After our week in Page, we spent a few nights in Sun City with my Mom and Grandma. Since we were there in summer (which is a rarity for me) I was able to talk Grandma into going somewhere besides the Elephant Bar and a place without having a coupon! As luck would have it, she suggested Skye saying it was a wonderful place and she knew we would enjoy it as an early birthday celebration for my husband. Man oh man was this a great restaurant. Actually it seems like it is half restaurant, half night club and with our 5:30 reservation (yes, this was a "late" dinner for my Grandma), we of course only spent time in the actual restaurant. We were a party of 6 and 4 of us had a cocktail to start. My cosmo was one of the "specials" and was nice and strong for only $6.00. It was the most creative cosmo I have had as it came with a little dry ice in it. Grandma was very happy with her martini and well, no one said much as we drank and perused the menu whilst nibbling on a really good and creative bread basket. My husband and I shared mostly everything and others on the table traded bites. We started with both the Caesar salad and lobster bisque. I was highly impressed with both. The Caesar had homemade croutons and dressing and were very tasty and the lobster bisque was heavenly-not too rich and full of real lobster (even in Arizona!). My daughter had a specialty salad with Gorgonzola and strawberries and loved every morsel. Since I don't eat stinky cheese, I cannot attest to the taste but she keeps talking about the salad. For our entree, Kevin and I shared a bone-in ribeye. This was what 3 of the six(4 if you count me) ordered. My mom had the fish special which was melt in your mouth to die for and my daughter had the filet. The sides are huge and are meant for sharing (like Fleming's or Ruth Chris), so 5 of us shared baked potatoes and mushrooms while the last of our party had the twice baked that no one else got to taste (must have been good). Our steak was incredible and rivals with my memories of Durant's. I savored every cholesterol increasing bite. My Grandma enjoyed hers so much she looked over to me and thanked me for insisting we go somewhere different. Unbeknownst to me, 2 desserts were brought out with candles to celebrate the upcoming birthday of my husband and other part of our party. The desserts were delicious and beautifully presented and since they were "on the house", my Grandma was pleased. I am coming back to the Phoenix area at the end of the month for a couple of nights and am already angling for a reason to come back to Skye...I loved it, I really loved it!

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Our first stop in Montreal. After driving for 6 hours from Toronto we were ravenous and on spotting the on-street tables and chairs from a block away we were immediately drawn to the continental ambience like moths to a flame and plopped ourselves down in a sunny spot to have some lunch. First impressions - this place takes up some serious pavement real estate - they occupy five shop units and the outdoor tables extend along all that area as well as spilling into the first lane of the road. There are big parasols to enhance the continental feeling, and the doors to inside are all open to the street. Inside, it's more like an American diner, and as the name suggests it's clearly geared to sports fans and selling beer of an evening. There are television screens everywhere - they're in every booth, they line the walls, there are even screens in the restrooms. Not really my sort of scene, but if you don't want to be bombarded with televisual porn, you can sit outside in the street or in their equally large outdoor area in the back. The menu du jour was pretty reasonable and involved trout, so we both ordered that with some fries. The server was friendly and chatty once we decided what language we were going to communicate in (English won), and although the service was a little laid back it was OK, as was the food. It was a fixed-price menu but we weren't impressed with the poor choice of dessert (rice pudding or carrot cake? Where's the tarte aux pommes or tarte citron?). However, the server offered us a free coffee in lieu of dessert so that worked out OK (although the coffee was pretty bad to be honest). It's cheap and cheery, and the outdoor street seating is great for watching the world go by while you eat. We visited a second time for breakfast the next day, and were very impressed with the range of French-style options, including crepes and omelettes...mmmmm.

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I was delightfully surprised with how good Burgatory was. I went there with a fear that I was in for a Red Robin'esq experience, over priced mediocre burgers, cheesy restaurant design, and tons of gimmicks. Fortunately Burgatory was as far from this as possible. The burgers were fantastic and I loved the build your own burger check list concept. I can't wait to come back and try another creation. Just to give an idea of what you can expect to spend, a "build your own burger" and a Yuengling was about $13. Also if you are getting there during the dinner rush expect a 30-45 minute wait, fortunately there are plenty of things to keep you occupied near by. We went to Uncle Sam's Subs and had a beer while we waited.

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Came here due to the 4.5 star ratings on yelp and ordered 3 combos to go. The inside is plain as a small asian restaurant should be (you won't get that unless you're asian sorry). The staff were very courteous and gave us complimentary peanuts and tea as we waited for our orders. They even came around to check on us and refill our drinks (remember we're a to-go order there really is no obligation to serve us). The food was good. Meat jun was eggy and delicious, the meat was pretty tender and flavorful, and the kimchi was strong and funky. There was plenty of rice and for the price and location this was a good cheap lunch. I'd definitely recommend this place for those who are looking for a relatively inexpensive lunch option.
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