I used to like Ted's Atomic Hot Sauce (on the side, available on request) until we began dining--maybe once a month--at Casa Perico (I would suggest anything they make involving pork, esp. "Puerco Verde".)

I wonder what the term is for having one's expectations met (and/or exceeded) on a first time visit to a place . . . (Iron Starr).

And whatever happened to the plans for 1492 (or some other Midtown restaurant) to open a location in or near Cassady Square . . . (Perhaps they read the chapters in "Kitchen Confidential" regarding premature expansion? =)