Yes, Tony Romo will win the big game! Great story on being a Cowboys fan!

I’ve only been to Boston once and did the touristy Legal Seafood dinner so I guess that’s my pick. Sorry.

Fantastic guest, Gary. It’s great when you have such personable guests on the show. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.

QOTD: I’ve never been to Boston, but hope to change that in the next year.

Good episode, very good guest and you are still getting better as an interviewer.

QOTD – Have yet to go to Boston so do not have a favorite there.

Forget Romo, even though a long time Cowboy fan, they have way too much growing to do as a team. He cannot cut it.

Nice episode. Never been to Boston, so no favorite restaurants, but I’m a fan of the Bruins (from way back in the Bobby Orr days).

QOTD: I live just outside of Boston but have not been to Chef Schlow’s restaurant. I hope to remedy that soon. However, my favorite restaurant in Boston in Troquet. Since I took Gary and Justin and Matt and Kristin and AJ there this past Saturday night, I’m wondering which Gary preferred.

As Ed Sullivan would say, “a really fun, fun show.” I truly appreciate good cooks and one who has not forgotten their roots. Thank goodness he praised Bobby Flay since he is my culinary idol and all-around great guy.

My ONLY negative comment would be that it is really disconcerting to see “Not Available” on such great wines. I feel frustrated enough with work and life in general and then when I get the chance to try some great wines, you say “not available.” Sounds familiar from the women in my life. 🙂

QOTD: Unfortunately, I have never been to Boston. I took a business trip to Cambridge but did not stay long enough to try any restaurants. So my answer is “nicht.”

Cheers!

Nice show! Awesome that the 2002 Bressan Pinot Nero worked out the way it did.

I would have liked to have known more about the pairing as well. While I don’t necessarily choose my wines in restaurants to pair perfectly with food (sometimes I just want to sit with a wine through many courses and so I have time to think and enjoy it), it would have been nice to have known what particular aspects of the ingredients in the food drew you to choose the varietals you did. Basically, more technical things about how the food and wine play together.

Great show. Chef Mike seems like the nicest guy you could ever know. I’ve been to Boston 4 or 5 times over the last 10 years and I absolutely love it.

Gary, I gotta tell you, this show was like Kismit to me!!
First: I have been thinking a lot lately about getting back to Boston, and I actually went on line TODAY to start planning my next trip.
Second: I am from Fords, but all of my best friends lived in Edison, so I hung out there for most of my early years.
Third: I am a HUGE Cowboys fan!! (…not to mention a HUGE wine fan)
I would have given just about anything to be at that table with you guys.
I will definitely find my way to Via Matta when I get back to Boston. I am also a HUGE bolognese fan!!!!

Great episode, what a nice guy Michael Schlow is. I’m definitely living in the wrong country.

QOTD – never been to Boston and actually never heard of Schlow before.

Would love to see more shows with chefs.. Daniel Boulud, Wylie Dufresne.. or Gordon Ramsay would go down well haha

Good show, Michael seems like a really cool guy. QOTD: haven’t been to Boston in a while, they were still working on the big dig, the last time I was there. But we went to a nice Italian restaurant on the North End, Mother Anna’s which was nice.

I didn’t know who schlow was, so i feel educated. what a cool guy. any episode with food is a good episode for me!

Never been to Boston. Long drive from Sonoma county, that’s right Zin country!

I had to stop the first time I started to watch this one as I thought Gary was going to talk all over the guest from the very beginning. I was glad I tried again as it was a decent episode.

The sound however blew big chunks!

Also how come you didn’t try the food parings? Just the fish and fennel. Next time have the kitchen bring things out as you move along, then it can still be hot, or at least steaming from the heat lamp hehe.

Gary where’s your check list for the show, forgetting a bucket until taping is under way. Come on dude we know you can be more organized than that.You need a little “to go” kit for road shows. Like having camping gear all packed and ready for spur of the moment weekends.

Thanks for continuing to fuel wine’s thunder.

This is the best buddy movie of ’09. Normal guys with abnormal expertise meet up and bond. I could have watched 2 hours of this one.

Great guest. Love to hear people talk about how they got into the food/wine world.

QOTD: lived in Boston for two years during my starving student phase so didn’t get to too many higher end spots. But Sorrentos always treated me well.

LOVED this episode, Gary. If I could go back in time, I would have gone to culinary school…food and wine are very dear to me. Awesome guest, and great to see the food and wine pairing.

QOTD: I have never been to Boston, but if I get to go, I will visit one of Michael’s restaurants.

Good Show and guest…. Never been to Boston.

QOTD: Massamino’s when the kitchen is hot.
Grill 23 for a steak.
Sweet Basil’s in Needham

I lived in Boston for the better part of a decade, but I haven’t been back there in 20 years, so I don’t know if the restaurants I remember are even still around.

I love Italian food, and spent a lot more time in the Back Bay than the North End, so Via Matta is just the sort of place I would seek out. I hear the Crunchy Eggplant is not to be missed, and it would probably go great with that last wine you tasted on this episode.

When I think of Boston restaurants I think of seafood. Legal’s was always a favorite, but for a more authentic Boston experience I would suggest No Name or Union Oyster House.

Great show, I’m from Boston so it’s nice to see a sit-down with a chef from a restaurant i have been to. I think your best shows are when you have guests or have blind tastings, keep them coming!

QotD – Oleana in Cambridge, MA. Chef Ana Sortun.

QOTD: Oh, Legal Seafoods I guess! The food bar at Whole Foods on Cambridge St. is pretty outrageous. I know it’s not actually a restaurant.

QOTD – I have been to Boston many times on business, but not in about 5 years. There are so many good seafood and Itlian restaurants. It is not fair to pick one after so many years away. The show was fun. Good food is so important to enjoying wine.

The decor and the food were very well presented. I wish Chris had been doing the video though.

QOTD – I have never been to Boston.

GV – this was one of the best shows I have watched in a while. Real good chemistry with you and your guest. Like the idea of sitting in a restaurant and discussing wine with a chef. You did not taste the dishes enough though.

QOTD – I have never been to one of your guests’ restaurants. However, I have liked Grill 23 and a restaurant in the north end (Italian obviously) whose name escapes me.