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La Placita
Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque
/?? /Superb New Mexico style cooking.  Try
the Sopaipillas [LES-60:65].

Durgin Park
N. Market St., Boston
/?? /Used to be good.  Now sort of a tourist
rip-off.  Ridiculously long lines [AK-76].
Waited for an hour and a half, then left
[WLS-75]. I liked it [DEA-76]. Overrated
[RAK-76]. Best American restaurant in Boston
[RWG-76].

Hilltop Steak House
Route 1, Saugus
/?? /Top quality and quantity steaks;
excessively long line; moderate prices
[AK-76].

Hunan
Mass. Ave., Cambridge
/?? /Considered good, but not quite in same
league as best West Coast [AK-76].

Moon Villa
Edinburg St., Boston
/9am-3am. /Authentic Hong Kong Cantonese
[RWG-75].

Royal Mandarin
Mass. Ave. (Central Square), Cambridge
/?? /MIT hackers agree this is the best
Chinese in Boston area.  Peking Duck ($14) is
superb and does not have to be ordered in
advance.  Half Duck available ($7.50).
Banquets are incredible [RCM-76]. Former MIT
hacker agrees, fine all around.  Ask for hot
[RPG-76].

Yee Hong Guey
Oxford Street, Boston
/?? /Old standby Cantonese for MIT crowd.
Generally competent; low prices [AK-76]. Very
americanized, but lo mein etc. very good
[RWG-76].

Ferdinands
176 Auburn, Cambridge



/?? /Reasonably priced expensive food.
Excellent appetizers.  Veal Oscar
recommended.  The most pleasant and efficient
service of any restaurant in Cambridge.  Be
sure to visit Ha'penny Pub downstairs
[WLS-75].

Jacob Wirth Co.
Kneeland Street, Boston
/?? /Good German in beer hall atmosphere
[AK-76]. Saurbraten loses--the meat is not
marinated; just pot roast in sour gravey
[RCM-75].

Athenian Taverna
Mass. Ave., Cambridge
/?? /Best Greek in town.  Egg Lemon Soup a
specialty.  Excellent service, comfortable
atmosphere, moderate prices [AK-76].

Ida's
Mechanic St., Boston
/?? /Excellent.  Try Brasciolettini.  Tell
them you are a friend of Kotok to get a seat.
Alas only 6 tables [AK-76].

Villa Capri
Inman Square, Cambridge
/?? /Pretty good [DDG-71]. Bleah [RWG-73].

Legal Seafood
Inman Square, Cambridge
/?? /Great food.  Eat at non-peak hours if
you don't want a long wait [MJC-74, DON-76].
Low priced, but extremely good seafood in a
completely nondescript setting [WLS-75].
<All> the fish is fresh [RCM-76].

Papa Del's
401 Wright Street, Champaign
/11am-11pm daily.  No credit. /Best Pizza
(Chicago style) in U.S.  Ask for Sicilian.
Other dishes available, but not worth it.
Relatively expensive [RPG-76].

Manna Restaurant
315 N. Fremont Street, Champaign
217 352-2110 /Mon.-Fri. 11am-8pm except Tues.



11am-2:30pm, Sun. 4pm-8pm. /Good and
astoundingly cheap! [JAM-11/75]. Banquet mode
a must [RPG-76].

The Parthenon
Chicago
/?? /Best Greek food in country.  Free Ouzo
while waiting for a table. Live Greek music.
(Place next door is great too.) [SM-75].

La Luna
3 miles East of Lihue on <the road>, Kauaii
/open for dinner only. /Excellent, authentic
food; two people were hard pressed to finish
a single side order of Guacamole & Chips
(with a dinner).  No beer permit, but will
gladly refrigerate any that you bring.
Enchiladas and burritos both delightful.  $4
pp.!! [PAM-3/76]. Seems like it is always
closed [DBH-76].

Bianca & Franco Restaurant
7143 St. Dominique, Montreal
274-1122 /?? /They specialize in Italian
food, and it was the best I ever had (which
doesn't say much, but it was really good).
Prices were reasonable [MJC-74].

Dunn's Famous Delicatessen Restaurant
892 Ste. Catherine, Montreal
866-4377 /open all night.  BA,MC. /A tourist
trap, but they have good strawberry
cheesecake [MJC-74]. Neither of these are
representative of Montreal at its best.  Go
to any small restaurant in Old Montreal for
the experience [DCO-76].

Z Restaurant
E. 15th Street, New York
/?? /I've eaten here 20 times over four
years.  Best Greek food I've ever had. Cheap.
All dishes superb [MLM-76].

Ivar's
Pier 56 (?), Seattle (near the ferry
terminal)
/?? /Pick a cold, windy day, step up to the
outdoor counter, buy a quart of clam chowder
and sip it sitting on the pier [BO-76].



North China
Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland
/?? /Crowded; atmosphere like Chef Chu's.
Moderately expensive Mandarin food of average
quality.  This sort of cuisine is just
starting to catch on in the DC area, so there
isn't much competition yet [RHT-76].

Jockey Club
(in hotel on embassy row), Washington, D.C.
/?? /Best French restaurant in D.C. area
[LES-70].

For serious dining in continental Europe, use
the %2Michelin Guides%*, available
at Keplers and other book stores.  Here are a
few
good restaurants for use on "quickie" trips.
Get  the  %2Good Food  Guide,%1  available at
newsstands in London, for
up-to-date information on local restaurants.
Soho Rendezvous
21 Romilly St., London W1
437 1486 /noon-midnight. /Good Chinese with
Pekinese and Northern cuisine [KNM-76].

Carrier's
2 Camden Passage, London N1
226 5353 /12:30pm-2:30pm 7:30pm-11:30pm,
closed Sun. /Out of the center of town.  Set
menu with many unusual dishes.  Very good,
but expensive [KNM-76].

Carvery
Cumberland Hotel; Marble Arch, London W1
262 1234 /6:30- /Buffet all you can eat for a
fixed price.  You carve your own meat from
joints of different types [KNM-76].

Claridge's
Brook Street, London W1
629 8860 /12:30pm-2:45pm 7pm-11pm. /An
experience of old English elegance.  Cooking
quite variable, service superb [KNM-76].

Connaught Hotel
Carlos Place, London W1
/?? /Just across Grosvenor Square from the



Baroque air-conditioner which is the US
Embassy.  Not only the best Hotel in London,
but also the finest "English" restaurant in
Britain.  A classic, at very up-to-date
prices ($20 apiece, min.) [AJT-75].

Cranks
8 Marshall St., London W1
/10am-8:30pm. /Excellent health food
restaurant.  Also in Neal's Dept. Store
[KNM-76].

Dorchester Grill
Park Lane, London W1
629 8888 /12:30pm-2:30pm 7pm-11pm. /Excellent
cuisine and wine list [KNM-76].

Justin De Blank
54 Duke St., London W1
629 3174 /noon-3pm 5:30pm-9:30pm. /Excellent.
Also take away delicacies [KNM-76].

Lacy's
London
/?? /This restaurant, though never in the
Good Food Guide's top ten has been packed
with eaters and winning prizes since the day
it opened.  Nice cool cellar decor, first
class Spanish waiters. Eat their fish pat`e
(looks impressive too), and the dishes with
their special fennnel sauce are all to be
recommended. Excellent and unusual soups.
Not cheap: about $25 a head without wine
[YAW-75].

Paupers
85 Kings Rd., London SW3
352 1525 /7:15pm-12:15am. /Good and
reasonable prices [KNM-76].

Rotisserie Normande
Portman Hotel; Portman Sq., London W1
/12:30pm-3pm, 6:30pm-midnight. /Generally
good.  Sunday brunch superb-- boggles the
eyes and delights the tum [KNM-76].

The Causerie
Claridges Hotel; Davis Street(?), London



/?? /THE place to be seen at lunch.
Expensive, crowded, but the food is decent
and the droves of sheiks make entertaining
watching! [AJT-75].

The Ritz Hotel
Piccadilly, London
/?? /If you want your cucumber sandwiches and
tea surrounded by real fin-de-siecle gilt
(guilt?), this is the place to go [AJT-75].

Creperie
56a S. Molton st., London W1
499 0042 /9am-midnight. /Simple but good
[KNM-76].

Le Coq d'Or
Stratton Street, London W1
629 7807 /12:30pm-2:30pm 7pm-11pm, closed
Sun. /Very elegant and expensive.  Can be
excellent [KNM-76].

Leiths
42 Kensington Park Rd., London W11
229 4481 /7:30pm-midnight. /Excellent and
expensive [LES-71]. Set menu, very
interesting dishes and charming atmosphere
[KNM-76].

Mirabelle
56 Curzon Street, London W1
499 4636 /1pm-2:30pm 7pm-11pm, closed Sun.
/Very dicky and expensive.  Fine French
cuisine, but no better than others [KNM-76].

Gay Hussar
2 Greek Street, London W1
437 0973 /12:30pm-2:30pm 7pm-11pm, closed
Sun. /Reputed hangout of spies.  Hungarian
dishes best.  Good for before theatre
[KNM-76].

The Shah
London
/?? /Best Indian I found [TOB-73].

La Terraza
19 Romilly St., London W1



734 2504 /noon-3pm 6pm-11:35pm. /Very good
Italian.  Varied menu.  Good for theatre
[KNM-76].

Trattoria Verde
Southampton Row, London
/?? /Very convenient for British Museum and
Bloomsbury generally. Reasonable prices and
reliable quality [AJT-75].

Akiko
5 Cathedral Place, London EC4
236 4120 /noon-2:30pm 6pm-10pm, closed
Sat.-Sun. /Tatami rooms.  Good Japanese food.
English understanding ? [KNM-76].

Hiroko
6 St. Christopher's Place, London W1
935 1579 /noon-2:30pm 6pm-10:30pm, closed
Sun. /Very good (except Tempura) with
charming atmosphere and service [KNM-76].

Hokkai
Brewer St., London W1
/noon-2:30pm, 6pm-11:15pm, closed Sun. /Very
good Japanese and convenient for theatre
[KMN-76].

Wheeler's Fish Restaurants
6 locations, London (also in Brighton)
/?? /Excellent food at reasonable prices ($12
each with wine), and old-fashioned in that
delightful English way --pictures of huntin'
and fishin' all over the walls [AJT-75].

Arturo's
Louvain, Belgium
/?? /One of the best in Belgium, which is the
only country that rates with the best in
France.  Arturo is Italian but was trained
and worked  in France.  He specialises in
Lobster and seafood dishes: many of the fish
are picked by you alive. Extraordinary
sauces.  Fairly expensive: $30-40 before wine
[YAW-75].

Cassidy's
Little Clarendon St., Oxford



/?? /Expensive hamburgers!  All the coffee
you can drink (unusual for England) [IK-76].

The Fad
Ture St., Oxford
/?? /Hamburger style meals.  American style.
A bit plastic, but OK [IK-76].

Bell
Long Hanborough (8 miles out)
/?? /Expensive.  Best in a group.  Make
reservations as you arrive. Good Duck (but
strong).  Popular for dates [IK-76].

Bulldog
St. Aldates, Oxford
/?? /Cheap, fast.  Crowded for lunch [IK-76].

Chequers
High Street, Oxford
/?? /Snacks.  Popular student bar [IK-76].

Coffee Bookshop
St. Aldates, Oxford
/?? /Coffee and snacks.  Sit around and talk
and watch the street.  Good meeting place in
the morning.  Pleasant [IK-76].

Coffee Shop
High & New Collhane, Oxford
/?? /Coffee and cakes.  Good place to rest up
and watch passersby [IK-76].

Colonel Bogey's Restaurant
High Street, Oxford
/?? /Wine bar.  Denny's style food.  Old
British colonial atmosphere.  Disco. Can be
good [IK-76].

Eastgate
High Street, Oxford
/?? /Expensive but good meals.  More and more
frequented by students [IK-76].

Fish and Chips
High Street, Oxford
/?? /Take away.  Cheap, greasy but
traditional [IK-76].



Lamb & Flag
St. Giles, Oxford
/?? /Go to rear bar.  Ample food very cheap.
Nice bar maids.  St. Johns and Christ Church
athletes [IK-76].

Nags Head
Hythe Bridge St., Oxford
/?? /Best value food in Oxford.  Ample
portions well cooked.  Crowded and long wait
weekends [IK-76].

Nosebag
St. Michael's St., Oxford
/?? /Good restaurant for lunch [IK-76].

Royal Oak
Banbury Road, Oxford
/?? /Cheap.  TV-style warm up food.
Frequented by scientists and nurses. Nice
women [IK-76].

The Bear
Blue Boar Street, Oxford
/?? /The oldest pub in Oxford, and a common
room for Oriel and Christ Church
undergraduates.  Excellent lunches of the
beans and chips variety. Very crowded at all
times [AJT-75]. Cheap.  Student hangout.
Very small, crowded [IK-76].

The Mitre
High Street, Oxford
/?? /Upstairs restaurant, Howard Johnson
style.  Quite reasonable. Go to cellar bar.
Folk music, crowded, great atmosphere
[IK-76].

The King's Arms
Parks Road, Oxford
/?? /Another of Oxford's classic pubs
(although it's been redecorated recently in
the usual plastic manner of the big brewery
combines).  Good buffet [AJT-75]. Mainly cold
food.  Poor decor.  Not good value.  OK for
lunch [IK-76].

Trout
Wolvercote, Oxford



/?? /Expensive but good meals (duck and fish
dishes best).  Peacocks in garden.  Crowded
tourist pub on hot day.  Worth a visit
[IK-76].

Welsh Pony
George St., Oxford
/?? /Cheap.  Ranks with Nags Head for student
patronage.  Crowded. Awful decor and
atmosphere [IK-76].

Bleu, Blanc, Rouge
The High, Oxford
/?? /A very decent, inexpensive bistro
[AJT-75].

Restaurant Elizabeth
St. Aldate's, Oxford
/?? /The best (and most expensive) French
restaurant in the city.  It's good, but
probably not as good as its prices might lead
one to expect [AJT-75]. Super expensive.
Need reservations.  Always good food and
wine. Worth one try [IK-76].

Deux Magots de Chine
13 rue Lagrange, Paris 5e
033.48.75 /closed Tue. /This is Chinese
restaurant I've been training.  Their
potstickers aren't quite up to Louis's
standards, but they're not bad.  If you ask
for "les fourmis qui montent l'arbre"  they
will probably figure out you're a friend of
mine.  30-40 francs [BH-76].

Au Roy Gourmet
4 pl. des Victoires, Paris 1er
508.10.16 /closed Sat. evening, Sun.,
holidays, and August. /They have 40 franc
prix fixe menu (as well as a large selection
`a la carte) which is pretty cheap for a
Michelin place.  Have the Saucerre Blanc,
which is about the only wine I really like in
France.  Also have the creme caramel [BH-76].

Chez Michel
Paris
/?? /Great [TOB-75].



Le Galant Verre
12 rue de Verneuil, Paris 7e
222.37.81 /closed Sun. & August. /Michelin
one-star.  My favorite among the haute
cuisine places I've been to. Lots of unusual
recipes, e.g. scallops with cucumber in dill
sauce. Posh, but not stuffy--the waiters are
friendly.  About 60-70 francs [BH-76].

Pommier-Laprugne
5 rue Berger, Paris 1er
236.08.39 /closed Sun. /This is the cr∧eperie
that makes hamburger cr∧epes.  Real ketchup!
Under 20 francs, including another cr∧epe for
dessert-- try the citron press`e [BH-76].

Restaurant Vagenende
Paris
/?? /A cheap but remarkable restaurant still
with its belle epoque decor intact.  Always
busy, amazing prix fixe menus still
available: three to four courses for about
$3.50.  You may have to stand and wait for a
table for 10 mins or so, but there is a
strolling Russian singer with an
extraordinary voice while you wait.  In the
Latin Quarter [YAW-75].

Rougeon
rue Montparnasse, Paris
/?? /Great mussels.  Excellent old decor --
lots of tile and mirrors [JAM-76].

La Nuova Campana
via borgo s. lorenzo 24
r. /211.326 /closed Wednesday /Excellent and
inexpensive trattoria.  Especially good for
lunch [PAT-76].

Cacciani
Frascati (about 10 miles South of Rome)
/?? /Excellent food & view, reasonable
[DDG-70].

Spuntino
Grottaferrata (about 11 miles South of Rome)
/?? /Good food, inexpensive [DDG-70].

Antico Martini



campo San Fantin,Venice
24121 /Open 6 Apr.-15 Nov., closed lunchtime
and Monday. /Best restaurant in Venice, two
Michelin stars.  You eat out of doors in a
courtyard under a pergola.  Expensive
[YAW-75]. The only two-star restaurant in
Venice and superb it is too. By far the best
place to eat in the city, and quite
reasonably priced considering what you get
[AJT-75].

Caffe Quadri
piazza San Marco 120, Venice
22105 /Open April-October, closed Mondays.
/Apart from being the place to sit and sip
one's Campari of an evening, Quadri is also
an excellent restaurant (it deserves better
than the limited praise that Guide Michelin
gives it). The decor is staggering, and the
atmosphere delightful --for some reason it is
never crowded, and one has plenty of room to
enjoy the music drifting up from outside.
Expensive ($15-20 apiece) [AJT-75].

Harry's Bar
calle Valaresso,Venice
36797 /Closed Mondays. /Ignore the name and
the international drinker's downstairs. One
Michelin star and many people eat nowhere
else.  The homemade green pasta is
exceptional [YAW-75]. No, Yorick, two stars
and three-star people! [AJT-75].

Locanda Cipriani
Torcello, Venice
730150 /16 March to 4 November /Torcello was
the earliest inhabited island of the Venetian
Republic, and has a fabulous and rather
terrifying cathedral.  The Locanda, which is
owned by the prominent Venetian hotelier,
Cipriani, is right next to the Basilica,
amidst the vineyards.  Torcello is reached by
ferry from Venice -- fondamenta Nuove. One
Michelin star, deserves two, I think. About
$10 apiece, with wine [AJT-75].

Taverna La Fenice
San Marco 1938, Venice



23856 /Closed Wed. and 28 Nov. to 20 Dec.
/Right next to the Fenice Theatre.  Good menu
and very reasonable prices (Lit.6000).
Probably the best of the second-echelon
places [AJT-75].
13   Akiko  -  London EC4  
13   Antico Martini  - Venice  
13   Arturo's  -  Belgium  
13   Athenian Taverna  -  Cambridge  
13   Au Roy Gourmet  -  Paris 1er  
13   Bell  - Long Hanborough  
13   Bianca & Franco Restaurant  -  Montreal
         
13   Bleu, Blanc, Rouge  -  Oxford  
13   Bulldog  -  Oxford  
13   Cacciani  - Frascati  
13   Caffe Quadri  -  Venice  
13   Carrier's  -  London N1  
13   Carvery  -  London W1  
13   Cassidy's  -  Oxford  
13   Chequers  -  Oxford  
13   Chez Michel  - Paris  
13   Claridge's  -  London W1  
13   Coffee Bookshop  -  Oxford  
13   Coffee Shop  -  Oxford  
13   Colonel Bogey's Restaurant  -  Oxford  
13   Connaught Hotel  -  London W1  
13   Cranks  -  London W1  
13   Creperie  -  London W1  
13   Deux Magots de Chine  -  Paris 5e  
13   Dorchester Grill  -  London W1  
13   Dunn's Famous Delicatessen Restaurant  -
        Montreal  
13   Durgin Park  -  Boston  
13   Eastgate  -  Oxford  
13   Ferdinands  -  Cambridge  
13   Fish and Chips  -  Oxford  
13   Gay Hussar  -  London W1  
13   Harry's Bar  - Venice  
13   Hilltop Steak House  -  Saugus  
13   Hiroko  -  London W1  
13   Hokkai  -  London W1  
13   Hunan  -  Cambridge  
13   Ida's  -  Boston  
13   Ivar's  -  Seattle  
13   Jacob Wirth Co.  -  Boston  
13   Jockey Club  -  Washington 
13   Justin De Blank  -  London W1  
13   La Luna  -  Kauaii  
13   La Nuova Campana  - via borgo s. lorenzo
        24 
13   La Placita  -  Albuquerque  
13   La Terraza  -  London W1  
13   Lacy's  - London  



14   Lamb & Flag  -  Oxford  
14   Le Coq d'Or  -  London W1  
14   Le Galant Verre  -  Paris 7e  
14   Legal Seafood  -  Cambridge  
14   Leiths  -  London W11  
14   Locanda Cipriani  -  Venice  
14   Manna Restaurant  -  Champaign  
14   Mirabelle  -  London W1  
14   Moon Villa  -  Boston  
14   Nags Head  -  Oxford  
14   North China  -  Bethesda 
14   Nosebag  -  Oxford  
14   Papa Del's  -  Champaign  
14   Paupers  -  London SW3  
14   Pommier-Laprugne  -  Paris 1er  
14   Restaurant Elizabeth  -  Oxford  
14   Restaurant Vagenende  - Paris  
14   Rotisserie Normande  -  London W1  
14   Rougeon  -  Paris  
14   Royal Mandarin  -  Cambridge  
14   Royal Oak  -  Oxford  
14   Soho Rendezvous  -  London W1  
14   Spuntino  - Grottaferrata  
14   Taverna La Fenice  -  Venice  
14   The Bear  -  Oxford  
14   The Causerie  -  London  
14   The Fad  -  Oxford  
14   The King's Arms  -  Oxford  
14   The Mitre  -  Oxford  
14   The Parthenon  - Chicago  
14   The Ritz Hotel  -  London  
14   The Shah  - London  
14   Trattoria Verde  -  London  
14   Trout  -  Oxford  
14   Villa Capri  -  Cambridge  
14   Welsh Pony  -  Oxford  
14   Wheeler's Fish Restaurants  -  London  
14   Yee Hong Guey  -  Boston  
14   Z Restaurant  -  New York