Thread: Manresa (bay area) - my favorite restaurant in the country

Originally Posted by blitzo

heh damn, sounds and looks delicious. never been before since it is in the south bay. how would you compare it to coi in sf or french laundry?

the chef at coi, daniel patterson, and david kinch (manresa) are actually pretty good friends - so there's a lot of cross-pollination of ideas. coi is quitegood but i have to admit i find it hard to completely understand and enjoy.

french laundry, while very good, is a bit stale and formulaic at this point - it's more polished but it also takes far fewer chances - which makes it less exciting to me. manresa is the 2-star trying to become 3 - so the extra effort and enthusiasm is there.

- chuck

Wow. Looks amazing. Can't believe I haven't heard of it before. Have to check it out. Thanks for the reviews!!

I will definitely go there during my summer visit
I am drooling at work

Thank you for sharing.

Manresa...is over-rated in my opinion.

Cyrus out in Healdsburg or Alinea in Chicago if you want something more "chancy & unique". I even think Gary Danko's is consistently better than Manresa. Try them & let me know if you still think Manresa is even remotely as good =)

i see that i will never trust you w/ a restaurant recommendation.

Cyrus is completely over-rated - its approach to food is "take any luxury ingredient you can think of and throw it on the plate"; Alinea is ok but its approach is "that should taste good but it needs more bells & whistles; and Gary Danko is an awesome place for your 17yr old prom date.

- chuck