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"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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>> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
>> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
>> worse.
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>> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.
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>> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
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>> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
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>> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
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>> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
>> anybody add to the list?
>>
>> Bob

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> San Francisco - Scoma's
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> Bentonville Arkansas - Fred's hickory Inn
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> Greek town Chicago - Roditis
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> Cayucos Ca - Sea Shanty
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> Dimitri
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> Searing
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Most people living in the SF Bay Area don't go to Fisherman's Wharf. It's
overpriced; parking is impossible; the food is so-so. Scomas is OK, but
overpriced, and basically falls into that category. You won't find the
localss there.

Kent