Category: American

Reviews of New American Restaurants in New York City

  • 135A North 5th Street off Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718/302.5151 about $50 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ My only complaint about egg is that it stops serving breakfast at noon. That doesn’t give me enough time to wake up in Harlem and trudge all the way to Brooklyn to eat breakfast.…

  • 142 Mercer Street on Prince 212/431.7676 about $150 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ There are nights in New York City when you become thankful for the people you know. I was very thankful this one summer night when the manager and sommelier of Lure invited a friend of mine to…

  • 135 North 5th Street off Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718/302.5151 about $15 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2005: Sparky’s has opened a branch in Manhattan, 333 Lafayette Street off Bleecker, 212/334.3035 You can’t call yourself a New Yorker if you can’t make yourself cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn is…

  • 210 East 46th Street between Second and Third 212/687.4855 $200 for two, with a bottle of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ My older brother lives in Manila and whenever he visits New York City, he has one request: eat a nice slab of steak at Sparks Steak House. When mafia boss Paul Castellano and…

  • 72 East 1st Street on First Avenue 212/358.7831 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ When people ask me for my top five restaurants in New York City, I rank Sushiden on five, Tom Colicchio’s Gramercy Tavern on four, Snack on three and Mario Batali’s Babbo in second place. I…