101 St. Marks Place between First and Avenue A 212/677-2226 about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Whenever I’m craving for a lamb dinner but don’t necessarily want Indian food, I go to Cafe Mogador. Their tagines are excellent here and my favorite is the lamb with couscous in saffron sauce. ...
101 Second Avenue off 6th Street 212/253.7848 about $125 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2006: Makimono is now closed I love my sushi and I’ve had my fair share from New York City’s finest, but at the end of the day, otoro is still otoro and whether $12 a ...
435 Hudson Street between Leroy and Morton 212/647.9196 about $125 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Our Ethan Hawke lookalike waiter at EN Japanese Brasserie seemed nervous, stuttering whenever he had to answer a question; maybe we asked too many questions. The cocktails we ordered as soon as we were seated took ...
214 East 10th Street between First and Second Avenues 212/477.7030 about $30 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ While Rai Rai Ken reminds me of the Japanese movie Tampopo, it is my quick trip to Tokyo a few years ago that always comes flooding back whenever I enter the shop for a ...
63 Bedford Street on Morton 212/929-3499 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I always write about eating at Snack, my favorite Greek spot, so I decided to try its new sister restaurant, Snack Taverna on Bedford. It has a more grown-up menu with some French influences and the ambiance is ...