
These restaurants can compete with anything the Grand Dining places dish up, but go a little easier on the trappings. Wine lists are less ambitious, service is less formal and the surroundings are often cozier.
For the full article, check out the new issue of Wine Spectator, on newsstands October 15, 2006.
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