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Going to Union Sq Cafe for the first time in at least 8 years was like coming home for dinner,
they we so friendly, great wines to drink, free couses were greatly apreciatted and injoyed.....
"Such skirmishes are not confined to Lupa. Chefs on both coasts are spending more time in their wine cellars, where climates are perfect for slowly aging salted pig, cow, duck and goose. Wine stewards are chagrined. At AZ, they brush up against Patricia Yeo's black peppercorn beef salami; at Home, it's ginger and pepper salami; at Savoy, pancetta."
some very tasty dishes were served at Rose Water in Park Slope, fresh seasonal stuff!!....went for a 22 mile bike ride that had a weak meal at Lundy's in the middle but we could sit outdoors and watch our bikes, we wanted to eat at Clements 1612 Sheepshead Bay Rd but we had nowhere to park our bikes...
part of an email from a friend....."(just returned from Cuba
last Friday where I participated in Havana's first ever wine forum - was even invited to Partagas factory for cocktails, and hung out with Camillo Guevara, Ché's son, who flipped over our Tavel rosé!)"
i really have not eaten great BBQ, even that place that was in LICity years ago was just OK to me (they have reopened in Queens somewhere and i tasted it a couple WEAKends ago, still nothing special IMHO), so i have allways felt that its not all its craked up to be....not anymore...if you happen to be passing Cockeysville, MD stop in at Andy Nelson's for pulled pork and the Corner Stable for ribs!!!!!!!!