Tag: Contemporary/Modern
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Ernest
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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Cyrus
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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Birdsong – sake maker dinner with IWA 5
We last ate here in June 2019 in between our birthdays. I remember where we sat and having a good time and I also remember the numerous homeless people out in front of the restaurant. They were a Michelin 1-star back then, but picked up a second star in 2021. Andrea had mentioned this place…
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Plumed Horse
This is one of the few Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay area at which I haven’t dined, so when there was a vendor dinner being hosted there I did accept the invite (plus this is a vendor I very much do like and they also had a presentation from the hacker Freaky Clown). I…
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é by José Andrés
This has to be one of the more difficult reservations to get in Las Vegas given that it only seats 9 (with perhaps only the Omakase seating for Wakuda being more difficult with only 6 seats…challenge accepted!). I hadn’t planned far enough in advance to book a reservation, but asked to be on the wait…
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CORE by Clare Smyth
We had first heard of Clare Smyth and CORE from Season 20 of Top Chef International All Stars, more specifically episode 9 for restaurant wars. It was also very memorable because of the chef’s table where the judges sat which gives you an open view of the nearby kitchen. We also happened to watch the…
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Smyth
I was very excited to get to spend additional time with Kristine on a sort of extended birthday celebration, especially since I’d have her all to myself this time and we’d be eating some delicious food. Kristine was decked out in some celebratory sparkles from bow tie to cuffs to shoes. I met Kristine at…
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Alinea
I just arrived in Chicago for a work conference and only have a short few days here so tried to make the most of it. On this day of arrival, I had Alinea booked for solo dining in the Salon. Alinea has 3 tastings, the Salon upstairs (in the Tock reservation page, they call out…
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Saison
This my 4th time dining here (2016, 2021, 2022) and Andrea’s second or third time. The last time we ate here was 2.5 years ago. Since that was before Chef Richard Lee became executive chef at Saison, this would be our first time dining here with his menu. We had an early seating as us…
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Commis
I’ve been wanting to eat here for at least 5 years ever since we ate at the restaurant Wolf next door. I believe this is the last remaining Michelin starred restaurant in the east bay. We don’t eat out in the east bay often and esp. not during our normal Thursday dining because of the…