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Mark Davis

Mark Davis
So...I'll be there w/a fellow wino from PDX. Anyone else going?

Thinking about making plans for dinner Friday and Saturday nights (didn't sign up for the Gala dinner).

We have a part of 4. Where to go? Slanted Door? Chez Panisse?

I'm going to be at Terroir as well at least one of the nights...

-mark
 
originally posted by Mark Davis:
SF for La PauleeSo...I'll be there w/a fellow wino from PDX. Anyone else going?

Thinking about making plans for dinner Friday and Saturday nights (didn't sign up for the Gala dinner).

We have a part of 4. Where to go? Slanted Door? Chez Panisse?

I'm going to be at Terroir as well at least one of the nights...

-mark
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Mark,
Have you seen this thread?

Mark Lipton
 
I'm amused by your belief you can still get reservations at those restaurants at this late date - but, hey - maybe you can!
 
i feel the Slanted Door has a great wine list but only so-so food.
may i suggest La Ciccia, with good food and good wine list. Sardinian cuisine. hard not to have a wonderful time.
 
originally posted by Mark Anisman:
i feel the Slanted Door has a great wine list but only so-so food.
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The better food is at OTD, which is a SD spinoff far enough away that the tourists don't go.
 
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
I'll throw my hat in for La Ciccia as well. Great food, wine list, owners, and service.
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If you're not bargain hunting, the new Quince is indeed very fine; service is still very good (maybe a touch more corporate, but still warm and smart); the food is terrific; better i think than before; and the wine list is very good. The whole package is expensive, but not unreasonably so, IMO.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
I'll throw my hat in for La Ciccia as well. Great food, wine list, owners, and service.
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If you're not bargain hunting, the new Quince is indeed very fine; service is still very good (maybe a touch more corporate, but still warm and smart); the food is terrific; better i think than before; and the wine list is very good. The whole package is expensive, but not unreasonably so, IMO.
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The wine list is good? I have not been recently, but last time I checked it was basically all bottles younger than about 2004, and many at quite high prices.
 
originally posted by Carl Steefel:
originally posted by kirk wallace:
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
I'll throw my hat in for La Ciccia as well. Great food, wine list, owners, and service.
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If you're not bargain hunting, the new Quince is indeed very fine; service is still very good (maybe a touch more corporate, but still warm and smart); the food is terrific; better i think than before; and the wine list is very good. The whole package is expensive, but not unreasonably so, IMO.
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The wine list is good? I have not been recently, but last time I checked it was basically all bottles younger than about 2004, and many at quite high prices.
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David Lynch is doing an amazing job with the wine program at Quince, and I would happily pass another evening speaking with him about their selections and pairings. Lots of stuff older than '04 showed up at our table when we dined there recently, including an Ar. Pe. Pe. Valtellina '98, which is next to impossible to find in a Manhattan restaurant. And it was delicious.

The man is ridiculously knowledgeable about Italian wine.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
originally posted by SFJoe:
La Ciccia and Quince are both great in their way, but they are in no sense competitors.
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Didn't suggest that they were.
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No, no, wasn't contradicting, just clarifying for the uninitiated.
 
Wowza. The volume of posts of this forum is really taking off.

Booked Slanted Door (gotta try it once) and RN74 (what a list!).

Thanks to all of you for your responses! Next trip, we'll visit the other recs...

Will go to terroir as well - hear that Cory - we're going to drink all your Houillon! :) Better hide it. :)

Any other wine bars or stores worth going to, or should I just camp out at Terroir?

Thanks again!,
-mark
 
Getting past luc to the Overnoy will prove challenging, and more than likely you will be ejected from the bridge long before you have a chance to answer his questions.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Carl Steefel:
originally posted by kirk wallace:
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
I'll throw my hat in for La Ciccia as well. Great food, wine list, owners, and service.
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If you're not bargain hunting, the new Quince is indeed very fine; service is still very good (maybe a touch more corporate, but still warm and smart); the food is terrific; better i think than before; and the wine list is very good. The whole package is expensive, but not unreasonably so, IMO.
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The wine list is good? I have not been recently, but last time I checked it was basically all bottles younger than about 2004, and many at quite high prices.
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David Lynch is doing an amazing job with the wine program at Quince, and I would happily pass another evening speaking with him about their selections and pairings. Lots of stuff older than '04 showed up at our table when we dined there recently, including an Ar. Pe. Pe. Valtellina '98, which is next to impossible to find in a Manhattan restaurant. And it was delicious.

The man is ridiculously knowledgeable about Italian wine.
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Sounds like a new sommelier from who we dealt with there. Maybe it is time to give them another chance...
 
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