Category: New York Restaurant Reviews
New York City Restaurant Reviews
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72 West 69th Street off Columbus 212/580.4300 about $450 for four, with champagne and wine, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I was walking around the upper west side one afternoon when I saw the spoon, knife and fork Telepan logo. I crossed the street to check out the menu posted outside and made a mental…
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246 DeKalb Avenue at Vanderbilt, Fort Greene, Brooklyn 718/789.2778 about $70 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ A lot of my friends live in Brooklyn and they’ve been encouraging me to check out the restaurants in their borough. I’m slowly making my way down the list but iCi has always been the…
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309 East 5th Street between First and Second Avenues 212/254.2244 $25 each for three, with three beers, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ As soon as the the Dr. had a slurp of Soba Koh’s broth, he said, Sobaya has been crushed. Now, we like Sobaya, our usual Sunday lunch destination, but we’ve been wanting something…
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Corner of Wooster and Prince no phone number about $12 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ Updated, 2006: They do have a phone number! 917/674.1869 and of course, “Cal” is from California I assume Calexico is currently enjoying their Vendy Award status as a finalist because I had to try twice before I finally…
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64 Charles Street on West 4th 646/486.2185 about $200 for four, with two bottles of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ For a restaurant that wasn’t selected by me–I met friends from out of town there–I was really surprised at how good our meals were at Mary’s Fish Camp. I’ve been to Pearl Oyster Bar…
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52 Irving Place corner of 17th Street 212/253.2773 $120 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Mario Batali took a lit bit of convincing to let Chef Andy Nusser open up a Spanish tapas bar under his name, but as told in Heat, a tasting knocked their socks off. Two years after they…
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106 Kenmare Street between Lafayette and Cleveland Place 646/613.7100 about $18 for one, with one drink, without tip ♥ I celebrated my 2005 birthday in the basement of La Esquina. My guests and I had to walk through the door marked with an Employees Only sticker, down the stairs and past the kitchen to get…
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46-48 in the Chinatown Arcade between Canal and Bayard 212/964.0284 about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Don’t let the hard-to-pronounce items on the menu stop you from ordering food from New Malaysia. For my first visit, I ordered the more traditional nasi lemak and the roti canai just to be on…
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86 Mulberry Street between Canal and Bayard 212/577.8887 $18 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Anthony Bourdain once said that most people know that Vietnamese food is good but they just don’t have a clue how good. In New York City, it’s hard to find a really good Vietnamese place. I used…
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155 West 51st Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues 212/554.1515 about $300 for two, with matching drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ After dining at Le Bernardin for the Dr.’s birthday, I realized that it shouldn’t be categorized as French. The name may be French but the menu definitely screams New American. There were a…
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141 East 55th Street between Third and Lexington 212/753.3900 $365 for eleven, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ It was a challenge to organize the Dr.’s second birthday celebration with his married friends but they all showed up for brunch with their children at Our Place. (Part one was at Le Bernardin and tapas with…
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370 Columbus Avenue off 78th Street 212/362.4816 $130 for two, with three drinks, with tip ♥ I was craving sushi but did not want to go home too late, so I looked for a sushi place around the upper west side. I found Gari on Columbus Avenue with all its Frank Bruni and Food &…