Both are also thoughtful, funny and unpretentious — dinner party guests you feel lucky to be seated next to.
In the days since her death, even prominent actors and entertainment magnates spoke in interviews of gawking across Ms. Mengers's table at their fellow guests — actors, publishers, directors, newspaper columnists, writers, studio owners, essayists — as they shared a decidedly unpretentious dinner of brisket, chicken potpie, or sausage and peppers.
Restaurant Mami (Linnankatu 3; 358-2-231-1111; mami.fi ), on the waterfront, in Turku's historic district, serves simple food in an unpretentious atmosphere; dinner for two about 100 euros.
Ematei - A slightly off-the-radar address doesn't keep bargain hunters from finding this unpretentious spot where three-course dinners (beef teriyaki with soup, salad and rice, for example) can be had for as little as $22.
The results are less like restaurant meals and more like a great dinner at home: spontaneous, unpretentious, casually plated and — almost always — delicious.
Cross the river to Historic Bethlehem, and visit the British Isles at McCarthy's Tea Room, a cozy, unpretentious place for breakfast, lunch, tea or dinner, where homemade soups and stews will put you right.
Choose from dishes such as quail with mushrooms or a glorious, unpretentious paella (00 54 11 4821 3741; Beruti 2602, Recoleta; lunch and dinner; mains £7-£12).
THURSDAY It's showtime: dinner for six at the raucous, cavernous, unpretentious Sen in Sag Harbor.
Beach, a popular giver of dinner parties and a bohemian cult hero, was unpretentious.
It's glamorous but unpretentious, although you'll still want to dress up for dinner in the hotel's elegant glass-walled restaurant, where the best tables are on the terrace.
Dinner in the conservatory overlooking the gardens is informal, unpretentious and delicious, but it's breakfast that steals the show: homemade mueslis and pastries are served up on a butcher's block, while the cooked menu offers 14 dazzling options, including Salcombe smokies (mackerel), buttermilk pancakes, and good old-fashioned boiled egg and soldiers.
