[garyhope]

Expensive, time consuming, pretentious restaurants seem superfluous to me now.

I like good food, good ingredients, good wine, but I'm content to stay at home, grill or roast something, make some basmati rice or a nice potato dish and a good salad with a simple vinaigrette made with a good oil and save $100 or more for an extravagant dinner out.

Who's got the time to eat out? (excluding a fast inexpensive lunch)

[MAD-AS-HELL]

best tv show to find out great places to eat across the country is

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on Food Tv even though Guy can become quite irritating with his mannerisms as many Food Tv hosts do. Have they ever tried something they hate? Everything is great to them.

[mickey finn]

It seems that I am usually let down when I eat out at expensive restaurants. I always leave knowing I could have prepared it much better at home for a fraction of the price.

High end restaurants in the area I live popped up everywhere from about 2002 to 2007, then when the economy stagnated allot of them started closing.