Thanks so much for directing me to the thread. I am down to 3 possibilities : Coda, Brasserie Jo and Petit Robert Bistro. Any thoughts or experiences?

My husband and I are going to Boston for the wedding of a friend's daughter. We will be staying at the Marriott Copley Square with several college friends. We need a place for dinner not too far from the hotel where the food is good , not exorbitantly expensive and we will be able to hear each other talk. We like pretty much any cuisine. Any good ideas? It will be a Friday night, of Memorial Day weekend. So I want to make reservations ASAP if I need to.

Our friend from LA now wants to meet at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. It really looks like a gastronomic wasteland there- only chain type places. Does anyone know anything NOT plastic in that neck of the woods? All your suggestions look so much better than what I found!

It will be a Friday. I suppose we could eat early- did you mean to be done eating by 8pm?

We are staying Santa Barbara where some friends who live in San Francisco will meet us. We plan to meet some friends from LA somewhere in between Santa Barbara and La for dinner. The couple from SF will just be coming off a 3 week cleanse and don't wont anything too heavy. The rest of us are up for anything. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks for the suggestions!

My husband and i will be in Williamsburg for 2 nights at the end of August. This is the first time we are going without kids and would like suggestions for grownup places to eat.

Am planning a trip to Williamsburg, Va. Any recommendations, besides the taverns on the Colonial Williamsburg site?

Thinking about steak frites. Any opinions?

My husband and I are visiting our son in London in April and want a place to celebrate his 21st birthday. We will be in Chelsea and he is in Islington, but we can meet anywhere. I am inclined toward more traditional cuisines, i.e. French , Italian, Indian, Mediterranean , rather than anything too experimental because he is unlikely to try anything he hasn't heard of! I am looking for someplace fun , not old fashioned or stodgy. Any ideas?