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I second Balthazar. Among the best oysters I have had (and I am passionate about oystersO.

On a related but different topic, has anyone tried the new premium tuna in the gold can from (I think) Bumble Bee. It really is a superior product (if you eat canned tuna). I had stopped eating it because I really didn't like the quality. This has changed all that for me.

Congratulations! My brother also went to Vermont Law School. He graduated in 1982. There was an Inn called the Fox Stand in S? Royalton. He lived there for two semesters and they had a restaurant that was very good. I don't know if they are still open. I don't think you are that far from the Killington/Okemo area so the restaurants I mentioned in my last post may also be possibilities. Also, as I recall, many of the professors live in Woodstock and there are some very good restaurants there. Good luck!

We are in the process of buying a home in Ludlow (actually, Plymouth). We just returned from spending President's Week there and ate in a great restaurant - Harry's. Another place we enjoy is The Corner Inn. Other then that, I agree that the restaurants are pretty bad. We did, however, discover Black River Produce, which is an interesting store and worth stopping in. I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Hemingway's, in the Killington area. In Warren, VT (Sugarbush/Mad River Glen area) I like The Common Man and The Den never lets me down (great hamburgers, very casual). The restaurant that houses Sam Ruppert's Bar (which was the name of the previous restaurant) is supposed to be good (or so my brother who has a home there says). I am not sure of the new name but it is on the Sugarbush access road. And, also in Warren is The Pitcher Inn, a beautiful bed and breakfast with a great restaurant. It is a Relais and Chateaux property. By the way, the Okemo area got 16 inches of snow on Tuesday, 2/18. The further north in VT you were the less snow. Our friends were at Stowe and they only got 5-6 inches.

That is exactly what I do but that doesn't negate the fact that they do this.

The restaurant is Luna in Mt. Kisco, NY (Westchester County). I have also been to David Liederman's other restaurants in NYC (although I believe they are both closed. One was called Chez Louis) and I don't recall this practice being done there. By the way, the restaurant has good food and since there is a shortage of such restaurants in Westchester, we continue to go back. I am not sure we would do so if not for this. That is how angry their doing this makes us.

I go to a restaurant once in a while (it is owned by David Liederman of David's Cookies) and they employ an interesting tactic that bothers us tremendously. When you order a glass of wine they pour it for you and then leave the bottle on the table obviously in the hope that you will pour more on your own. I assume their intention is to tempt you to have more than one glass of wine. And, it usually works! When I am sure I will not be wanting more, I tell them to take the bottle but I am sure other customers just let them put it on the table and end up drinking more. Has anyone seen this in any other restaurants? How do you feel about this method of upselling?

There are many reasons, not the least of which is that we have an obligation to protect other species and so any animal/plant that is endangered should definitely be illegal to consume.

The restaurants I have truly enjoyed recently include Blue Hill (which I know people on egullet also have enjoyed), Red Cat, Tocqueville, Union Pacific, Esca, 71 Clinton Fresh Food and Nobu. While I have had great meals at many other restaurants, these are the ones I have been to more recently (last 6 months or so). I am going back to Blue Hill (for the 3rd time) next Saturday and will be trying Prune for the 1st time the week after. Does anyone have an opinion about this restaurant?

I only meant that given their close association in other restaurants that I am not impressed with, I shouldn't have been surprised that I wasn't impressed with Craft.

I have been to Craft twice (but never Craft Bar). Maybe there is something wrong with me but I find the place to be very average, especially for the price. Then again, I am not a fan of any Danny Meyer restaurant, having been to all of them but Tabla at least two or three times and given Tom C's relationship to Mr. Meyer maybe I shouldn't expect to like Craft. Does anyone else agree? For the most part, it seems everyone on egullet loves Craft.

They are available at The Westchester Mall in the food court in White Plains, NY. I suppose they are in a lot of the mall food courts since someone else said Roosevelt Field on LI and I have also seen them at The Palisades Mall in Nanuet, NY. My kids LOVE them!

I have been to Shun Lee West twice in the past year and found it to be extremely ordinary.

Was it in the most recent issue of Saveur? I was skimming my copy and saw and article on Costco and first growths. It might have been in Saveur. Are you referring to the their top 100 issue? I do have it at home.

Rail Pail, The article I cited was definitely more recent than May (likely in 2003) and only talked about First Growths and this soon to be wine master. I don't recall having seen the article you mentioned.