http://www.premiumposts.com/best-restaurants/ Luxury homes, supercars, jets & yachts, great food, fun vacations, new toys and gadgets, investment opps... If it's cool, fun, or funny, it's here! Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:24:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.premiumposts.com/best-restaurants/#comment-15 PremiumPosts.com » Blog Archive » Best red wines Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:12:22 +0000 http://premiumposts.com/?p=14#comment-15 [...] I had dinner at a great restaurant not long ago with a couple friends and one of them brought along a 1994 Opus One cabernet. This was definitely one of the best bottles of wine I have ever experienced. A bottle of “1994 Opus One” would probably cost upwards of $300 if you were to find it on a wine list at a nice restaurant. This got me wondering… just how much can you spend on a bottle of wine. [...] […] I had dinner at a great restaurant not long ago with a couple friends and one of them brought along a 1994 Opus One cabernet. This was definitely one of the best bottles of wine I have ever experienced. A bottle of “1994 Opus One” would probably cost upwards of $300 if you were to find it on a wine list at a nice restaurant. This got me wondering… just how much can you spend on a bottle of wine. […]

]]> http://www.premiumposts.com/best-restaurants/#comment-3 Amanda Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:14:04 +0000 http://premiumposts.com/?p=14#comment-3 I live in Northern California and have actually been trying to get a reservation at The French Laundry restaurant for the last few days. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to reach them but suposidly it is well worth the wait. I heard they get over 400 calls a day so it is close to impossible to get through the line and if you do you usually just get waitlisted. I actaully did some research and collected some information so I thought I would share with everyone in case you are having the same problem. Options: -Book lunch instead of dinner, the menu is the same. -Book a table for 8 in the special reserved room for 8. I've had three birthday dinners there, all in the private room. -War dialing. Get a bunch of friends together at 9:45am Pacific time, and start dialing. Agree in advance on the acceptable times, and have a group leader. As soon as someone makes it (which they will, because y'all are blocking other calls) then they can talk to the leader over IM to pick an appropriate spot. -IMHO, the best method is still to reserve in person or (if you can afford it) to stay in one of the expensive local hotels and get the concierge to do it for you. -When you get connected to the French Laundry's phone system, hit 4, then 1 to make your reservation. Don't waste time listening to the voice prompts. Reservations are taken via phone (707) 944-2380 from 10a.m. until 5:30p.m daily. I live in Northern California and have actually been trying to get a reservation at The French Laundry restaurant for the last few days. You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to reach them but suposidly it is well worth the wait. I heard they get over 400 calls a day so it is close to impossible to get through the line and if you do you usually just get waitlisted. I actaully did some research and collected some information so I thought I would share with everyone in case you are having the same problem.
Options:
-Book lunch instead of dinner, the menu is the same.
-Book a table for 8 in the special reserved room for 8. I’ve had three birthday dinners there, all in the private room.
-War dialing. Get a bunch of friends together at 9:45am Pacific time, and start dialing. Agree in advance on the acceptable times, and have a group leader. As soon as someone makes it (which they will, because y’all are blocking other calls) then they can talk to the leader over IM to pick an appropriate spot.
-IMHO, the best method is still to reserve in person or (if you can afford it) to stay in one of the expensive local hotels and get the concierge to do it for you.
-When you get connected to the French Laundry’s phone system, hit 4, then 1 to make your reservation. Don’t waste time listening to the voice prompts.
Reservations are taken via phone (707) 944-2380 from 10a.m. until 5:30p.m daily.

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