Going to clean up the backlog by doing a double post.
Bice: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! Everyone is treating it like the second coming. (well, it was here once before and did return). It was good, not worth a second visit. Of course, we didn't try the notorious cheese bar. The atmosphere was ok but nothing special (maybe it's less disco than the rest of the Gaslamp which is why people are going crazy?). My pappardelle was pretty yummy. The rest of the meal was just good. Certainly not better than Piatti, the recently defunct Venice, or other places in town. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
Alchemy: Hype, hype, hype! This place won best new restaurant for 2008 in SD Mag. Oh, and did I see why! We went on one of the walkabout nights in South Park so it was even a better deal. But it is both hip and cazh (that's how we said casual back in the day); outrageously yummy food; very reasonable. The only thing was that the wines by the glass are more than I think they should be for the rest of the concept ($8-10). But I'd be thrilled to go there again. Was fun, lots of veggie options, very cute. (They don't take reservations, though, and the night we went it turned out to be more mobbed than they expected).
Ok, two down!
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