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Blue Coyote Cafe and Grill Arnold, CA
You know what they say, if you can't say anything good about them you shouldn't say anything. I probably shouldn't, but I can't help myself. The service is slow, food overpriced, quantites small, and just naurghly dude. Save your money, walk across the parking lot to Tallahan's the best restaurant in town.
Sequoia Woods Country Club Arnold, CA
This place is only open on Thursdays(Dinner with Dave), Fridays, and Saturday nights as a full service restaurant. The meals are on the expensive side for this area, but are usually good. They also have a lite menu in the bar if you don't want to dress up. They have had lots of turnover over the last several years and the meals have varied greatly. The best ex-chef is the owner of Tallahan's, the best restaurant in town. If you are looking for a restaurant with a view, this is the place overlooking a beautiful par 70 course at 4000 foot elevation. The sunsets are magnificant from the restaurant in the summer (e.g. good place to impress a date). The deserts are usually very good. <br> They did try to do a Sunday breakfast, but they didn't get the turnout so I don't think they are doing it anymore. The bar is the best bar in town if you are not a biker type. Also, if you have a friend who is a member of the country club, you should definately give it a swing, if not the driving range is open to the public.
A Sabella's Restaurant Third Floor San Francisco, CA
This place is close to Fisherman's warf, but far enough away and up on the third floor that unless you know about it you probably won't go there. That is good for those of us who don't want to eat with a bunch of tourists from the midwest in shorts and no tan. I have been going there for 20+ years. The service is slow, but that's not why you go there. The waiters are usually very good and knowledgeable about the specials. <br> This is one of few places anywhere anymore that you can always find abalone. I got spoiled eating Northern California abalone all the time at my grandfather's place when I was growing up. Now days you can usually only find it in a few places, and only on occasion. When I crave abalone, this is the place I go and they fix it just like old Italian grandfather did when I was growing up. But bring your credit card because you can plan on spending about $50 for the dish, but to me it is worth it.
Blue Agave Pleasanton, CA
Don't go here for a real big appetite because the portions are not real big, but the atmosphere is good. I like going here for lunch more than diner, because the prices are a lot more reasonable and eating outside you can people watch during the daytime hours. The setting is in an old house off of main street in Pleasanton and the decor is much better than a Chevy's.
Pacific Rim Bistro Atlanta, GA
We were pleasantly surprised to find decent Sushi in the South during our visit to Atlanta. This place has a menu to please about everyone whether you like Japanese, Vietnamese, or Thai. It is a lively atmosphere and the service is real good.
Haps Pleasanton, CA
Great place to take clients for some atmosphere and good steaks or seafood. I didn't see it before, but I was told they spent quite a bit of money refurbishing the inside of the restaurant. The food is very good and the service is excellent. The portions are generous and steaks are their specialty. When I first started going here with clients it wasn't very crowded, but word of mouth must be catching on now and you might want to make reservations even for lunch.
Strizzi's Pleasanton, CA
One of my favorite resturants in a town of a lot of really good restaurants. Pasta, Pasta, and more Pasta. If you like pasta this is a good place to go for pasta. However, they could tone down the garlic on some of their dishes. Garlic is not one of the four basic food groups. I usually go there when I want my wife to stay away because the garlic will definately keep her away. Their specials are usually your best choice. Service is good and you usually don't need to make reservations for lunch.
Birk's Great American Grill Santa Clara, CA
This is definately not a good place to take a client for lunch if you need to discuss business. Between 11:30 and 1:30 it is very loud in here and you can't here anything. After 1:30 or in the evening it is very quiet and you can have a romantic dinner. If you don't mind the noise or don't want to discuss business at lunch it is a great place. The place is hopping but you better make reservations for lunch or you may end eating at the bar or waiting a very long time. It is one of the few places in the area that seems to take reservations. The food is good and steaks are their specialty. The seafood and bar selection is good too. The service is friendly and the decor is good.
La Imperial Hayward, CA
This place is a local tradion and a place where urban legends are made. I started going there way back in college and every few years I heard this story about being caught using rats in the food. Urban legend I hope. Last time I went there the waiter must have been an extra from a Cheech and Chong film. He told us dirty jokes and we told even dirtier jokes back to him. Everyone was complaining about the slow service, so the owner announced to everyone the reason with a loud "SHUT UP EVEYONE". He told how he was playing a joke on his uncle in the kitchen and yelled "INS RAID" and all the cooks took off down the block. His uncle and brothers were out in the pickup trying to track them down. The food is your average tex mex, but the salsa is hot and the crowd is noisy on friday and saturday night.
Buffalo Bill's Brewery Hayward, CA
This place is the second oldest brewpub since that part of prohibition was finally repealed in 1978 by then President Jimmy Carter. I think it was the only thing Jimmy did good while in oval office. I started going here way back in college, mainly because they didn't card my fraternity brothers and I. I remember the beer like it was yesterday and back then the beer was either the best beer you have ever tasted or you could find us in the back parking lot puking our brains out by the end of the night. The beer is much more consistent now and the place has a more upscale menu. The food and beer beats the heck out of that yuppie Gordon Biersch place. As a home brewer myself, I give it a double fisted mugs up.
Little Inn Media, PA
The Sunday brunch is totally awesome. The food is good and it is a good place to bring a date for a quiet, romantic dinner. Definately one of the best places to eat in the area.
Triumph Brewing Co Princeton, NJ
Forget about it. The food is mediocre and as a home brewer myself the beer stinks. Maybe the beer is just too young to be served, because the place seems very popular - go figure? The service is sporadic at best and all the yuppies there make me want to hurl. The food is typical brewpub blah food. For better food and beer go to the Ships Inn up the road in Frenchtown.
Triumph Brewing Co Princeton, NJ
Forget about it. The food is mediocre and as a home brewer myself the beer stinks. Maybe the beer is just too young to be served, because the place seems very popular - go figure? The service is sporadic at best and all the yuppies there make me want to hurl. The food is typical brewpub blah food. For better food and beer go to the Ships Inn up the road in Frenchtown.
Snowshoe Brewing Co Arnold, CA
The beer is the best part of dining here. The food is typical, so-so brewpub food, nothing to write home about. The service was lame and definately not worth the wait. My money would have been better spent picking up a six pack of their beer at the local market and a pizza.
Tallahan's Cafe Arnold, CA
Best restaurant in town by far on service and the quality of their food. All of the others I have ate have been marked by poor service and mediocre food.
Ho Chow Fremont, CA
Best chinese resaurant in town. We drive 20 minutes across town to get there and it is worth the trip. I just ate there again tonight and the service is great. They remembered my daughter, even though, we haven't been there in many months and brought her cherries. Try the General's chicken, by far the best I have had anywhere. What I like the best is they don't deep fry it like all of the other places. The quality is great, and we have yet to have a bad dish.
However, make reservations early for lunch because it is always packed.
Elephant Bar Fremont, CA
If you value your time and money, go to Chili's next door. The food is lousy, the service is even worse. TGI Friday's has better food than this place. The only thing decent about this place is the bar and the decor. Most nights the wait is an hour or more - why wait? Forget about it.
Mastoris Diner-Restaurant Bordentown, NJ
The Mother of all Diners, and Jersey is known for it's diners. This is the place for breakfast, lunch or diner. Humongous portions, good coffee, cinnamon and cheese bread worth the travel. Where did we go to breakfast after flying 3000 miles to New Jersey from California - this place. God I miss this place.
Rio Colorado Restaurant & Bar Moab, UT
One of my favorite bars in the whole country along with the Alamo is Park City and the Dead Goat Salon in Salt Lake City. Good rock bands on the weekend, good bartenders, and an atmosphere of roughnecks.
La Caille Salt Lake City, UT
This is by far the most romantic place to dine in Utah. Every woman should come here at least once in her life. It is expensive for Salt Lake standards, but reasonable compared to similar dining in the rest of the developed world. I remember it was the only place I was not allowed by my former company to take my clients, because of the price. The food was good, but I can't remember how good because of all the wine I drank everytime I went there. In the three times I have been there, I almost got married once, and twice I got laid on the premises. Two out of three ain't bad.