Reply #216: No, the view does not affect the food,

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but Houston has virtually no restaurants with decent food and service that also have a view. Actually, it has almost no decent restaurants, period. I have been to restaurants that got good reviews on a national level and have been unimpressed. There is almost no such thing as good service in Houston. The best you can get is what I refer to as "well meaning and semi-professional."

Oh, I do have "San Diego" in my profile, don't I? Wishful thinking, although I've given up thoughts of going back for retirement after Fukushima - too close to San Onofre. Unless they shut it down and make it safe, which is doubtful.

And the other thing about Houston is that it's so spread out. After a number of trips to ballyhooed restaurants that turned out to be a) disappointing and b) the only thing to do within walking distance, I've pretty much given up. It doesn't help that we prefer lunch on Saturdays and Sundays and a lot of places here aren't open for that. Maybe there are a few good ones that we've never been to because we don't do Friday and Saturday nights.