I love to try new restaurants, and I often scour the web and usenet for reviews and menus. In the past, I've written some reviews for Amazon, Dine.com and the now-defunct Themestream sites. I have decided to put more effort into this, and create a restaurant review section of my own. Most of the restaurants I review are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I've included some of my favorites from New Orleans. More reviews will be coming as I get a chance to write them. If you wish to contribute your review, please contact me.

Reviews include ratings on a ten-point scale, ten designating the best darned dining experience possible. I've not yet had a 9 or 10 dining experience, and only one 8. I would, without question, dine again at any of the restaurants with a 6 or 7 rating. I would not suggest dining at a 2 or lower rated restaurant.

Remember, offer compliments to the staff more often than complaints!

I haven't updated this in years, and I'm now addicted to Yelp. Check out my reviews:



Bay Area Restaurants
Restaurant Name Location Rating
Bold Knight San Jose 6 - a solid steakhouse with great cheese fondue
Chicken Chicken! Burlingame 5 - savory chicken with a tropical flair
East Coast West Deli San Francisco 2 - not worth the hype
Higashi West Palo Alto 5 - delicious and inventive sushi, but overpriced
Hotaru San Mateo 6 - good sushi and udon, at a fair price
La Fondue Saratoga 7 - one of the most romantic (and expensive) dinner events
MoMoYa Mountain View 5 - usually good sushi and chicken teri-don, but slipping lately
Straits Restaurant Palo Alto 2 - you can get much better service and prices elsewhere nearby
Ti Couz San Francisco 7 - creative crepes and desserts
Yianni's Burlingame 6 - the best Greek food in the Bay Area
New Orleans Restaurants
Please note: these reviews are from 2002 - long before Katrina hit. I do not know when/if these restaurants will re-open. Our best thoughts are with the staff of these fine places and we look forward to dining with them again soon.
Alex Patout's French Quarter 4 - nice atmosphere, but there are better meals to be had in the Quarter
Cafe du Monde French Quarter 6 - the best hot and fresh snack available in new orleans!
Commander's Palace Garden District 7 - wonderfully romantic creole dining experience with pampering service
Gumbo Shop French Quarter 5 - decent gumbo, nice staff, many options
Petunia's French Quarter 8 - the best crawfish etouffee you'll ever enjoy in a charming 1830's townhouse

coming soon - Bay Area: Hobee's, Heidi's Pies, Brother's Deli, California Roll, Hawthorne Lane, Taqueria La Cumbre, Armadillo Willy's, Mimi's Cafe, MiMe's, CreoLa, Buca di Beppo, Van's, Clarke's, Jersey Joe's, Windy City Pizza, Taxi's, Sundance, Black Angus, Todai, Thai Satay

coming soon - New Orleans: NOLA, Emeril's


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