High-end Dining: Expectations and Reviews

[citanul]

El D,

Indeed the thread originally had pretty bad and nebulous specifications. I thought your post in the middle somewhere where you clarified for me was very good though with respect to what types of place I actually intended. I think that keeping wine/drinks out of the equation is helpful, but basically, I wanted to talk about the class of restaurants that are above the standard:

$8-$12 appetizer
$25-$35 entree
$8-$12

=~$60 for food alone type places that are incredibly common everywhere and the standard of "Friday Night Date for yuppies around the world.

I wanted primarilly to talk about places that are "destination restaurants," usually with tasting menu options, but leave room for other things above the "norm" as well.