is a multi-Emmy Award winning restaurant review program that began on Chicago's PBS member station WTTW in 2001.
The format of the show is simple: three people sit down with a host to discuss three local eating establishments, one favorite chosen by each guest.
Although many participants select trendy, upscale restaurants, just about any eating establishment is fair game including hot dog stands and "neighborhood joints".
A Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach version for WPBS and WPBT, Check, Please!
In October 2003, Amanda Puck was replaced with Alpana Singh, who has worked as a sommelier at Chicago's Everest restaurant and as the Director of Wine and Spirits for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.
[4] The San Francisco version is hosted by wine consultant and author Leslie Sbrocco.
According to Manilow, the inspiration for creating the show came from a weekly dining club that he started and included Cohen and film director Joe Angio.
[7] On January 16, 2009, a previously unaired August 2001 episode (Dixie Kitchen),[8][9] which featured the then Illinois state senator Barack Obama, premiered on WTTW, days before his presidential inauguration.