What is your favorite restaurant?
Oh come on now. Did the people asking this ever consider introverts? This is the biggest softball I’ve been served since grade school.
I’ll eat at home every time if given a choice, with my dog.
My brother-in-law has been the president of 3 of the top 10 restaurants in the country and I ate at all of them. I’ve been to France and Italy. I’ve been to the Orient. I ate on other people’s money at some of the finest dining facilities that exist.
On business trips, I’d eat alone with a book if given a choice.
It’s at home though, my favorite restaurant, preferably alone.
Delusions of Adequacy 
Difficult to pick the favorite restaurant. Easier to pick a favorite meal at a restaurant.
The Macadamia encrusted Onaga at Delmonico’s in Honolulu is a favorite.
You know beef? You don’t know beef until you’ve been to Jocko’s in Nipomo or the Far Western in Guadalupe. Both are in that area where the Tri Tip was first cut. Elks Rodeo in Santa Maria.
An absolute favorite was Martha’s ribs. She turned her home into a BBQ pit. No restaurant made better. That’s no lie. The sweet and gracious Martha is gone now. And so is the restaurant.
Then there is the Hofbrau der Albatross in Morro Bay. Owned by the van Beurden family, by now probably the offspring of my friends.
The restaurant has its own dinghy dock. Tie up and walk in the back way. The nook stepped down from the main seating is perfect for introverts. And what a view facing west over the bay and the big salt yonder.
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