Note that Gilt Club changed chef and menu in June 2006. New review will be posted this summerI face a bit of a quandary when a new restaurant comes to town. How long do I wait to make a review? On one hand, readers really want to know what the new places are like before they spend their hard-earned money. Since everything is new, they want to see what the menu looks like. … [Read more...] about Review: The Gilt Club
Review: The Gilt Club
My Oven, J’Accuse!
Cookies, like kids, do better with boundaries There are certain things in life we just need to admit. For instance, if you were the tallest man in the world, you’d have to cop to it. If you wrote like Joan Didion—whose beam on the unalloyed truth moves her to write even when she is mad with grief you’d have to acknowledge that the process you call “discovering what's on my … [Read more...] about My Oven, J’Accuse!
Review: Justa Pasta
Refreshed 06.21. Going back soon.One quickly learns, if you go to Justa Pasta and have the Caesar Salad, you are done for the night. Don’t go on a date; certainly don’t go to a movie. Do the world a favor and lock yourself in the house until the garlic goes away. We are not talking a subtle, balanced Caesar here, more a garlic bomb. That being said, when you know what … [Read more...] about Review: Justa Pasta
Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?
By Marshall ManningFood as fuel or foolish for food. Eat to live or live to eat. Bottle in front of me or frontal lobotomy. Well, maybe not the last one. There are doubtless more ways to describe the two major food groups (of people) and the gulf which separates their basic attitudes toward the commodities we chew, sip and swallow.More difficult to understand is why one … [Read more...] about Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?
Review: Pour Winebar
Note: Pour Wine Bar has now closed. For the second time, I grabbed a friend and headed out to Pour on NE Broadway near Fred Meyer last night. The owners have taken a small space and made it warm and inviting with a modern touch. They have obviously spent a lot of time thinking about the interior, and for the most part, it succeeds. A portico with a curve has been … [Read more...] about Review: Pour Winebar