, but it just doesn't compare (for me).
I also might suggest Lantern...but it is much noisier space, not as intimate.
Best Burger in Nashville?
I was a huge Fat Mo fan.....but it seemed to me like the quality went downhill in the last year and a half or so. Sportsman has great burgers, also nice fried pickles.
New in Durham: Dos Perros
I went there tonight with my wife, I went to the owners other place a few times while interviewing and after moving to the triangle and I really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to trying it out.
Overall, we both liked it. nice space, it was a fairly packed house. it would be a great place to have a couple of drinks and some snacks. Interesting cocktails (I just had a beer so nothing to report there). Brought out some chips and salsa (tomatillo?), tasty.
apps: ceviche - very tasty! light and refreshing (good for these miserable humid summer days), tamale - good, solid flavors, but compared to the rest of the meal it was just 'good'.
entrees : pork pastor (it was a special) - perfectly cooked, nice caramelization on the outside, but so very tender. came with rice and beans. the beans were insanely good, spicy, smoky, the best part of the meal for me.(but I love beans)
chicken mole - very tasty. could have been slightly spicier. also came with rice and beans.
dessert - fig pudding. my wife loved it, I only thought it was okay. I saw a few orders of churros going out, I will definitely get them next time.
San Diego Restaurant Quandry
Mariscos German....is the actual restaurant closer to the 'gaslamp' than any of the trucks? I definitely need to get some tacos there.
San Diego Restaurant Quandry
Thanks everybody for the input. Still haven't decided...waiting to hear the final # of people.
El Vitral sounds interesting....anybody been and liked it?
San Diego Restaurant Quandry
I have been scouring the chowhound boards (as well as yelp and others) trying to come up with a place to go eat.
I have a group of about 12 people for a late(r) dinner (8pm) on a tuesday. We are in town for a a convention, thus will be staying down in the gaslamp area. I have been to San Diego a few times, and have not had much success eating in this area. I blame myself for that, I really didn't have enough time to plan. To complicate things slightly more, a few people are coming from a reception where there will be some small bites...so it would be great to have a place that has small plates (and 'big' plates). No cars, so walking distance or not horribly expensive cab ride-distance is needed. I am craving fish or lobster tacos...so anywhere that has those would be great, but not a requirement. Don't really want to go to old town...it is a trip, and I have been disappointed when I have eaten there (was taken...not my choice!).
A few places that seemed appropriate
-La Puerta - I have never been...is this more of a bar type place? Location is good, and seems like it could be fun.
-Oceanaire - I ate here last time I was in town...it was good...but kind of pricey, and maybe a bit too 'fancy' (for lack of a better word?)
-Neighborhood - I like beer. The menu seems pretty tasty.
-Cafe Chloe - looked very tasty.
-Was thinking maybe tinfish would be 'okay' but it closes early.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
(ALSO as an aside, I will be exploring solo the rest of the week...any great hole in the wall places for anything at all, let me know)
