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James Camner

Restaurant Santa Monica

Anisette Brasserie – Santa Monica, CA [CLOSED]

Anisette Brasserie was excellent. It’s a very handsome room, sort of theme park French bistro (real French Bistros are both more beautiful but less dramatic, this was California French, or French-Mission Style – but...

Captain’s Tavern – Miami, FL

Although the most famous restaurant in Miami is Joe’s Stone Crab,, you can wait almost as long for a table at the very old fashioned Captain’s Tavern, a cozy old restaurant that also has...
Restaurant Hartford

A.C. Petersen Farms – West Hartford, CT

A foodie’s dream – finding an old fashioned vintage Roadfood spot that is unheralded on the spur of the moment. How often does it happen? I had finished an appraisal at the University of...
Pizza New Jersey

De Lorenzo’s Tomato Pies – Robbinsville, NJ

We went to the new De Lorenzo’s Tomato Pies tonight in Robbinsville. It was good, but not great. The problem was the crust was just a bit thicker than usual and this makes a...

The Spot – New Haven, CT

We went to Pepe’s and we definitely feel the pizzas are better at The Spot, having tried both New Haven pizzerias. The people inside The Spot swear this is the case, that the oven...
Restaurant Ireland

Ballymaloe House – Shanagarry, County Cork, Ireland

We spent last weekend at the Ballymaloe House in Ireland. Everyone we met told us that it was the best restaurant in Ireland. It’s one of the best restaurants I’ve ever been to anywhere....