Speaking of restaurants, I commented to the wife how there seem to be only a few kinds out there:
1. Fast food, you're hungry and just want food quickly, meh. At times it's OK.
2. Bar food, this is the most pervasive, it ranges from pretty bad to decent, but almost the same menu everywhere.
3. "Ethnic" foods, which are to me a different take on bar food. A few places can be memorable, but only a few.
4. Over priced places, often hotel restaurants and the like, or famous name places.
5. Hidden gems, for some reason, they stay hidden, ha, except when some mag outs them, and the mag often is wrong.
6. Really good places worth paying extra for dining out. You leave smiling (and poorer).
And yes, you have specialty places, steak or seafood, etc. They often are under 4.