Michael Mina, San Francisco

Largish business dinner Dec. 29. Hmmm. What to say. They made us wait for almost half an hour after reservation time, food unmemorable, service stumbled till the middle of the dinner. Glad someone else paid for this.

Thankfully our guests seemed very happy, didn't really notice anything amiss, and received an autographed cookbook.

Tickled to see Dylan McDermott near the front of the restaurant with a really pretty little *young* thing.