It says a lot, I believe, when you can return to a favorite place more than a decade later and find a place you liked still in business and still dishing up the cuisine that so firmly implanted the establishment in your grey matter. For my pal Mr. Portland Deal Maker Attorney Extraordinare, Three Cooks… Continue reading Petaluma, CA – Three Cooks
Category: Breakfast
Portland, OR – The Country Cat (reprise)
Mrs. BDB and I were meeting Mr. and Mrs. PDMAE (Portland Dealmaker Attorney Extraordinare), and we opted to hit Country Cat for Saturday brunch. Arriving at 1230, there was no wait (always good for me, I’m the guy so easily distracted – oh, look, a chicken!), we were seated in a comfortable booth by the… Continue reading Portland, OR – The Country Cat (reprise)
Black Bear Diner Review
I have written about this chain once before, started in the 90s near Mt. Shasta, California, and now having spread its wings across six western states. The occasion of me noting it once in the past, was stopping at a location in Madras,Oregon, and getting a very tasty club sandwich to go. The memory still… Continue reading Black Bear Diner Review
Dallas, TX – Central 214
Maybe you caught a few episodes of The Naughty Kitchen, with @ChefBlytheBeck on Oxygen last year? The show revolves around Beck, a hot Dallas chef, who is running the back of the house at Central 214, the restaurant inside Kimpton’s Palomar Hotel on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. If you haven’t stayed at a Kimpton, first… Continue reading Dallas, TX – Central 214
Amsterdam, NL – Cafe Wildschut
Stumbled into this place on one of our walks to nowhere, it’s in the Southern part of the city, outside of central, and relatively close to the Van Gogh museum. Found out later, it is supposedly one of the city’s “hot spots”, not sure why, tho it was crowded early on a Sunday morning (what… Continue reading Amsterdam, NL – Cafe Wildschut
Amsterdam, NL – Le Grotto Coffeeshop
One thing I have always been told, in my decades of globe-trotting, in order to lessen the impact of jet lag, get on the schedule of where you are, as soon as you can, including having that time of day meal. Landing in Amsterdam at 630A, that meant breakfast as soon as we checked in… Continue reading Amsterdam, NL – Le Grotto Coffeeshop