I’ve eaten at many of those places and can say that French Laundry is better than the nearly all of them. My second favorite restaurant after Noma in Copenhagen. It’s really a preference thing. Food was less inventive than many fine dining establishments but the execution was world class.

It’s actually not very difficult to get into French Laundry (or any fine dining establishment) if you have a large group (six or more). All these restaurants have private rooms dedicated to large groups which rarely go filled because most people cannot find seven friends to eat at a place that charges $700/head for…

As a Niners fan, I despise Jed York. Having said that, Kawakami is acting like a petulant child. He offered the terms of a bet to Jed. Jed did not coerce him into accepting the wager and in fact he did not even propose the terms. Tim is upset because Jed accepted his winnings? Are rich people no longer allowed to win…

The food is absolutely insane. Some people spend $1k on playoff tickets. Some people really enjoy great food and wine.

Alternative subject: The Case for a Joint Bachelor/Bachelorette Party if You and your Future Spouse are Really Lame and also have Really Lame Friends

I’ve been to about 12 bachelor parties in my life. We went to a strip club at three of them. These trips aren’t about having some random stranger rub up on you, they are about having an uninhibited epic time with your best friends. As with a wedding, you get to do this (hopefully just) once in your life. Why would you…

Yeah, no. You may be close to all your friends but you likely have friends from many walks of life. The fun part of having a male/female bonding weekend is that all your closest friends get to make memories together prior to the wedding, which makes the wedding itself even more fun since no one is a stranger. You can…

That honestly sounds miserable. We had an amazing wedding party full of wonderful people who we both hang out with all the time in the real world. Your bachelor/bachelorette party is about you, not your future spouse, and having the best time you can with your closest friends. I’m sorry that you did not get to…

WTF happened to you, Deadspin?