A first-rate beer selection is another surprise.
Mr. Transtromer is not only a first-rate artist, but his selection, announced Thursday, corrects an almost 15-year drought for poetry.
23-24 West Park, 01423 507100, weetons.com While primarily a coffee shop – one whose conscientious craftsmanship is clear in a sample flat white (£2.40) – Bean & Bud also sells a limited selection of first-rate food.
The wine by the glass selection is also first-rate.
Charles's tiny Greenwich Village restaurant, Pearl Oyster Bar, may be one of the best -- it's certainly one of the most charming -- dining spots in Manhattan, and here she shares a selection of her first-rate seafood recipes, from chowders and oyster pan roasts to shrimp cocktails and lobster pot pie.
12. Loteria Grill: Jimmy Shaw's spare modern dining room has a huge tequila selection and a first-rate nopales salad, great chilaquiles at breakfast, and soups, enchiladas and stewed meats inspired by the recipes of his mentor, Diana Kennedy.
Two of the best shops are Alfarería Aldana, 40 Progreso, for its wide-ranging pottery selection, and La Luna Descalza, 120 Juárez, for first-rate folk art.
He praised Gen. Colin L. Powell, Mr. Bush's selection for secretary of state, as a "first-rate appointment," and said, "I think Governor Bush is off to a good start".
But the selection of gelati and sorbetti ($6), from Il Laboratorio del Gelato, is first-rate.
