Costas Inn – Baltimore

4100 Northpoint Blvd.Baltimore, MD 21222http://www.costasinn.comReservations for crabs recommended (call ahead to reserve crabs) With an upcoming trip to Baltimore, I thought it fitting for me to (finally) post my review of Costas Inn, even though we went over a year ago now (last President’s Day Weekend).  Obrycki’s is the famous crab place in Baltimore that everyone goes to- it’s right on Inner Harbor, so it’s hard to miss- but I’d heard that it was overrated and extremely expensive (although I heard this from my sister, and we do not share an opinion on how much is too much to spend [...]

Crab House at Pier 39 – San Francisco

Fisherman’s Wharf(415) 434-2722website A reader asked me recently for a recommendation for a good seafood restaurant at Pier 39 in San Francisco.  Coincidentally, I had been looking at my list of restaurants I’d still yet to post a review of, and this place was on the list… the thing that really brings this cute lil anecdote together was the conversation I’d had with my b. the week before, while eating crabcakes, about where his favorite ever crabcake was to be had… What did he respond? Crab House at Pier 39!  I introduced him to this place on his first trip (my [...]

In & Out Burger

Locations (mostly California)sampled in February 2005 After hearing all the hype constantly about In-n-Out burger, how “there’s nothing that compares in NYC!  In-n-Out rocks!” and how people crave it when they’re over here on the East Coast, I had to get my butt to a location when I found myself in the San Jose/San Francisco area last.  I can’t tell you which location this was exactly except it was in San Jose and the drive through line when we got there around 7 or 8 pm was crazy long (I took a picture of that, too, but it’s not that interesting.  [...]

The Country Way – San Jose

5325 Mowry AvenueFremont, CA(510) 797-3188Mentioned here since ironically, despite being in Silicon Valley, they do not have a website easily found on Googlesampled February, 2005 Fremont is very close to San Jose… I couldn’t say for sure how close, but we stayed at a hotel in Fremont that Craig’s company, which is located in San Jose, chose.  Driving around was not difficult at all.  If you love breakfast, you have to go here.  Honestly.  When I go away, I generally ask the concierge at least once for their recommendation or I’ll stop a “local” person to ask for a place to [...]

Ana Mandara – San Francisco

891 Beach Street at Polk StreetGhirardelli SquareAcross from the Maritime MuseumWebsiteCuisine: French/Vietnamese fusion (redundant, yes)sampled in 1999 and February 4, 2005 Honestly, I rarely visit an upscale restaurant more than once, even if I find it really fantastic.  The reason isn’t as simple as money (I have enough to indulge myself in the love that is food), but rather a complex mixture of the desire to sample all that is out there before settling on one restaurant as my favorite, to return over and over again.  Having said that, there are only 3 upscale/trendy/expensive restaurants I can recall that I [...]

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