Our kitchen renovation starts this Monday. We are also having most of the first floor hardwood replaced with travertine. Our house is a Mediterranean or hacienda style, so granite was the perfect choice. I had quartz in another house and it had a large spaghetti sauce stain on it that never came out.
Here's a picture of the wife I just took in the kitchen making me a tasty dinner! This kitchen will be history come next week and I think granite is the only way to go.