Joshua Napoli

The Patio
http://www.ptownpatio.com/
Provincetown, MA

On Thursday, my wife and her parents had gone down to Cape Cod for a long weekend. I had business in Boston on Friday, and so I came afterwards. I took the ferry to meet my family in Provincetown. It was Julie’s mother’s birthday, so we decided to take her out for dinner. We walked down the street looking for a suitable place and settled on “The Patio”. Indoors, the restaurant was too noisy for us, so we ate outside. The tomato and mozzarella salad was quite good, but the crab-cake dinner was marginal. My wife’s macadamia nut encrusted chicken dinner was really good. The restaurant generally seemed worth a second visit.

Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe
6300 Fallsview Boulevard, Unit A
Niagara Falls Ontario
Canada
L2G 2J3
(905) 354-5000

Discouraged by the lack of options for dinner on the American side of the falls Helen, Charlie, Julie and I crossed the border to the Canadian side. We stopped for dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant. There were a variety of martinis to choose from. One made with vidal ice wine tasted essentially like some ice wine poured into a martini glass. The tomatoes soup was good, but nothing else that we tried could be recommended. Despite the weak US dollar, dinner seemed more reasonably priced than the Red Coach Inn Restaurant.

The Red Coach Inn Restaurant
Two Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York (NY) USA

The Red Coach Inn sets along the river, close to the falls. The restaurant has outdoor seating. If it weren’t for a thicket of bushes and trees growing along the bank of the Niagara River, there would be a nice view of it. Nevertheless, the outdoor seating is pleasant. The place is a steak house, and prices on the meat were accordingly high. There were a few gamy meats that won’t be found at family-style restraints. We shared an ostrich appetizer. Although its flavor and texture were not used advantageously, the rutebaga in the mixed vegetables with our dinners at least added an unusual touch. Unfortunately, the steak was cooked badly. Outback serves better steak at half the price. The meatloaf dinner was also unexceptional. I wish I could recommend a better place on the American side of the falls, but we couldn’t find one.