Peasant

25. June 2005 Italian, SoHo 0
194 Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring, New York City 212/965.9511 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ It’s hard to convince me to try a restaurant dubbed “Best Place to Impress a First Date” but after walking by Peasant one afternoon, I thought of it as the best place ...

Onera

19. June 2005 Greek, Upper West Side 0
222 West 79th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam 212/873.0200 about $200 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2007: Chef Michael Psilakis has turned Onera into cash-only Kefi. He has also opened Anthos at 36 West 52nd Street off Fifth Avenue, 212/582.6900 My party was forty minutes late but the Onera ...

The Spotted Pig

314 West 11th Street at Greenwich Street 212/620.0393 about $100 for two, with a few drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2007: A second floor space has opened, but I still waited two and a half hours on a Saturday even after I put my name down at 6:45pm It’s no surprise that ...

Chubo

6 Clinton Street off Houston 212/674.6300 about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ Update, 2007: The space is for sale Chubo’s offerings are familiar but the combination of all of them makes the menu a little confused. The hamachi was served two ways: tartare and the other, glazed with teriyaki. They had ...

egg

09. April 2005 American, Brooklyn 0
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. ...