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| - I am not a Binkley's fan. I know ... Kevin Binkley was recently nominated for a James Beard, Howard Seftel awarded it 5 stars, but really, it is overrated, overpriced and a just a little more than tired. Thankfully, the whole deconstrution and molecular gastronomy craze seem to be disappearing from menus. Truthfully, when dining out, I appreciate beautiful fresh ingredients prepared simply without the pretense. When did food have to become so technical that it resembles a high school chemistry lab assignment more than a meal? Meals at Binkley's are exhausting and often comical. They are orchestrated more as performing art than as a meal to be enjoyed. Having previously dined at Binkley's on several occasions, I will not be driving the 20 miles to Cave Creek. The restaurant is in a seedy, run down strip mall, cost hundreds of dollars, and when finished, all we really want to do is stop on the way home and have a burger because we are still hungry.
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