Monte’s

19. September 2012 Brooklyn, Italian 0
451 Carroll Street, Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn $45 each for 3 people, with 2 beers, with tip 718/852.7800 ♥ ♥ We needed to eat before the We Were Promised Jetpacks concert at the Bell House but Littleneck was closed and the first thing that came up on my phone that did not sound like a sticky-floor ...

Jin Ramen

12. September 2012 Japanese, West + East Harlem 0
3183 Broadway between Tiemann Place and 125th Street $20 each for 4 people, with drinks, with tip 646/559.2862 ♥ ♥ Ramen in Harlem? This is seriously the best thing that has happened in my neighborhood in the 7+ years I’ve lived there. Notable: 1. Happy hour $10 Sapporo pitchers after 10pm when I visited on ...

Salt & Fat

05. September 2012 American, Queens 0
41-16 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens $40 each for 4 people, with drinks, with tip 718/433.3702 ♥ ♥ Taking advantage of Queens while one of my favorite eating partners is in town from Chicago, we visited Salt & Fat with her brother to check out the scene in what is a very unfamiliar part of the ...

Taste Good Malaysian Cuisine

30. August 2012 Queens, Southeast Asian 0
82-18 45th Avenue, Elmhurst, Queens $20 each for 4 people, without drinks, with tip 718/898.8001 ♥ ♥ One of my favorite eating partners was in town from Chicago, so I basically forced her to eat in Queens and drag Paul, her Malaysian friend, with her so he can order for the rest of us and ...

Perla

08. August 2012 Italian, West Village + TriBeCa 0
24 Minetta Lane off Sixth Avenue $75 each for 3 people, with drinks, with tip 212/933.1824 ♥ ♥ On a steamy Monday night, we were entertained by the Everybody Loves Raymond bartender lookalike at the bar. Tastiest: 1. Fried pig’s ears – I can only cook pig’s ears Fergus Henderson style and they’re never this ...