Kin Shop

469 Sixth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets 212/675.4295 $100 for two with tip, with one cocktail wheelchair patron may wheel in, but bathrooms are downstairs ♥ ♥ The last time I was on Sixth Avenue above 8th Street, I was at Jefferson Market buying blood sausages after a stranger tipped me about the store ...

Perilla

9 Jones Street between West 4th and Bleecker Streets 212/929.6868 $147 for three, with a bottle of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ I’ve watched Top Chef enough to know that the judges sometimes can’t make up their minds between “cooking outside the box” and “sticking with what you know”. You had Carla who finally stuck ...

Market Table

18. February 2009 American, West Village + TriBeCa 0
54 Carmine Street on the corner of Bedford 212/255.2100 $90 each for a group of three, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Is it too early to name my favorite restaurant of 2009? Last year, I ate at Dovetail the day after Christmas (and a week after its official opening) and ...

Matsugen

07. January 2009 Japanese, West Village + TriBeCa 0
241 Church Street at Leonard 212/925.0202 $75 for tasting menu, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ 66 was a long time ago but entering Matsugen reminded me of those long lunch hours I used to take to eat at an expensive restaurant and only pay lunch prices. I had a delicate dim sum meal back ...

Hakata Tonton

17. December 2008 Japanese, West Village + TriBeCa 0
61 Grove Street off Seventh Avenue South 212/242.3699 $30 each for four, with a bottle of sake, with tip ♥ ♥ I love pigs’ feet. There I said it. I’ve caramelized them before with a tart salad and I’ve grilled them to serve at a summer barbecue party. Hakata Tonton worships the tonsoku. Hakata Tonton ...