Kent wrote on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:43:46 -0800:


> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in
>> message ...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West
>>> Virginia.
>>>
>>> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>>>
>>> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>>>
>>> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>>>
>>> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them.
>>> Can anybody add to the list?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> San Francisco - Scoma's
>>
>> Bentonville Arkansas - Fred's hickory Inn
>>
>> Greek town Chicago - Roditis
>>
>> Cayucos Ca - Sea Shanty
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri
>>
>> Searing
>>
> 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.

It's not Fisherman's Wharf but there are some good restaurants close by
in the Ferry Building. I'll just mention "The Slanted Door".

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not