Category: New York Restaurant Reviews
New York City Restaurant Reviews
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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…
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78 Second Avenue at 4th Street 212/253.5410 about $200 for five, with two bottles of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Three of us drank two bottles of Algerian red wine while waiting for the rest of our group. When the five of us were complete, we shared two lamb shanks that were so tender, the…
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157 Mott Street between Broome and Grand Streets212/966.3797$20 for two, without drinks, without tip One of the last Vietnamese restaurants in New York City that’s still not lazy about making pho that tastes like beef, Pho Bang always hits the spot. Even if I order a bowl of vermicelli noodles with beef or a rice…
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5 East Broadway between Catherine Street and Chatham Square212/732.0797 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip Probably the funkiest decor in all of Chinatown–Funky Broome tried but they have since closed–Dim Sum GoGo is the brainchild of a French American food writer and a Hong Kong chef. The futuristic furniture and splashes of red…
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73 Mulberry Street on Baxter212/233.8988about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip Smaller bowls of pho and vermicelli noodles but still satisfying. The green papaya salad is one of my favorites even at $9.50. The service is quick and like the rest of Chinatown, impersonal. When all you want is a quick lunch, Nha Hang…
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57 Great Jones Street off Bowery212/473.8458$105 for two, with two drinks, with tip Hideyuki Nakajima, or Hedeh as he is also known, had been a veteran of the Matsuhisa empire for several years before heading to New York to do his own thing. Minus all the hoopla Japanese restaurants now have to do to attract…
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8 Stuyvesant Street off Third Avenue 212/598.3041 about $60 for a lot of food for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Kimchi fried rice, ramen bowls, yakitori, cold noodles and duk bo kki… What more could you ask for after a night of drinking?
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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…
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235 East 4th Street on Avenue B212/254.2900about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip While the owners of The E.U. wait for their liquor license, they will do the B.Y.O.B. thing rather than delay the opening of their restaurant. On opening night, we were seated at the right time before they started turning people…
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462 Amsterdam Avenue & 82nd Street212/400.4036about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip It was a slow Thursday night and we decided to step out for tapas. I loved the white anchovies with vinaigrette but why were they served on a bed of Romaine lettuce? The grilled sardines were more fishy than what I’m…
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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…
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80 Second Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets212/254.6610about $20 for two, with drinks, with tip I either order cod or haddock when I stop by. I soak them in vinegar and brown sauce. Everything goes down easily with Boddingtons. Mushy peas, baked beans and pickled onions are also on the menu if the chips are…