Favorite cities to dine

[KyleW]

I gotta go with Gotham City With N.O.La running second.

[cmj]

london all the way.

from marco pierre white to furgus henderson

classic hotels to sir terence conran

jellied eels to caviar

3 star chef`s to gastro pub`s

all you need to enjoy it is an appitite , some cash and a free lunch break

[Shimmer]

I haven't eaten in NYC or Chicago.

In Astoria, Oregon, we found some great treasures. In a little fish shop right on the bay, they bring the fish in and sell it right out of the ocean. The smoked fish and fresh crab is to die for.

There is also a Danish bakery there.

Maybe everything tastes better with salt in the air?

The most difficult place to dine was in England for me. Not that there is not good food there, the restaurants were just always closed when I wanted to eat! I never did figure that out.

~~Shimmer~~

[Spoons]

The Bay Area

[Rachel]

The best place I have ever been to to eat is San Sebastian on the north coast of Spain. Arzak's restaurant is just up the road from San Sebastian. You go round the old quarter and just pick at all the food laid out on plates in the bars, tell the barman how many you've had when you are finished and them move on somewhere else. After four or five such bars you and your party them decide that it's time to eat properly and go off and search for a restuarant for a meal. The other thing about these bars as such times as the Basque separists have protests in the old quarter(which they have with almost boring regularity) the bar just closes the shutters down most of the way while everyone continues eating and drinking waiting for it all to finish. Once the protest is over you move on to the next bar and start the whole process again, all without turning a hair.
It's not cosmopolitan, eclectic food by any manner of means, but is a real pleasure to experience.

[ChefClayCollins]

I personally have eaten some of my best meals in some of the smallest towns and am proud to admit it! The best food I have ever eaten was at the Horseshoe Bar Grille in Rocklin, CA and the second best was The Grizzly Grille in Grae Eagle, CA (population 1,000!). I think that there are so many unamed people in this world that do amazing things with food and service every day, that if you live life long enough you will find them no matter where you are. Every town is going to have good places to eat and bad places too.
I firmly believe that a lot of a persons dining experience has to do with their mood that day. I've had days that I was so happy, any food would have been good and other days that even the best restaurant couldn't do a thing right. So go to places that you like, with people that you like and have fun, then you will most likely have good food!