In article , [email removed] (J. Mitchael Rogers) wrote: > > Christopher's in Pittsburg??? You gotta be kidding. I make it a > point to eat in the best restaurants I can find...Pittsburg has > the worst for a city its size I know of, I have eaten at > Christopher's and I think it is right out of the 50's. For its' size > Atlanta has the very best. La Grotta is the best Northern Italian > in North America. First of all, sir, if you are going to rag on the cuisine of my hometown, and the hometown of other readers of this net, at least have the common courtesy to spell it right. Pittsburgh. Otherwise, people will think that you are referring to one of the many other Pittsburgs around the country without the "h", like Pittsburg, CA ;-). Second, I have to agree with you that Christopher's, for as long as I can remember, has been considered a dive and a major tourist trap. However, it was once quite "the place" and listed by several tourist guides as one of the top restaurants in the country--so perhaps this gentleman ate there a long time ago. In any case, there are many other first class restaurants in this city (which stand up well to the ones I've visited here in San Francisco and cost one heck of a lot less!), a very few of which are: La Foret Mallorca Cafe Allegro Cafe Giovanni Per Favore Bravo Franco The Carlton Jimmy Tsang's Cafe Sam Perhaps you haven't been to my fair city in the past several years. If so, I encourage you to consider a return trip--heck, I'll even draw you up a travel food guide so you can try all the great stuff tourists miss :). I know that I can't wait to get back to the Chicken Saltimbocca at Cafe Giovanni when I return home in July... Culinarily Yours, Marcy Robb
Pittsburgh, PA