Locally farmed, exquisitely prepared, seasonally fresh food served with attentive style in a Michelin-starred restaurant. Tasting menus from $65 – $85. An 80-page wine list featuring over 13,000 bottles and 2,000 labels from five continents from $7 to thousands. A new world-class environmentally sustainable resort — Cavallo Point, The Lodge At The Golden Gate —…
Andrew Freeman & Co. is a top San Francisco consulting agency specializing in hospitality and restaurant marketing. Every year Andrew comes out with his list of hotel & restaurant trends for the coming year. Here are his predictions for which food & drinks will be BIG in 2009. Hot List: Food Goat in the Dining…
Ok, so you’ve downloaded the list of participating restaurants and narrowed your choices to 20, but still haven’t been able to reach your goal of just one a day (which would make it 15 since this special deal runs only from Jan.15-30.) Q: What are you gonna do?? A: Try before you buy, have a…
HOOORAY….The eighth annual Dine About Town San Francisco returns Jan. 15-31, 2009. Perfect timing since by Jan.15th we’ve all broken our New Year’s, ” I will lose 10 pounds by starving myself and working out 2 hours a day” diet resolution. But you don’t have to feel guilty because you will be working on keeping…
If you still haven’t made NYE plans you really gotta get cracking. I’d suggest celebrating in style in one of the worlds most stunning settings at Niagara Falls’ New Year’s Eve bash. “Party in Niagara” is organized annually by the Niagara Parks Commission, and the Niagara Falls New Year’s Eve event planners provide party-goers with…
I recently opened a fortune cookie that read, “You will soon be crossing the desert sands for a fun vacation.” How true. The next day, I was driving to Las Vegas for a friend’s wedding to witness all the glitz, glamour and gastric pleasures it offers.
Cleared for permanent landing, sometime this month, is the Jumbo Hostel –the world’s first hostel housed in a Boeing 747. They couldn’t have picked a better spot to launch this chain since , the Arlanda Airport in Stockholm has 17-18 million travelers passing through the airport every year. If you rplane is grounded, you have…
By no means am I a chocolate lover, but if I had my druthers I would normally choose milk chocolate over dark. I think this stems from an early childhood experience with an overdose on Bakers chocolate. Well I can thank Amano Chocolate for changing my mind. After sampling the divine handcrafted chocolate I have…
In Bunbury, Western Australia, a two-hour drive from Perth, you can go wine tasting, golfing, play tennis, or interact with wild dolphins. The first three activities are found at many resorts around the world, but few can brag about the presence of wild dolphins. The All Seasons Sanctuary Golf Resort has 30 apartments on 37…
Fave Food Purveyors *Cary’s of Oregon –is known for making the “best toffee on earth” and I’d say he could easily change that to “in the whole universe”. Is it the soft crunch that makes it so addictive? Or perhaps it’s the farm fresh creamy butter, with just the right dash of salt to prevent…
Fave Sleeps *Jacksonville Inn-The 1863 National Historic Landmark building is both a hotel and gourmet restaurant (which received a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for their wine list) and conveniently located right on the town’s main street. The opulent Victorian rooms come with welcome modern touches such as whirlpool tubs and laptop connections. However, I…
( the pic is of Chris Martin) Fave Wineries: Since it shares the same parallel as Frances’ wine country with superior terroir, the 40-plus winemakers in the holy trinity of Applegate, Umpqua and Rogue Valley are able to produce a variety of reasonably priced world- class wines, including Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chards, Cabs, Merlot…