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I'm travelling to New Hartford, CT this w/e and will be having dinner at Thomas Moran's Petite Syrah in, I believe, New Preston. I'm charged with bringing the wine and know nothing about this place. Has anyone been here? Any info on the style of food? There isn't a website, that I could find, and a forum search didn't turn up anything. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks.

i'm not going, but my dinner partner from Moro will be manning the Moore Brothers Booth.

Bump. I thought I'd revive this thread because I live in Wilmington and have had several meals recently at some of our finer dining establishments. Living so close to Philadelphia I spend most of my egullet time on that board, but here's some Wilmington dining info for anyone who happens up this way or is just interested in whats going on in the First State's largest city. Dinner last night at Moro: Moro opened a couple of years ago and quickly became the spot to eat in Wilmington. It received three bells out of four from Philly Inquirer critic Craig Laban.Dinner last night was not up to that standard. My friend and I ordered the four course tasting menu and were told later that the kitchen was too backed up to do it correctly.Hmmmm, okay back to the menu.Ended up ordering white bean soup with ham, scallops over corn with an artichoke/onion tart for the main. Friend ordered rib eye steak.The soup was inedible.The beans were far from cooked and were actually hard.The broth was kind of oily too.The manager removed this form our bill and offered to buy us dessert or a drink.He never did.The scallop entree was just okay.The tart was too dry and not a good accompianment to scallops.My friend's rib eye was very good however.All their beef is dry aged and sourced from a good butcher in Philadelphia.The amuse was their homemade mozzerella, which was delicious. The wine list, while long and fairly extensive, is kind of exhausting to go through and ,imo, overpriced.The page titled "Interesting Reds" is anything but interesting. I also ate at Moro in January and had a slightly better meal, but I'm not sure I can really reccomend this place.Maybe the thing to do is order their steaks or veal chops.However, they are very expensive. Other places I can reccommend are: Eclipse, Toscana, and Deep Blue. A recent dinner at Eclipse was good, if a bit simple.This is a casual palce that you can feel comfortable dining at wether your dressed up or just in jeans and decent shirt.Decent wine list goes well with the food they offer. Deep Blue and Toscana are two successful retaurants that are owned by the same person.Toscana is Italian and Deep Blue is mainly a seafood place.Both of these are very good and have excellent wine lists.Both also have a happening bar scene. Anyway, just a quick update on what's going on in Wilmington. There is lots more to write about, so if people are interested I can post more info.

Thanks for all your advice, the w/e was a success! Teasism for lunch saturday, Zaytinya for dinner (wow!). Firehook for b'fast sunday and Bistrot du Coin for early dinner sunday.Mussels, hangar steak, rabbit, all excellent! I was a little hesitant about bdc after following the thread on this board, but we loved it.

Thanks for all the help! Leaning toward Meskerem for Sunday, seeing as there are zero Ethiopian places in Wilmington.

I'll be in DC this w/e and have two questions I hope you all can help me with. We've decided on Zaytinya for Sat nite and I'm wondering what the wait time is for three people around 7:30? Just a rough idea is all I'm wondering about. Also, wondering about a place for dinner in the Adam's Morgan/Dup Cr area on Sunday.We are headed back to Delaware after dinner, so we are looking for something pretty casual, possibly with good beers on tap or wine by the glass.We like all kinds of food. Originally thought of Cashions or Firefly, but they may be a little more than we want. Unless they have bar menus? Last time we were in DC we loved Jaleo, Cashions and DC coast, just to give you an idea where we've been. Thanks!

I can vouch for Q shack.Good Stuff, and very close to Fosters Market In Durham. You ought to try and go to Magnolia Grill or Nana's.Both in Durham and both very good.I haven't been to Nana's in a couple years, there may be a thread somewhere with more recent reviews.Magnolia Grill is wonderful. Across the street from Fosters is Chelsea Antiques if you want to check out some high end french pottery and furniture.Q shack is essentially right behind Chelsea.

Is there still a Deerhead Hotdog downtown? This was always the standard for dogs in Wilmington.If it is still there you should check it out and report back.Deerhead's specialty is their secret sauce they cover their dogs in.It's kinda spicey and taste like it has alot of mustard in it.

A recent loss.Tartine.

Jim, I bought about 9 bottles of the '02 Chorey form Drouhin and have enjoyed two so far.I was thinking the wine has a few years ahead of it and may be really nice in about 12 months.What do you think?

When I started bringing my own glasses to local BYO'S.

He should go to Tony Luke's or Dinics in Reading Terminal Market for a roast pork sandwich.It may change his life!

Checkout the Hotel Dupont Lobby Lounge for lunch.I haven't been in awhile because I work in the 'burbs, but this was always a good deal with well prepared food served buffet style.I assume they still do this. You can walk to Deep Blue and eat well for a reasonable price also. Miki Motos for sushi or Asian offerings is within walking distance for you. Washington Street Ale House next to Miki Moto's offers soso bar food.They have outdoor seating when it warms up. I haven't been, but hear good things about Bistro 821 on Market Street. The Essex on 8th Street used to be great value for very filling entrees.Hot Turkey open face Sandwiches with mashed potatoes, served by women you would love to have as grandmothers or aunts.I think this place still exists. There are others I can't think of now.A Jamacian place on Market, a soul food place on Orange street etc.Feel free to PM me if you want some more specifics.I live in Wilmington and knw the dining scene pretty well. Oh yeah, check out Sugarfoot on North Orange stThis is a caterer that also offers well prepared soups, sanwiches, etc.

I don't have the book in front of me so I may get the name of the recipie wrong, but the other night I made the Popeltonne(sp?) braise, which is large veal and ricotta meatballs.They were VERY good.This was delicious served with crusty bread and a salad. One question though she called for braising in tomato juice and I wasn't sure what that meant.Something like V-8 juice?I used some whole imported tomatoes instead and a little red wine. Would like to hear any comments from others who have made this.

I'm headed to St Martin next week also and would enjoy your comments on you trip if you have time before March 1.Thanks.

When told his shake was $5 didn't Travolta ask "Don't it come with bourbon or something?"

I will.I love rose.Thanks.

I debated if I should post this on the Carribean forum or here, but decided to start here because this board is much more active. I'm headed to St Martin the first of March and am wondering what the retail wine offerings are like.Sounds like the grocery stores and shops have plenty of wine, but I'm wondering what I'll find. Are there new vintages?Will I find Burgundy,Bordeaux, Alsatians?Should I bring some of my own stuff if I can't survive more than a few days without a Burgundy fix?Do I need to be careful of heat damaged wines because of the heat there?Anybody have any store recomendations? I'll be on the French side.If this needs to be moved to the travel forum, no problem. Thanks in advance.

Four bells over the long run probably is better financially for a restaurant, I would think.The gouging on the wine list will keep me out.Those prices are absurd. Katie, I can't think of any bad reviews that a place was able to turn around.But, remember Laban's review of "Venus and the Cowboy"? I think that was the name of Alison Barshak's place after she left Stripped Bass.I got the impression his review basicly put that place out of business.

Dmitri's is a great option.I'd also recommend Raddicciho, which I'm sure I spelled wrong, if your in the mood for Italian.

Nullo, Maybe you already know of Upton Teas, but if not check out their site. www.uptonteas.com.Awesome selection of loose teas.Yes they have Lapsong Suchong too. A good way to start out is to order a few sample packs of different teas that interest you.

Perhaps you meant Chambolle?

Binkyboots, great thread! Here's a frugal soup recipie for you. Quart or so of Chicken stock 2 tbsps tomato paste dozen slices ginger, mashed with a side of a knife dash or so of rice wine vinegar (or any vinegar on hand) squeeze of honey dash of hot sauce salt/ pepper bring to boil, then let simmer for 30 minutes.Serve. Nice hot and sour asian style soup.you can also poach fish/shrimp in this and serve over rice, or noodles.