Huh...that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all; normally I just end up stumbling over good places by accident...like this one time I tripped in front of an ice cream shop and busted my nose.

[It was certainly one way to discover a new place, it also netted him some free ice cream and a bag of ice; so in the grand scheme of things it wasn't that bad an experience.]

I think though just taking a walk around and talking to the people in the know would be a little safer...and less painful.