David "David" G.'s Profile

Lifesaver! Twisted my back and got in to see Dr. Lay right away. Amazing massage therapy and then a perfect adjustment. They took my insurance and I was all set in under an hour. Great, great, great!

Blood orange was divine. Why 3 stars? The line and atmosphere were closer to Disneyland waiting for a ride than Paris. An investment in improving service would vastly improve the experience.

3 stars because it was closed for renovations! Caution: check if it's open  before trekking to Madeleine to visit.

CLOSED. Second time here in 3 months

This place is authentic Italian. That's the one liner for people like me who only read the first line.

The restaurant is killer. Great energy and great food. I called ahead and reserved a seat at the bar .. a must because the place was mobbed at 6PM on a Sunday. Destiny, your bartender, is a blur of efficiency, warmth and competence. The diner next to me wondered aloud if she should be made a time-study for multitasking. Caution to owner: she is a literally the beating heart of the place.

The food was excellent .. meaning that I literally never touched salt, pepper or cheese although they were literally at my fingertips. I had an unorthodox meal that suited me perfectly .. escarole & sausage (contorni but I had for appetizer), ricotta ravioli and arrabiatta, and carpacciio. Some may say that the food is a bit salty .. again note to owner that the food is FULLY seasoned. I like salt and found that I didn't add one pinch.

Add to this wonderful experience 4 generous scotch and sodas (just a splash) and you get the idea that the place grew on me.

Highly recommended. Volare is going to be a go-to spot in my list of got-to spots in the USA.

The only things keeping Tucci from 5 stars is location .. this thing belongs in a food truck for sure.

The rolls is just short of perfect, a tab more crunch and it is THERE .. in South Philly that is.

The meats are solid. I am judging based on the Authentic Italian .. the flagship. Pickles, hot peppers, oil, red wine vinegar and spices. Bring me a large!

This place is a hoot. Tiny and local as it gets. Add perfectly cooked eggs and terrific sides and you have a breakfast Shangri-la.

The food here is really good. A bit stingy with the tabouleh .. I think I need a T-shirt .. "I just came for the Tablouleh". It is $1 extra to substitute for a salad .. worth it. And their 1/2 chicken is $7 and huge. Hummus is good. Pita is fair. So pretty close on this one. Plus the store is great for olive oil, tahini, zatar, etc. I actually prefer eating in the store to the DiMassi's ONLY because I have control issues over their all-you-can-eat mounds of Tablouleh and fresh pita. At Sarah's the meat and pies are the stars. Nice to have 2 local mediterranean options .. especially after moving away from the best local lebanese one I have ever been to http://www.yelp.com/bi... .. yep in Raleigh, NC .. believe it or not ..

This place is weird. A cross between The Shining and Sizzler. Are we talking about the same Jax?

First of all it is difficult to find. Google mapped it incorrectly on my iPhone and online. People on the phone weren't really sure where it was. If it wasn't a dinner I had to do for a client, I would have bagged it.

We arrived, finally, and had some drinks to soften the blow. Then we opened the menu. $37 for a fillet, no weight listed. Crazy. No spinach, no vegetables of any kind for sides. Except for mushrooms swimming in water .. saw that at our neighbors table. We shared a WTF look.

Salads were right out of a bag. Service pathetic. Two older ladies couldn't figure out which was our server. Then they never ordered our steaks .. so after 40 minutes they let us know that the steaks were prepared "incorrectly". Free drinks and then the puny, insipid steaks arrived. Even the baked potato was rotten .. I'm not kidding. Ever saved a potato too long and you smell that weird watery dirty smell? My potato reeked of it .. like old feet .. diners at the next table even smelled it.

I've been striking out for the last few posts I've made .. but I have HIGH hopes for breakfast tomorrow. Minneapolis let's start over!

This restaurant capped our enchanted visit to Fredericksburg. See my review of The Nest to set the scene. Altdorf is a bar .. er biergarten .. with a kitchen. They have some german food, some tex-mex food, and lots in between. The menu actually open the possibility of an entirely new dish: a nacho-schnitzel! No, not a not-your-schnitzel .. literally nacho fixings .. liquid cheese and all .. piled high on catcher's mitt of fried pork.

The food was atrocious. Served straight from steam table, microwave or fryer. The best thing we had was a beer .. that salvaged the second star for me. The service in this establishment is conducted by a team or sweaty, high strung frat boys .. literally chucking food and beer around like crazy people .. in an empty restaurant.

Avoid? Oh, yes.

Kicked out of the Nest!

I barely feel qualified to write a review here, but I have literally never walked into a restaurant and gotten a colder reception than the one my wife and I received at The Nest. The tiny parking lot next to this rather ordinary house is shared by two donkeys .. a site that my good-natured wife pointed out opened to possibility of a latte made with fresh donkey milk! We had a laugh and walked in .. only to be met at the door by a rather harried hostess. She literally pushed out both of her hands in a stop-stop-STOP gesture. I was wearing a jacket and tie and my wife in a dress, so I don't think it was our appearance. But the harried hostess informed us that they were booked. Now, kind reader, we had not spoken a word up until this point. The restaurant had a big party table set and maybe 2 of 10 table occupied. Next our hostess informed us that the best bet was for us to try Hondo's on main street .. a curious choice given that it is a BBQ place with live music and my wife is a vegetarian.

Suffice it to say that we are not fans of Fredericksburg in general and not fans of the rather prickly Nest in particular.