What's the most classy, most sophisticated restaurant in your city??

[SmileyBoy]

Over here, it would have to be the "HoDo", the restaurant/bar/lounge located downtown on the 1st floor of the Hotel Donaldson. The drinks are REALLY expensive (I noticed the one time I was there), and during the 9-5 hours whenever I'm walking downtown from class and look through the window, it seems like almost every guy in the place is wearing a suit and tie. Everyone in the place looks like they have an assload of money. Mostly lawyers, development executives, doctors, bankers, architects, etc. REAL classy.

What about in your town??

[SoulGlo]

1. Sophistication in Lubbock Texas??

:rofl:

[Droopy]

3. Same here in West Carrollton

Our idea of sophistication is putting on your best Harley Davidson t-shirt and going out for quarter pounders.

Seriously I don't have a clue. The Mexican restaurant where I can get a full belly of some tasty food for less than $15 is as about as sophisticated as I get. I don't think I've ever been anywhere classier than the Red Lobster.

[bedpanartist]

23. don't you mean West Camaroton?

Is that the same West Carrollton next to Miamisburg?

[Droopy]

26. Yes indeed

Are you from my kneck of the woods? We should party together. My place for steak and beers! Be there!

[bedpanartist]

36. about 15 minutes

I live on Wayne Ave. just down from Tank's bar. Steaks and beer? Sign me up!

[miss_american_pie]

2. I should let a non-parent answer this

but maybe the Grand Concourse, or someplace up on Mt. Washington?

These days anyplace without crayons is sophisticated. ;)

[skygazer]

4. Not sure - this is a wealthy town

Several very nice places here. What would be considered the nicest, I don't know.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. There are several, but probably Club 55 at Disneyland

You have to be a guest of a member in order to get in and your cocktail napkins and matches are printed with your name and left at your table...good food too

[Ramsey]

6. The Fountain

Which is the restaurant at the Four Seasons in Philly.

The food is fabulous, the service is impeccable and yet it's still comfortable and unstuffy.

[riona]

7. I'll probably never need to know -

that would mean getting dressed up, right?

[Darth_Kitten]

8. I don't know if it's THE classiest restaurant in town, but Bill Clinton...

when he was in town supped there. It's only a block away from where I currently live.

Edit: It's called Dubrovnik's, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

[Joe Fields]

9. In Kansas City, it is probably "The Raphael."

[alarimer]

10. Hooters

I am kidding, but just a little. There are no sophisticated restaurants here in Corpus (that I know of). At least ones that require a dress code. "Formal" here means no flip-flops. And I am just fine with that.

[WCGreen]

11. Waffle House......

No seriously, in my town it's a steak house called the Cabin Club.....

Great food....

marbled meat....

Fresh seafood....

And a great selection of scotch for those who take a nip......

[judaspriestess]

12. Sams Town Buffet

:sarcasm:

theres lots of classy repukes in there

[Solemya]

13. Glosta, MA

Sophisticated in Glosta, MA? Well, we have Lobsta Land... unless you prefer the subtle overtones of haddock in the deep-fry fat down at The Clam Shack..

If entertainment is your goal, the nightly fights down to The Crow's Nest are always well attended.

[Gormy Cuss]

28. The Crow's Nest.

Now that place is a pissah.

[supernova]

14. Tie between several

The Angus Barn, a steak house with a million dollar wine cellar and impeccable first-class service. Though the decor is very. well barny. :D

La Residence in Chapel Hill classic French cuisine and some contemporary American.

Second Empire in Raleigh is really good too with exceptional service and a great sommelier.

There's also Four Square here in Durham, but I've never eaten there.

Sigh! It's been a while since I've been to any of these places though.

[jmowreader]

15. You live in Raleigh. There's demand for such things.

In the Land of the Lost, your restaurant can almost only stay open if it's a chain eatery. This isn't an absolute but it's close to it. This town is full of GIs who want to eat the same things they ate at home...meaning Applebee's is packed, Chili's is packed, IHOP is packed, as is the Waffle House...while the Lobster House went out of business thirty times under twenty-five different owners (Bobby Warren owned it six different times), the Rose Garden lasted a year and a half (to be fair, the Rose Garden went out of business because Bobby Warren was killed in a traffic accident while taking a load of linens to the cleaner's), De La Fayette's been empty for the last nine years (yup: Bobby Warren owned that one too), the Rainbow Room went out of business four times...

The restaurants that cater to local tastes are all of the "diner" persuasion. These places advertise "home cooking." Well, guess what, friends and countrymen: I know how to make "home cooking" myself. I don't want to pay someone to make me "home cooking." I want Restaurant Food, dammit. I swear that if I win the Powerball I'm gonna open me up a place and write "Restaurant Food" on the side of it in foot-high letters. It's like the old joke I saw: "Food like mother used to make: $2.50. Food like mother was trying to make but couldn't: $5.00."

And with that...the very classiest restaurant in the city of Fayettenam is the Hot Box Imbiss. A GI's German wife got lonely for good old fashioned German snack bar...well, I guess you'd call it cuisine...so she flew back to Germany to buy a Doner Mystery Meat machine, leased a storefront half a mile from Fort Bragg, and started cooking up doner kebabs, currywursts, bratwursts and schnitzel sandwiches mit Pommes und Cola oder Bier. With the wheelbarrows of money all of us guys who were stationed in Germany (and who also missed Imbiss food) made her, she bought her space plus the storefront next to hers, knocked a hole in the wall, and created a proper German gasthaus with a bar and everything. It's really nice in there--and it's full every day.

[supernova]

17. That sounds cool!

I might like to try that. It's been years since I've been in a good German restaurant. I love schnitzel and dumplings.

[Fenris]

16. Palmer's Courtyard and Restaurant

http://www.palmerstexas.com/court.html

Super nice. Great bar menu, too.

[Sugar Smack]

18. The ACME Restaurant. Check out this menu:

D I N N E R

SMALL PLATES
SANDWICHES • BOWLS • PLATES • DESSERTS • AFTER • COFFEE

Menu Updated 02-20-06

TORTILLA SOUP
WITH BLACK BEANS, ROASTED PEPPERS, AND TEQUILA MARINATED SHRIMP

FRIED OYSTERS
WITH SPICY REMOULADE

ACME ORGANIC FIELD GREEN SALAD
WITH ASSORTED BABY GREENS, CROUTONS, TOASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS, AND APPLE CIDER VINAIGRETTE

NORTHERN SPY APPLE SALAD
WITH SPICY GREENS, GORGONZOLA, AND A MINTED VINAIGRETTE

GRAPEFRUIT, JICAMA, AND AVOCADO SALAD
WITH MIXED GREENS, POMEGRANATE SEEDS, AND A FETA VINAIGRETTE

CRISPY FRIED CALAMARI SALAD
IN AN ASIAN STYLE SLAW WITH A SPICY LEMONGRASS VINAIGRETTE

CASHEW CRUSTED BLACK COD
OVER CURRIED PARSNIPS AND FRESH PINEAPPLE

DEEP-FRIED EGGPLANT STICKS
WITH LEMON BASIL AIOLI

FRIED GREEN TOMATO AND FRESH MOZZARELLA NAPOLEON
WITH TOMATO CONFIT, ROASTED CORN, AND A BALSAMIC REDUCTION



SANDWICHES
SMALL PLATES • BOWLS • PLATES • DESSERTS • AFTER • COFFEE

GRILLED ACME BURGER
WITH AGED WISCONSIN CHEDDAR CHEESE, LETTUCE, ONION, AND A PICKLE
SERVED WITH FRENCH FRIES

GRILLED ACME KOBE BURGER DELUXE
WITH HICKORY SMOKED BACON, SAUTEED MUSHROOMS, PIMIENTO CHEESE, BARBECUE SAUCE,
LETTUCE, AND ONION, SERVED WITH FRENCH FRIES

BOWLS
SMALL PLATES • SANDWICHES • PLATES • DESSERTS • AFTER • COFFEE


MAINE LOBSTER LINGUINI
WITH TARRAGON CREAM, CARMELIZED ONIONS, AND SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

PAN SEARED DAYBOAT SCALLOPS
OVER TWO HOUR CHEESE GRITS, CHAYOTE SQUASH, BLACK BEANS, ROASTED ANAHEIM PEPPERS, EPAZOTE AND SALSA VERDE

ROASTED CHICKEN AND WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO
WITH SAUTEED SPINACH, PISTACHIOS, AND GRUYERE

THAI-STYLED VEGETARIAN CURRY
WITH BOK CHOY, TOMATOES, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, SWEET POTATOES, EGGPLANT, AND JASMINE RICE

LOW COUNTRY PAN-SEARED GROUPER
WITH SHRIMP AND SAUSAGE CREOLE, RICE, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS

BRAISED BEEF SHORTRIBS
OVER ROSEMARY MASHED POTATOES WITH VEAL AND WINTER VEGETABLE SAUCE


PLATES
SMALL PLATES • SANDWICHES • BOWLS • DESSERTS • AFTER • COFFEE

CHAR-GRILLED ANGUS FILET OF BEEF
WITH GARLIC MASHED POTATOES, GRILLED ASPARAGUS, AND A CLASSIC VEAL BROWN SAUCE

SOUTHERN FLASH FRIED RED SNAPPER
WITH BLACK-EYED PEAS, COLLARD GREENS, AND A CREOLE CRAWFISH TARTAR SAUCE

CAST IRON SKILLET CAROLINA CRAB CAKES
WITH SPICY CITRUS BEURRE BLANC OVER SWISS CHARD, WINTER SQUASH, AND SWEET CORN

PAN-SEARED PORK LOIN
OVER CAJUN BAKED BEANS AND SAUTEED BROCCOLI RABE, WITH CREOLE MUSTARD SAUCE

GRILLED WILD SALMON
OVER GRILLED HEARTS OF ROMAINE WITH CAESAR DRESSING, AND A ROASTED RED PEPPER AND OLIVE TAPENADE

DESSERTS
SMALL PLATES • SANDWICHES • BOWLS • PLATES • AFTER • COFFEE

DARK CHOCOLATE TERRINE
WITH ESPRESSO MASCARPONE CREAM

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE SUNDAE
WITH BOURBON-PECAN CARAMEL SAUCE AND VANILLA ICE CREAM

BANANA, PECAN, AND RAISIN BREAD PUDDING
WITH RUM SAUCE AND WHIPPED CREAM

KELLY'S LEMON CHEESCAKE
WITH FRESH STRAWBERRY SAUCE

COCONUT POUND CAKE
WITH MANG0-GINGER SAUCE, AND FRESH WHIPPED CREAM


AFTER
SMALL PLATES • SANDWICHES • BOWLS • PLATES • DESSERTS • COFFEE

ACME CAPPUCCINO
WITH IRISH CREAM, BRANDY AND AMARETTO
CHOCOLATE MARTINI
WITH STOLI VANILLA, ESPRESSO, AND GODIVA CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR
CHAMBERS ROSEWOOD VINEYARD MUSCADELLE, AUSTRALIA
PFEFFINGEN SCHEUREBE AUSLESE, GERMANY 2002
BROADBENT MADEIRA VERDELHO 1954
CAPPELLANO CHINATO BAROLO D'ALBA , ITALY
GUNDERLOCH NOCHENHEIM ROTHENBERG RIESLING AUSLESE, GERMANY 2002
DOMAINE PIɔRI-GɒAUD BANYULS, 'CUVɅ MɄITERANɅ,' FRANCE 1993
WARRE'S LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE PORT, PORTUGAL 1994
DE BORTOLI 21 YEAR OLD "OLD BOYS" TAWNY PORT, AUSTRALIA
TASTING FLIGHT: TRY ANY THREE DESSERT WINES


COFFEE
SMALL PLATES • SANDWICHES • BOWLS • PLATES • DESSERTS • AFTER

ESPRESSO
CAPPUCINO
LATTE or MOCHA
AMERICAN COFFEE


I. Am. Drooling. :9

[Burma Jones]

20. I've been there, there was a good record/CD store

across the street too.

Great Restaurant...

[Sugar Smack]

30. Love that place.

Especially the steak with bernaise. AH!!!:D

[bullwinkle428]

33. ACME Restaurant? Who's the head chef? Wile E. Coyote?

:rofl:

I KEED! I KEED!

[Kellanved]

19. Don't ask me

The place has enough restaurants to guarantee free places in any and all categories. I tend to like places with expenisve food and affordable (good) wines.

[Burma Jones]

21. In DC, Citronelle and Kinkeades, Galileo, Cafe Atlantico

Go out a bit to Great Falls, VA and I would say L'Auberge Francois or Olney, MD for Mannequin Pis

Go about an hour farther and you get to the Inn at Little Washington.


These are the big classy fancy pants places, although there are many many excellent places to eat in the DC area.

[Arugula Latte]

45. When I lived in DC, they used to say the Inn at Little Washington

was perhaps the best restaurant in the country, or top three.

I think the French Laundry in Napa is right up there, as well.

[yvr girl]

22. Vancouver is loaded with them

I'm not sure what the top restaurant is. Lumiere is pretty high profile. The owner and chef has his own TV show, and he's won an Iron Chef competition.

[Missy Vixen]

24. Seattle's classy and sophisticated restaurants

Here's my list. I'm sure others may have a different one.

Canlis: If you're going to Canlis for dinner, men must wear a jacket, ladies must be "appropriately dressed". You'd also better bring your cash; it's not cheap. http://www.canlis.com

Metropolitan Grill: If you want to see someone famous while eating really, really good steak, this is the place. Everybody goes to the Met. http://www.themetropolitangrill.com

Rover's: We've never been there. I'm sure it's wonderful. It's French. It's expensive. http://www.rovers-seattle.com

The Herbfarm: They open their reservation books twice a year. A nine-course dinner will cost over $100, but it's the experience of a lifetime. http://www.theherbfarm.com

Our favorite:

Daniel's Broiler: We don't go here very often. It's the "dress up and celebrate" restaurant for us. http://www.schwartzbros.com/daniels.cfm

Julie

[long_green]

25. Bayona in the French Quarter is pretty "classy and sophisticated"

those aren't my two leading standards in judging a restaurant though, no offense intended.
Staying with the classy theme, Peristyle on the outskirts of the Quarter is pretty smooth as well.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. I don't know in Rockaway, NJ. I hang out in Madison.

There I would say either L'Allegria (really classy Italian) or Shanghai Jazz, a Chinese jazz club. I've never been to L'Allegria, but I love Shanghai Jazz. Their Sczechaun tofu is awesome along with their Crab Dumplings. Drinks are very, very expensive though. I think it's $6-7 for a bottle of bud. I know the bartenders though, so I'll get a few free drinks and I get charged well drink price for top shelf drinks.

http://www.shanghaijazz.com/

Hmmm...checking out their menu online, I really need to go in and check out their Mango Shrimp served in a fresh mango special.

[Magrittes Pipe]

29. Sanford

http://www.sanfordrestaurant.com/

[nuxvomica]

31. I think it might be an old restaurant called Chez Pierre

I took my folks there for their anniversary a few years ago cuz it's the sort of place we never think of going even though it's been around for decades. It was small and dark inside. The food was old-fashioned French haute cuisine, with rich sauces and well-grilled meats -- no nouvelle influence at all -- and the prices were out of this world. There are many places fancier and shinier and snootier, but this place had an air of unforced sophistication.

[mdmc]

32. we have a bunch of overpriced tripe in the area.

tons.


The best resturant is Sangiovase, but it is not "classy" et al.

[bullwinkle428]

34. I have to go with the Red Crow Grille...often imitated, never duplicated!

www.redcrowgrille.com

Main:

caramelized salmon
spinach-almond pesto, shiitake mushrooms, chive mash, carrot paint
24

bone-in ribeye
new potatoes, sweet corn, asparagus, chanterelles, grain mustard & honey demi
31

new orleans pasta
chorizo, chicken, shrimp, rigatoni, cajun cream
22

lamb chops
sweet onion marmalade, yukon golds, hominy, bacon, black truffles, mint paint
31

tuna & scallops
black trumpet mushrooms, spicy ginger potato, pickled bean sprouts, lemon aioli
28

pork
artichoke bread pudding, bleu cheese & candied shallot fondant, port-soaked cherries
25

escolar
sweet onion-potato puree, fava beans, burgundy carrots, orange-vanilla caramel
28

beef tenderloin
haricot vert, onion confit, whipped potato, red wine reduction
29

vegetarian
papardelle, roasted vegetables, white wine, garlic, cream, parmigianno
19

lobster
wild mushrooms, carnaroli rice, tomato, black truffles, andouille, white truffle froth
33

sides
grilled asparagus - 4 shiitake mushrooms - 4
pomme frittes - 4 lobster tail - 13

[Brigid]

35. Oceanaire

Oceanaire -- It's a wonderful, expensive seafood restaurant downtown. For somewhat more affordable but still elegant fine dining, Palomino's, also downtown, is a good choice. There are lots of others as well. Indy is a pretty good restaurant town. :)

[RebelOne]

37. Since I live in the Atlanta area, I could not name just one

We have so many of them here.

[yellowdogintexas]

38. Del Frisco's SteakHouse, Bistro Louise, Bonnell's,

Lonesome Dove,

[Left Is Write]

39. The Red Feather Lounge.

Absolutely freaking fabulous.

http://www.redfeatherlounge.com/

[anarch]

40. I have no idea, but I'm sure they wouldn't let me in.

:shrug:

[BuddhaGirl]

41. The Buckeye Roadhouse

It's absolutely the best restaurant in Mill Valley, California :9

http://www.buckeyeroadhouse.com/

[sarge43]

42. Burger King n/t

[JCMach1]

43. Dubai is full of crappy over-priced restaurants...

[grace0418]

44. Charlie Trotters, Everest, Ambria

I don't know, there are a lot. I've been to Charlie Trotter's and Ambria (CT's was a wedding present and Ambria was with an old boss). Even with the gift certificate of $250 for Charlie Trotters, we still spent another $150 on that meal. Oh, but it was fantastic and worth every penny. We'll probably never be able to afford to go again but our friends really knew what to get us for a wedding present.