Category: Restaurant

  • Prelude

    Prelude

    Our dinner was at Prelude which just opened up in the Jay Hotel this past August and was recently added to Michelin Guide this March, so i had to give it a try. Chef Celtin Hendrickson-Jones’ cuisine is Southern with updated technique and local ingredients. We went with the tasting menu (which I think is

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  • La Ciccia

    La Ciccia

    We were both recovering from Covid so were only up for something low key. I picked La Ciccia in our neighborhood for logistic simplicity, plus we had been meaning to revist this restaurant since it had been many years since we had eaten here. La Ciccia has long been recognized for it’s unique Sardinian cuisine.

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  • Sons & Daughters

    Sons & Daughters

    This was my fourth visit here (Andrea’s third). When we last dined here, it was a 1 Michelin star under the new chef, Chef Harrison. They picked up their second star last August. This time, I asked for the table up front right next to the kitchen with a great view of all of the

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  • Merchant Roots

    Merchant Roots

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    I had come across this restaurant a couple times online and my curiosity was piqued with their seasonally themed tasting menu. We had really planned anything for dinner today and since Andrea was downtown, it’s always a good excuse to find a restaurant, so I booked a first seating reservation for us for their Humpty

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  • The Morris – Rising Stars of the Côte de Beaune Dinner

    The Morris – Rising Stars of the Côte de Beaune Dinner

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    We tried the food here during the pandemic in an at home meal kit. We were impressed enough that we did eat here post-pandemic and enjoyed the food, but weren’t wowed by the food. I don’t remember how I came across this event (one we were seated I did see this was an AmEx exclusive

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  • Ernest

    Ernest

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    TL;DR version – food was pretty interesting and tasty, but service was pretty poor. we were seated at the bar and somehow they seemed to forget about us a couple times(?!) We first ate here almost 3 years ago now and enjoyed ourselves. So we had been talking about revisiting (always so many restaurants to

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  • True Laurel

    True Laurel

    We’ve driven by here a billion times (ok, that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, maybe only a million times) and I’ve been meaning to go here all that time. This cocktail bar is created by the folks behind Lazy Bear and is currently listed #30 on the World’s 50 Best Bars along with numerous

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  • Cyrus

    Cyrus

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    I’d heard a lot of good things about this restaurant and the progressive dinner experience. It had been a 2-star Michelin restaurant until it closed in 2012. It reopened in September of 2022, 10 years later. I finally booked us a reservation when we made a last minute decision to go up to wine country

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  • Valette

    Valette

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    The last two times we ate at SingleThread, we would see this restaurant packed and people outside waiting to get in, so we finally decided to give it a go. Since I booked very late, I wasn’t able to get indoor seating so we were eating outside in the tented area which was pretty nice

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  • Wolf House Brewing Company

    Wolf House Brewing Company

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    We left the city later than we had planned so arrived later in Cloverdale than we had planned. Based on TripAdvisor reviews, this place looked like our best bet for food in the town and coincidentally happened to be the closest location to our AirBnb, a mere 1 block away. When we drove into town

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