Recently I had the opportunity to dine at couple of Italian restaurants in Seattle. My stand on Italian restaurants has been generally along the line “I am paying too much for below quality food”. Lately I have been a little more relaxed and I am trying to checkout some of the...

I was just reading the corriere della sera and they were reporting that Forbes published the list of the top 12 most expensive restaurants in the world. The list looks very impressing and unfortunately I have not been to any of them .  So, I added them to my wishpot wishlist! La...

I dined at the 3rd Floor Third Cafe many times for business. It’s a great place to take partners that are visiting us for a few days. Last night we went for the 25 for $25 dinner with friends. Bottom line: the Fish Cafe has a “special” 30$ menu most of the year. I would...

I had never been to Oceanaire and it was not in my list of “to go places”. But, last night a friend of mine reserved a table and I had the chance to go. I had actually heard good things about this restaurant, so I was looking forward to try it. Let’s put it this way. I...

If you like food and you are in my region (Abruzzo) then there is one restaurant you MUST visit: L’Angolo da Filippo (also known as “Angolino” – “the little corner”). The restaurant is one of my town institutions. It was founded in 1891 and it’s rocks!...

We are here in New York for a long weekend. Last night we got lucky and were able to get a table at Mario Batali’s Babbo. WOW! What a fantastic experience! I would recommend any restaurateur to go for a visit and take lots of notes! Here’s my short scorecard: - Service: 9.9 - Food:...

Last week I was in Vegas for a conference.  One of the perks of going down there is that you get the chance to hit some good restaurants.  This time around I visited couple of staple restaurants in the Venetian:  Zeffirino and Valentino.  Both Italian!!! Let's start...