wd-50

05. May 2006 American, Lower East Side 0
50 Clinton Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets 212/477.2900 about $300 for two, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Wylie Dufresne, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… 1. Pickled beef tongue with fried mayonnaise and onion streusel. I loved the beef tongue carpaccio style; you can barely ...

Aurora Ristorante

09. April 2006 American, Brooklyn 0
70 Grand Street at Wythe Avenue, Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn718/388.5100about $125 for two, with a bottle of wine, without tip♥ ♥ Dinner’s always nice when a group of you eat and drink without feeling like you’re at a restaurant. The waiter asks for your orders and serves them unobtrusively. He also knows when to ask if everything ...

Ureña

37 East 28th Street between Park and Madison Avenues 212/213.2328 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Update, 2007: Renovated as Pamplona Ureña is the latest restaurant to open in Murray Hill from one of David Bouley’s apprentice and ex-executive chef of Blue Hill, Alex Ureña. The restaurant has been dubbed ...

Blue Hill Restaurant

23. September 2005 American, West Village + TriBeCa 0
75 Washington Place between MacDougal and Sixth Avenue 212/539.1776 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ To welcome autumn, Nabi and I had dinner at Blue Hill in the West Village last night. It’s probably the first restaurant in the city that attempts to be an answer to Chez Panisse with ...

Corner Bistro

14. August 2005 American, West Village + TriBeCa 0
331 West 4th Street at Jane 212/242.9502 about $45 for two, with a few drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Possibly the best burgers in New York City besides Le Parker Meridien’s, people wait at Corner Bistro not just for the $2.50 McSorley’s but also for the Bistro Burger, a slab of juicy beef so ...