MARY & TITO’S CAFE – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Old-timers whose opinions I respect consistently rate Mary & Tito’s as Albuquerque’s best restaurant for New Mexican food, a restaurant…
EPAZOTE ON THE HILLSIDE – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Epazote. That’s a word that can make an intrepid chef’s toque blanche resemble the white flag of surrender. If you’re…
David Burke’s Primehouse – Chicago, Illinois
By day, my friend James Sorenham was an architect of his business group’s data warehouse and business intelligence strategies. By…
The Purple Pig – Chicago, Illinois
Poet Carl Sandburg bestowed the nickname “hog butcher for the world” upon the great city of Chicago at a time…
Lotus of Siam – Las Vegas, Nevada
In the August, 2000 issue of Gourmet Magazine, multiple-time Pulitzer Prize award-winning writer Jonathan Gold called the Lotus of Siam…
Il Mulino of New York – Las Vegas, Nevada
While it may seem that Las Vegas is one perpetual bachelor party with hundreds of drunken frat boys expressing themselves…
The Hamilton Chop House – Durango, Colorado (CLOSED)
The Land of Enchantment with its 121,356 square miles of deserts, mesas, rivers, mountains, forests, cities and villages is the…
Rosemary’s Restaurant – Las Vegas, Nevada (CLOSED)
You might think that a chef and proprietor whose restaurant has garnered almost every conceivable accolade might be almost unapproachable,…
Ristorante B&B – Las Vegas, Nevada (CLOSED)
A pair of trademarked orange Crocs on the reception kiosk was as close to Mario Batali as we got. It’s…