so la cote basque is closing next year. i've never eaten there. worth a trip just to see how the old school did it?
I don't even know what that is. Where is it?
La Cote Basque (E 55th) appears in the thirs section of truman capote's unfinished "novel" Answered Prayers (1987). It's where he met his friends, the "ladies who lunch".
never been, never will i guess, sadly this old school never had the great wines, we were wine addicts way before food addicts, we raided every list in town, it didnt hit the raid-ar....
one of the greatest raid was Tavern on the Green, wow, 1945's till the cows came home......went recently, 1991 Chave Magnum Rouge $225, retail it should be what $500, $1000 at a restaurant??....dont eat just drink, but tripping aint bad with all the mirrored glass....
How was the '91 Hermitage? How says Skinny the Wine-Viking, raiding underpriced cellars (sellers?) since the Dark Ages.......
I've seen the fear in many proprietors eyes. One night in austria stands out. Like they thought he was a wolf.
On the other hand that 58 barolo really did need to be drunk. You know, culling the flock and all...
The 58 Barolo made my top 3 wines of 2002, as did two other wines from that nite, that night to me was one of the best nites of drinking period......The 91 needed time to open, they were very nice to let us chill it down, I would recoamnd getting there early chill it decanted, drink a warm up bottle....
Turns out the problem was that no one wants to get dressed up, which inevitabley leads to the end of western civilization...
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- big jimmy 9-18-2003 9:03 pm
I don't even know what that is. Where is it?
- jim 9-18-2003 9:25 pm [add a comment]
La Cote Basque (E 55th) appears in the thirs section of truman capote's unfinished "novel" Answered Prayers (1987). It's where he met his friends, the "ladies who lunch".
- bruno 9-19-2003 3:29 am [add a comment]
never been, never will i guess, sadly this old school never had the great wines, we were wine addicts way before food addicts, we raided every list in town, it didnt hit the raid-ar....
- Skinny 9-19-2003 8:47 am [add a comment]
one of the greatest raid was Tavern on the Green, wow, 1945's till the cows came home......went recently, 1991 Chave Magnum Rouge $225, retail it should be what $500, $1000 at a restaurant??....dont eat just drink, but tripping aint bad with all the mirrored glass....
- Skinny 9-19-2003 8:50 am [add a comment]
How was the '91 Hermitage? How says Skinny the Wine-Viking, raiding underpriced cellars (sellers?) since the Dark Ages.......
- bruno 9-22-2003 5:10 pm [add a comment]
I've seen the fear in many proprietors eyes. One night in austria stands out. Like they thought he was a wolf.
On the other hand that 58 barolo really did need to be drunk. You know, culling the flock and all...
- jim 9-22-2003 6:30 pm [add a comment]
The 58 Barolo made my top 3 wines of 2002, as did two other wines from that nite, that night to me was one of the best nites of drinking period......The 91 needed time to open, they were very nice to let us chill it down, I would recoamnd getting there early chill it decanted, drink a warm up bottle....
- Skinny 9-22-2003 8:29 pm [add a comment]
Turns out the problem was that no one wants to get dressed up, which inevitabley leads to the end of western civilization...
- alex 9-28-2003 8:14 pm [add a comment]