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Bistro that serves Boudin Noir?
Can anyone recommend a good French bistro that serves Boudin Noir on their regular menu?
Thanks!
Boudin Noir / French Bistro
Can anyone recommend a good Bistro, perhaps in Philly (I'm also posting there)
which serves Boudin Noir on their menu?
(or NYC I suppose - Les Halles claims to no longer serve it as a dinner, only part of a charcuterie plate)
Did Hanami (formerly Sunny Garden) in Princeton close?
The website has been "suspended" and the main sign out on the road is gone.
Darn, it was good and I particularly enjoyed the fact they had lunch specials and delivery.
Oh well :(
Large dinner party (50 people) suggestions??
My friend is looking for a place to have an 80th birthday party for his relative. In the range of 50 people. I assume he would rather find a large restaurant that can handle a party that size, as opposed to renting out a banquet hall or something. Private room, perhaps? American food, standard fare - nothing fancy or incredibly expensive either.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
New restaurant in town! Little Saigon Vietnamese
Saigon has been evacuated. I called tonite to see what time they were open till, and the number has been disconnected.
Oh well.
Cheap Italian in Lawrenceville/Princeton??
Thanks Tom... its definitely on the "to try" list. Anyone else?
Cheap Italian in Lawrenceville/Princeton??
Hey all. Long time away from the boards. Recently moved to Lawrenceville, and looking for a cheap Italian "pizza restaurant" or "red gravy" kind of place.
Chicken parmigiana, meatballs and spaghetti, that sort of place.Nothing fancy, just good solid food. Where its 12 bucks for a pasta entree, not 32 dollars for chicken parm!!
Preferably as close to Lawrenceville as possible.
Any suggestions?
"Bar Harbor Inn" (Maine) ??
Hi . I have been reading several of the other postings of places in Bar Harbor. I am wondering about the Bar Harbor Inn, which seems to be right in the center of Bar Harbor (but only open seasonally ?)
Any reviews on this establishment would be appreciated. Please don't feel the need to recommend OTHER places, I already read several posts. In particular, local folks reviews would be especially helpful. Thanks.
Any opinions on Lambertville "Thai-Lao"
I had dinner last week at Thai Tida, and was very impressed. (see an earlier post on the horrible food and experience at Siam for comparison). Service was swift, it was obvious the food was very fresh, decent portion sizes, and good flavor. I did hear from one person that their soup was bland and watery, but did not have a soup myself. The summer spring rolls (the non-fried-kind) were excellent and I ordered a grilled beef salad (which one of my dinner companions somehow thought was the calamari he had ordered, so he devoured half of it, but it was a nice blend of spice, herbs (cilantro) and charred beef.
I had the mussels for a main course, I love New Zealand "green shell" mussels (the really big ones that have nice pink meat) and they give you a huge bowl of them steamed open in a sweet-ish broth, with a side bowl of yellow curry. Excellent dish, and the duck special someone ordered was also a winner, as was a whole fish on the bone.
Sadly we didn't get to try dessert, but perhaps next time, since I will definitely be going back (and they supposedly deliver across the river to New Hope.... *crosses fingers*) understanding they can deliver "if they have someone who can leave the restaurant".
Doylestown Area Restaurant
Check into Slate Bleu, top dining spot.
Also check The Freight House, and also The Knight House (two different restaurants).
Don't miss Jules Thin Crust pizza for a great thin-crust lunch.
Do a search on here for "Doylestown" for more ideas.
Need Vetri Reservation (If You Can't Make It....Any Wednesday Nite)
We did not make our Monday reservation (and I got a bad feeling that the Chef might not be there, since he "spends part of the time at (his) new place"... and Mondays are not the best day for quality and variety in many places.
We have reservations a few weeks from now in May, so I am totally looking forward to it...... stay tuned.
Marcella Nord in New Hope
Marcellas is very good but has a limited menu. Cool romantic space in the former Martine's building. They had some great desserts and a darn good Bolognese.
I posted a review of Martines several months ago, but its one of the only other places in town I would trust to feed me, and they do a nice meal, plus with the nice weather their outdoor deck on the river will be absolutely the best seat in town.
Definitely check out Tastebuds, very good food in an unassuming location.
Also check out the Paper Plate Cafe, its a nice little sandwich shop that does dinners also, with good foods.
Zubi seems.... foo-foo to me, very trendy, trying to be something that is much better suited for the big city, and ditto for 90 Main, which I have not tried but hear its ok. Havana has a tropical/Cuban (go figure) twist, but not sure how good the quality is and you'll have to deal with the hordes of biker "gangs" on the weekends.
The Mansion is very nice, the La Bonne Auberge is uber-expensive but nice, and Marsha Brown is very nice steakhouse-with-a-creole-twist.
Most of the places in New Hope, I have determined, are pretty much Tourist Traps. This includes Mothers, The Landing (which has not changed their menu in centuries and was not very good the last time I ate there many years ago), The Logan Inn. The Triumph brewpub is solid brewpub fare, the Blue Tortilla is horrid mexican steam-table food, the El Taco Loco is even scarier, Karlas is slightly.... out-there...., Esca is decent Italian fare but snobby the times I have gone, Wildflowers is lacks focus and quality, Frans and John/Peters are good if you're drunk and don't mind the "everything deep-fried" stuff, The Raven is decent, Guiseppes is ok if you want pizza-restaurant fare, and I think I've covered most of them.
Outside of New Hope but nearby and definitely worth checking out: Meils in Stockton (funky diner comfort food), Stockton Inn (with a new chef and gorgeous outdoor patio) also several in Lambertville such as No. 9, Hamiltons Grill Room, Tortugas Mexican, Manon, Ricks, and perhaps DeAnnas although one of the posters whose opinion I respect recently posted a negative review.
49 North Main (Lambertville) is now 5 de Mayo?
49 closed about.... oh, two months ago lets say?
Yes, its now 5 de Mayo (ha, ha. "Cinco de Mayo").
I have not seen it actually open yet, but the sign is out. Stay tuned......
Need Vetri Reservation (If You Can't Make It....Any Wednesday Nite)
Thanks Ray but that does not help when its April 10th and I suddenly have a desire to go there on Aprl 25th.
(insert smiley face i dont mean to sound like a jerk there)
However, luck be a lady, I ~HAVE~ managed to secure a reservation on Monday the 23rd !!!! I just hope the chef will be there and not have a day off.......
Need Vetri Reservation (If You Can't Make It....Any Wednesday Nite)
It's my Birthday on April 25th which just happens to be a Wednesday and which happens to be the only night I have off each week.
Anyone having any last-minute cancellation issues that has a Wednesday reservation at Vetri they need to "cancel" feel free to let me know, I'll be glad to "take" it from you....
... I know, ha ha, good luck getting one before June.....
This can be any Wednesday coming up.
Thanks in advance.
Siam Thai (Lambertville NJ)
Sorry about that.. .yes I was referring to Wildflowers, not Thai Tida which I have yet to try.
And I did not mean to come across so harsh sounding about Wildflowers, just not my cup of tea, shall we say.....
Review - Deanna's in Lambertville
Sarah have you tried Ricks in Lambertville? Its cute, in that checkered red tablecloth kind of way, nothing to really look at, and pretty decent food.
I do believe he makes his own pasta, because I've had (fettucini) bolognese several times, and if its not homemade fresh pasta, i'd be very surprised, but generally good.
Thai Tida Lambertville NJ
Errr... I was going to say something but I forget what.
They only very recently opened, waiting anxiously to try it.
Siam Thai (Lambertville NJ)
Not sure if its true, but I hear from a friend who waited tables there, that they "DON'T EVEN HAVE A STOVE" and that EVERYTHING comes out of the freezer and into the MICROWAVE...... scary sounding, but somehow believable.
Had dishes off the "Thai" menu one day, were so-so, nothing to write home about.
Had "American" fare one nite... meatloaf, of all things - something I normally despise. It was, to say the least.... intriguing. I was not sure whether or not it was so awful and foul tasting that I should simply not eat it, or whether it was somehow, pervertedly, good...... but like I said, intriguing none the less. In retrospect, I think I must have been slightly addled and it was just awful.
Shame, because they have a very lovely pretty garden outdoor patio.
Cafe Picasso in Somerville-- Bad first impression
Hmm.. the Dessert Plate looks awesome, but somehow EVERY time i think of stopping there they are closed. perhaps i just keep weird hours.
Cafe Picasso used to be located in the "shopping center" (that big ugly monstronsity on Main Street) sandwiched next to a laundromat (and to think, they had "outdoor" tables - how appealing, hmm?). Went there a few times a while back, and the food was lackluster at best (and they felt "risotto" should be some sort of soupy cream dish) and the service was ok but with a feeling of subtle undertones of snotty attitude.
Went more recently to the new location, and got a really bad vibe from the whole place, we sat for a few minutes and suddenly decided to get up and leave, just a bad feeling.
For standard pizza restaurant fare, Alphonso's down the street is ok, if you like the madhouse, family oriented mob scene and yes, HUGE portions of pasta (all your standard concoctions) with a.... half-price deal on Mon/Tues.
Atrio Cafe in Stockton, NJ - Closed?
Atrio closed around a month ago.
I hear they are putting in a "spaghetti joint" now but not sure when.....
Duck Confit
I casually picked up a SIX DOLLAR duck confit leg from D'Artagnan the other day. YIKES.
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please be seated
Its annoying to walk into an empty restaurant and be told "oh, we're sorry, we are completely booked there are NO tables available" (unless they are having an Invisible Man dinner party ).
Now, its true that balancing reservations and walk-ins is a delicate art at best, and host/esses must plan for no-shows, late arrivals, early arrivals, and every other type of fickle customer.
However, just the other nite as a matter of fact, we were in a restaurant, had gone in just as they opened at 5pm, and were the first table seated. One other couple came in, leaving (a rough guess) 20 tables empty in the small restaurant. Another couple was seated about 15 minutes into our meal. A third couple came in a few minutes later and I overheard the hostess say "no tables available". Now, being almost 20 minutes into the first hour of being open, we are assuming the first reservations have either not showed, or EVERYONE was given a reservation at 6pm (which shows poor management and planning on the part of the hostess). As we were leaving and the other seated couple was on dessert (thereby freeing up 2 more tables in the next 5-10 minutes and leaving the entire restaurant empty at 6pm, ANOTHER couple walked in and was also turned away.
Now, take into consideration this was a cold, crummy mid-week evening in a tourist town (read: dead ) and the restaurant more than likely was NOT going to suddenly be hit with a parade of people streaming in..... well, you get the idea.
Also, as far as crappy tables, its awful when you are the first people in the place and are given a tiny table in a bad location. Did everyone else who made a reservation specify a specific "good" table? Or are you just being shoved into the corner?
No. 10 Can? [moved from General Topics]
I googled this a bit further and found a few interesting websites, which left me MORE confused then when I started!!! But the general consensus seems to be, a #10 can holds approximately 12 cups, or 6 pounds, and if you ask again we're gonna smash-a-you-face-in.
The math doesn't make sense no matter how I look at it (its not like, gee, #10 means there are exactly 10 cups or something easy)... so, there is some fascinating reading about the history and production of cans, if nothing else.....
http://www.cancentral.com/standard.cfm#foodcan
http://www.amescompany.com/CAN_SIZES.htm
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/CanSize.htm
Perhaps you are better off just singing the ShopRite "Can-Can' jingle and slowly walking away......
Do any foods taste good after you brush your teeth?
Coffee.
Well, after mint mouthwash, or even after an Altoid, its good.......
can i bring a yogurt cup on board an airplane
My GOSH !!! Not a deadly yogurt cup !!!
Just think... germ warfare (the active yogurt cultures)
eco-terrorism (the plastic)
deadly weapon (the spoon)
vandalism (fling the yogurt on the floor)
second deadly weapon (the sharp edge of the container)
and don't even THINK about fruit yogurts.......
the list goes on and on......
Suggestions, Please
The "quick-dry cement" is a novel idea - kudos to the poster of that one.
Things like that just make your blood boil. Yes, contact owner, contact press, spread the negative word as much as possible.
Seriously though, contact the BBB, and file a small-claims court complaint for "theft of services" or some such (you can probably file the complaint yourself) no need to hire a lawyer, which will cost more than the @ 70-dollar loss... perhaps just the thought of the court involvement will make the owner wise up.
I do not endorse the following, however......
... if they do takeout.... order a large takeout meal, and CUSTOMIZE it.... so they have to prepare something that they won't normally be able to sell - for example, order a steak WELL-DONE, or substitute sauce A for menu-described sauce B on the item. Then of course, don't pick up the order. Say, that order comes to around... 70 dollars, hmm.
seargantsville inn, nj
Also, definitely go to Meils restaurant. Funky down-home diner / ecclectic food (who else has roasted sliced beets, homemade applesauce, turkey dinner, funky soups, and creative entrees) and a very very warm and caring staff. Excellent for weekend brunch, a light lunch, or dinner. (BYOB).
See my review here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/322846?query=meils
http://www.meilsrestaurant.com i think
seargantsville inn, nj
See my review here:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/322850?query=sergeantsville%20inn
The Sergeantsville (yes, its S-E-R no A) is a really good place, Frequented by locals, but welcoming to everyone. They have a diverse offering - both a pub menu, and a more formal dining room menu, as well as two pages of specials (one for each menu). There is truly something for everyone. The service can be a bit inept at times, but the food makes up for it.
www.sergeantsvilleinn.com
downneck places (newark)?
Second Casa Vasca, excellent food Spanish not Portuguese, but very similar, no ?
