Sheldon Martin wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 07:09:09 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 9:41:42 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> >> On 8/14/2020 10:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 9:31:44 AM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> >> >> On 2020-08-14 6:54 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> >> >>> On 2020-08-14 12:02 a.m., graham wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>> I do not diss Denny's BTW.* If you just wanted a simple fast
> fix, they >> >>>>> worked. Don likes their cheeseburger plate.* I
> like the simple >> >>>>> breaskfast plates.* Not Haute cuisine, but
> then you do not go to >> >>>>> Denny's for that.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> You won't find S&P on the table at a high-end restaurant!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They seem to prefer to have a server come around with a huge
> spectacle >> >>> of a pepper grinder.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not in a high end restaurant!!
> >> >
> >> > We're probably starting to tie our shoelaces together over what
> a high-end >> > restaurant is. Some of us are probably thinking
> "expensive" while others >> > are thinking "Classic French, four- or
> five-star". The two sets are >> > not identical. You can spend a
> stupid amount of money at one of those >> > American steakhouses
> where everything is a la carte and the food is >> > no better than
> you could have at home (if you had a source for Prime beef). >> >
> >> > Cindy Hamilton
> >> >
> >> Don't get me started on a la carte. Once upon a time I won a $100
> gift >> certificate for Ruth's Chris Steak House. (Sorry, $10 is
> waaaay too much >> for a baked potato, I don't care what you "load
> it" with. Ditto $11 for >> shoestring fries to go with the
> ridiculously priced petite filet.) As >> to Sheldon's ill-informed
> notion of "packets" of salad dressing, of >> course not.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > What's their other famous side dish? Creamed spinach? Anybody
> > can make that.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> My favorite creamed spinach was from Horn And Hardart... now I make my
> own from home grown Swiss chard or from frozen spinach. Actually I
> considered Horn And Hardart a top drawer restaurant. At one time
> there were several cafeteria style eateries in NYC that put any of
> todays high priced eateries to shame; Garfields served fantastic food
> at reasonable cost.

Smile, high end is a matter of how we define it individually. My
definition doesn't include places with rediculous charges.

I rather like Dockside (Gary may well know the place, up along shore
drive). There's another I like, along the route from Dam Neck Naval
Annext to Oceana Naval base. I think it's actually on General Booth
not Oceana BLVD. AWESOME she-crab soup (actually He-crab sometimes but
AWESOME just the same). As you'd expect in a seaside area, we are very
picky about our seafood dishes.

My next best pick is one you'd not expect here but it's *very very*
good. Mi Casita. Mexican but more central Mexico, not at all some
'tex-mex' knockoff. Sure, they have classic 'Americanized'
Margaritas. They also have a unique American dip for your corn
tortillas based in a sort of white sauce that has since migrated to
Mexico and is very popular there. Developed here though right in my
area!

While the prices vary among those 3, all let you select your sides or
have menu variations that work for that, have appetizers, and are
generally under 30$ for a meal.

Oh, no packets at any of them. Thats drive-thru fast food places stuff
or Taco Bell.

Favorite place that might be a little Al-a-cart-ish? Subway. I like
the ability to select what I want on my sub.