Linnea B.'s Profile

One of our new favorite hangouts! Great wine selection - We enjoy wandering the wine racks and making new discoveries.  

I've tried - and love - most of the appetizers and small plates.  The salmon plate is awesome, really delicious with crunchy little cornichons and capers to complement the salmon. The olive appetizer is really amazing - a wonderful selection of interesting olives.

One of my favorite entrees is the scallops...so delicious...and when they have it the ahi wrapped in pastry.  Really good!

The food is delicious, the atmosphere warm and friendly...overall a great experience that we will continue to repeat.

A hidden jewel I just discovered when we rented a sailboat at Paradise Point.  I'm a local, but I had no clue that this wonderful restaurant existed until a month ago.  The patio is a great place to enjoy the sunset...and they have a nice glass partition and plenty of outdoor heaters for those cool San Diego spring evenings.  

More to the point, the food is delicious and creatively prepared.  We've tried the Wood Roasted Shrimp and the Seared Diver Scallops appetizers, both of which are good choice, but the Scallops are especially delicious with the kumquat-chardonnay glaze preparation.

We've also tried the Roasted Pacific Grouper and the Grilled Long Line Swordfish - both are excellent.  

We always split an entree, and would have appreciated it in a place like this if they would plate the split dish for us.  Service is a little uneven.  Mostly good, but the second time we came here, I think we had a new waiter who wasn't as tuned in as he could have been.  

Overall, its a great place, and I recommend it.  Good wine selections and a seat by the fire (inside or out) after dinner also make Baleen an especially enjoyable dinner date.

Service and Style!  I can highly recommend J Stila Salon. Great atmosphere and great service in a small and friendly neighborhood salon.  Coralie does a great job of cutting and styling my hair.  She takes the time to understand my hair challenges and give advice on how to work with it, which really helps!

Seriously - Best Eggs Benedict ever!  I had the California Benedict with smoked turkey and avocado - super yum!  They have Ten - 10! varieties of Eggs Benedict which shows you they love to make this dish.  I am very picky about how my poached eggs are cooked, and they did them perfectly.  

For you foodies out there "Triple D" did an episode on this place which aired in February 2009, I believe.  

I have eaten here several times since I come to Flagstaff frequently to visit family.  Lunches are great too - I've tried the French Dip, the Quiche and the Tuna Melt on previous occasions...and sampled the sweet potato fries as well.  All good!  

Plus if Guy Fieri visits, it's gotta be good, right?

A little gem hidden away in Winslow, Arizona.   I didn't think Winslow had much to offer until I found out about La Posada and the Turquoise Room.  It's just a pleasant drive from Flagstaff, AZ and well worth it for both the food and the experience.  

We took my parents here for lunch to celebrate their anniversary and they loved it.  We tried out the deep fried squash blossom tamale appetizer which was awesome - probably the best thing we had, and it was all delicious!  Their signature mesquite syrup and butter glazed corn bread which they bring at the beginning of the meal is rich and wonderful.  I tried the Birria Tacos (goat meat) and they were very good and were served with a fabulous little sweet corn cake.  My boyfriend had the lamb posole which was also very good, and my parents had the crispy carnitas with black beans.  I tasted just a bite of the pork and it was seasoned beautifully and very tender.  

They serve some good regional brews and have a nice drink list as well.  There is a Martini bar attached to the restaurant too.  

Service was very friendly and the atmosphere is nice old southwest comfort.  

Built in the 1920s by Fred Harvey who operated all the hotels and restaurants of the Santa Fe railway and designed by renowned architect Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, La Posada has visited by many famous movie stars of the 30s and 40s.  In recent years, it has been restored by its current owner Allan Affledt and both the La Posada Hotel and the Turquoise Room Restaurant have been open since 2000.  The waitresses dress like the old "Harvey Girls" that served in the Harvey restaurants in the past which is cool.  

Spend some time wandering around the grounds and gardens.  I definitely plan to come back and next time would love to stay at the hotel too.

Maybe the best meal I had in Charleston, though it's really hard to decide, the food was so good here!  I took my boyfriend here to celebrate his (we won't discuss which) birthday, and we absolutely loved our whole experience!  

We started off with a cocktail, I had my favorite Grey Goose Martini, which was excellent here, and he had one of SNOB's specials, the Holy City Martini - completely awesome Hendrick's Gin on the rocks with a sprig of fresh rosemary.  

We started dinner off with a Crab Cocktail which was totally delicious and shared and entrée of Grilled BBQ Tuna - What?  Yes, I said Grilled BBQ Tuna!  We had to try it, being big fans of Ahi in whatever form....and it was awesome!  The barbeque was a light touch and went perfectly with the tuna, who would have guessed?  The entrée was also topped with the most beautifully succulent fried oysters I have ever tasted!  

Needless to say, my guy loved his birthday dinner, and so did I.  Oh, by the way, next door to SNOB is the Cooks! Charleston Store.  Since we are foodies and love to cook, we had to browse and found some great Southern Cookbooks, one of which we purchased, along with some cool cooking gadgets.

Compliments to the Chef - The food is fabulous and I would have given this a solid 5 had not our waiter turned churlish towards the end of a wonderful meal!  

We had the Black Bass Entree, which was their market special and unusual for us West Coasters - and delicious!  We also had the Fried Green Tomatoes appetizer and the Shrimp & Grits appetizer, which comes with bacon and tomatoes and was probably the best Shrimp and Grits we had in Charleston and that is saying something, since we had that dish numerous times and it was always good!    

I came here with a group of clients and we had a reservation for 15 and asked for multiple checks up front, but for whatever reason, our waiter held us up for nearly an hour after we finished eating to receive our checks and then tacked an mandatory 20% on to each.  I had expected a mandatory 18% and would have tipped over 20 with such a wonderful meal.  Too bad our waiter got a case of the grumps - it took the edge of delight off the experience.  

Don't miss this place for the food if you are a small party, but if you have a group - think again.

A great place to try Shrimp and Grits for the first time! Our first night in Charleston and we dove right in and had Shrimp & Grits...they make it wonderfully here, with Andouille sausage,  brown gravy and mushrooms, and of course shrimp and grits too...sounds a little odd but it's fabulous, the grits are super creamy and delicious.   We also had crab claws and the peel and eat shrimp appetizers too - and this was just the kick-off to a week of truly decadent eating in one of the best cities for dining.  I've been to some great cities for eating, and Charleston ranks right up there!

So many levels of awesomeness, starting with the 400 Ton Margarita!  I think I'm addicted to the Peri-Peri Shrimp as well - So succulent and tasty.

Fish & Chips are good, Fish Tacos are good, the coleslaw is refreshing and vinegar-y, waffle fries are crisp and tasty. Swordfish is great too.  Crab stuffed, bacon wrapped shrimp are completely decadent.

We eat here a few times a year and love it.  We've eaten in the bar (noisy but fine if you're in a casual mood (which I often am), or in the dining room (somewhat quieter and I usually eat more on this side - who knows why, perhaps one feels a bit more leisurely and orders more?)  

Anyway, Love it!

Bali Hai is all new!!!  I've been monitoring the remodel and they just re-opened on April 22.  Yay! I'm still a fan of the NEW Bali Hai.

All new menu!  But don't worry, the Original Mai Tai is still on the menu and good as ever! Here's the scoop:

We came on Friday, the day after they re-opened, and it was a bit of a mad house.  Lots of people had the same idea, so it was packed, and therefore the service was a bit slow...they are just getting into form again, so that's OK.  

The new decor is beautiful - love the new outdoor patio seating on the second level and extended bar area seating.  Very cool.  It seemed a bit noisier, but maybe that was the buzz and excitement of the new opening.

New Menu!  The new menu has only a fraction of the dishes offered before, but it is a better menu from the culinary standpoint, I think -though I may miss a few old favorites.  

We had the ali'i tasting for two appetizer, so we could sample several items from the new menu.  The edamame was great, with a nice spicy coating, the coconut shrimp and spring rolls were both tasty, but could have benefited from a bit of dipping or drizzled sauce, I thought.  The ahi tartare was interesting (and good!) -the pine-nuts gave it a surprisingly flavor, which we enjoyed.  

For the entree, we chose the 12 oz. New York Steak...cooked just perfectly.  We chose to split the entree, which we often do - would have totally loved it, if they had split it for us - which many great restaurants do.  

The sides and salads are ordered separately with the new menu.  We had the long beans and bacon - super good!  

Look forward to our next visit to sample more!