139660 Sat Nov 19 08:55:37 -0800 2005 6 11 South 0 747365 just a quick post... had dinner there last night. packed on a friday at 8:30 (big surprise there, right?) excellent focaccia, good veg minestrone, REALLY good duck confit and goat cheese pizza with shaved fennel salad, fair pork "porterhouse" over risotto. risotto tasted like it was finished with cream (a no-no in my book), pork was a tad overcooked and undersalted, and if you're going to call it a porterhouse and charge $19 for it, don't cut it a half-inch thick. it did have both sides of the cut, so technically i guess it was a porterhouse, but i was a tad disappointed. papardelle with shrimp and shrimp-mushroom broth was pretty good, though--nice fat shrimp, robust sauce, and good snap on the veggies. their dessert menu needs some help (or some better writers), because nothing really seemed appealing. all in all, good meal, though. i'm just not gonna get pork next time. Sat Nov 19 08:55:37 -0800 2005 0 HeelsSoxHound 1 747377 Location? Sat Nov 19 20:38:54 -0800 2005 747365 0 Griller 2 747450 http://www.pops-durham.com/ Mon Nov 21 11:04:55 -0800 2005 747377 0 CJ 3 747477 Thanks, CJ. Tue Nov 22 03:24:52 -0800 2005 747450 0 Griller 4 747498 whoops... sorry. yeah, durham, NC in brightleaf square. Tue Nov 22 15:40:37 -0800 2005 747477 0 HeelsSoxHound 1 747378 Location? Sat Nov 19 20:39:12 -0800 2005 747365 0 Griller 1 1948075 I enjoy Pop's . The service is always good and the food can be outstanding. The drinks are good as well. Whenever I go back "home" from San Francisco I make a point to eat at Pop's (as well as Blue Corn and that french place where the Pizza Palace used to be off 9th St). Mon Oct 16 04:06:30 -0700 2006 747365 46928 jcpageca