Most hotel restaurants have a reputation for bland decor and mediocre food with a menu that tries too hard to appeal to a broad audience. While Urbana in the Hotel Palomar doesn't really have such a reputation, the recent appointment of Chef John Critchley to head the kitchen may prove to move the restaurant even further away from the mundane. more ›

For most people of a certain age, the first time they heard of tiramisu was when they watched Sleepless in Seattle. Tom Hanks is having a conversation with a friend about dating. The friend asks him if he's had tiramisu and that he needs to try it, and Hanks' character interprets it to be something kinky that he needs to perform on a woman. more ›

For anyone who's been the victim of one-too-many April Fools' pranks (apparently if you go into a Chick-fil-A dressed like a cow on April 1 all you'll get are weird looks, not free sandwiches), free lunch on the prank-iest day of the year might sound like a setup for failure. But we're not joking when we tell you that Urbana is offering 300 free lunches on April 1, 2010. No costume required. more ›

Dish of the Week: Oysters more ›

Dish of the Week: Doner kebab more ›