Chez Panisse was everything I imagined it to be: warm, inviting, and serving the greatest food I have ever eaten. It is a life experience not to be missed.

P.S. I suppose it can be seen as a tad costly but not for the value of what you get and the experience and life enrichment that occurs. We didn’t hold back: wine, appetizers, main courses, desserts and dessert wines, coffee. With the gratuity it was about $180 for 2 people, really not bad for the second best restaurant in the United States.