# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 265
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5281 "2011-05-07T02:35:27Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5282 "2011-05-07T03:35:08Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5283 "2011-05-07T11:23:09Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5284 "2011-05-07T19:31:18Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette Yep, the magician. He plays bass in a [jazz band](http://jazztimes.com/articles/19709-penn-jillette-s-bass-magic). ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5285 "2011-05-07T20:47:42Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5286 "2011-05-07T20:57:50Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola Django Reinhardt’s preferred bassist. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5287 "2011-05-08T03:14:22Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5288 "2011-05-08T13:31:21Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke 9. Charles Mingus ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5289 "2011-05-08T21:23:27Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke 9. Charles Mingus 10. John Patitucci ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5290 "2011-05-09T00:07:53Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke 9. Charles Mingus 10. John Patitucci 11. Wilbur Ware ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5291 "2011-05-09T00:51:30Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke 9. Charles Mingus 10. John Patitucci 11. Wilbur Ware 12. Doug Watkins ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5292 "2011-05-09T02:28:01Z")
Jazz Bassists 1. Ron Carter 2. Jaco Pastorius 3. Esperanza Spalding 4. Dave Holland 5. Penn Jillette 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Louis Vola 8. Stanley Clarke 9. Charles Mingus 10. John Patitucci 11. Wilbur Ware 12. Doug Watkins 13. Paul Chambers Next topic: Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5293 "2011-05-09T03:05:21Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5294 "2011-05-09T13:32:15Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/) 3. [Junior’s](http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5295 "2011-05-09T16:40:58Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/) 3. [Junior’s](http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/) 4. [The Peppermill](http://www.thepeppermill.ie/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5296 "2011-05-09T16:57:08Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/) 3. [Junior’s](http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/) 4. [The Peppermill](http://www.thepeppermill.ie/) 5. [http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/](http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/) It’d be a great place to reenact the killing of the Turk and McCluskey. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5297 "2011-05-09T17:01:53Z")
My answer is “none of them”, but I don’t want to waste a spot on a non-recommendation. OTOH, it would help if the locations (city names) of these restaurants were included in the list… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5298 "2011-05-09T18:57:21Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette) 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/) 3. [Junior’s](http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/) 4. [The Peppermill](http://www.thepeppermill.ie/) 5. [http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/](http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/) 6. [Forbes Mill Steakhouse](http://www.forbesmillsteakhouse.com/index_flash.php), Los Gatos CA. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5299 "2011-05-09T19:20:10Z")
Restaurants you’d recommend to a visitor to your area 1. [Baja Peninsula](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/189/1017581/restaurant/Lafayette/Baja-Peninsula-West-Lafayette), West Lafayette, Ind. 2. [Old Canal Smokehouse](http://www.oldcanalsmokehouse.com/), Chillicothe, Ohio 3. [Junior’s](http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/), Brooklyn, N.Y. 4. [The Peppermill](http://www.thepeppermill.ie/), Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 5. [http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/](http://www.mrgsmontgomery.com/), Montgomery, Ala. 6. [Forbes Mill Steakhouse](http://www.forbesmillsteakhouse.com/index_flash.php), Los Gatos, Calif. 7. [Cleveland Chop House](http://clevelandchophouse.com/), Cleveland, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5300 "2011-05-09T19:26:33Z")
Awesome… I happen to be going to Cleveland tomorrow to meet with some clients all day Wednesday. That might be a bit too far (their offices are in the Beachwood/Woodmere area), but they might be willing to make the haul. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=266)