The Good Life
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Bix, San Francisco
Bix is the kind of place you thought existed only in the movies; it is a truer-than-life supper club. Cocktails and wines are given equal prominence...more
Posted: June 1, 1993 By Sam Gugino
Arpege, Paris
At about 4 p.m. owner Alain Passard sat at a table in his restaurant, Arpege, smoking a Rafael Gonzalez Lonsdale and sipping a 100-year-old Malvasia...more
Posted: June 1, 1993 By James Suckling
Hotel du Palais, Biarritz, France
Biarritz is tucked away on the Bay of Biscay in southwest France. Known for more than a century as the "queen of resorts and the resort of kings,"...more
Posted: June 1, 1993 By David L. Ross
Jumby Bay, Antigua, West Indies
The faint buzz of construction workers from someone's new villa is heard. That's it. Silence pervades across the white sands. Beyond a bushy tangle...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By Jean T. Barrett
Hotel Savoy, London
The Savoy has a way of making any visitor to the United Kingdom feel at home. Turn off the Strand onto the short forecourt of the hotel (known to...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By Nick Lander
Yuca, Miami
You have to wonder after eating at Yuca in Miami what would have become of the great kitchens of Havana if their chefs had not given up their toques...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By James Suckling
Windows on the World, New York City
The view. The wine list. The cigar policy. The cuisine. That's the order of things at Windows on the World, New York's highest restaurant. The dining...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By Gordon Mott
Stars, San Francisco
Stars restaurant owner Jeremiah Tower sees no contradiction in serving roasted squab with shiitake mushrooms and sesame noodles on the same menu with...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By Jim Gordon
Hotel Bel-Air Cap Ferrat, Cote d'Azur, France
Can a Golden Age be revisited? Very rarely, but yes. To turn back to the blazing blue glory days of the French Riviera, all you have to do is turn...more
Posted: March 1, 1993 By Michael Batterberry
Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic
The faraway pulse of Dominican merengue music sends a soft siren's call to dance the tropical night away. But the smooth bubbling of the Jacuzzi's...more
Posted: December 1, 1992 By Gordon Mott
Carre des Feuillants, Paris
More than any other grand Parisian chef, Alain Dutournier is a man with firm roots in the countryside. A native of France's fertile Southwest,...more
Posted: December 1, 1992 By Patricia Wells
Girardet, Crissier, Switzerland
Sixteen years ago, The New York Times called Frédy Girardet "The World's Greatest New Chef." This and other accolades made the Swiss cook famous....more
Posted: December 1, 1992 By Per Henrik-Mansson
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