Category: New York Restaurant Reviews
New York City Restaurant Reviews
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240 Ninth Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets 212/242.4730 $230 for four, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I will always be impressed when someone can make something out of almost nothing. When that something is different than usual, I’m even more in awe of the skill that comes with that…
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54 Carmine Street on the corner of Bedford 212/255.2100 $90 each for a group of three, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Is it too early to name my favorite restaurant of 2009? Last year, I ate at Dovetail the day after Christmas (and a week after its official opening) and…
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72 Hudson Avenue between Front and Water Streets, near DUMBO Brooklyn 718/522.1018 $40 each for a group of 5, with drinks and tip ♥ ♥ If you’re tired of the lumberjack look because you’ve seen enough of the same style at Freemans, Hearth and even the J. Crew Men’s Shop in TriBeCa, you’re better off…
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211 East 43rd Street off Third Avenue 212/557.8200 about $80 for two people, with sake, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I don’t need any horoscope to tell me that I’ve been living a lifestyle I can’t afford, but it was right there on OK! Magazine, a copy I picked up after someone left it in…
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214 East 10th Street between First and Second Avenues 866/602-8779 about $25 for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ Yohshoku, or Western dishes adapted to fit the Japanese taste, kept me alive when I was younger and wasn’t making a lot of or any money. In West L.A., I loved Curry House because I could…
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241 Church Street at Leonard 212/925.0202 $75 for tasting menu, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ 66 was a long time ago but entering Matsugen reminded me of those long lunch hours I used to take to eat at an expensive restaurant and only pay lunch prices. I had a delicate dim sum meal back…
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61 Grove Street off Seventh Avenue South 212/242.3699 $30 each for four, with a bottle of sake, with tip ♥ ♥ I love pigs’ feet. There I said it. I’ve caramelized them before with a tart salad and I’ve grilled them to serve at a summer barbecue party. Hakata Tonton worships the tonsoku. Hakata Tonton…
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32 West 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 212/582.6900 $200 for two, with wine, without tip ♥ ♥ By the fifth time someone asked us if everything was okay, I paused and looked into the waiter’s eyes and told him, Really. We’re okay. I like good service as much as anybody else but there’s…
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171 Spring Street between West Broadway and Thompson 212/343.4255 $70 for three, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I felt like I got the gist of Boqueria SoHo after I stopped by for “dessert” with my brother and sister-in-law during its second weekend. We walked in around 5:45pm to eat an early dinner but were…
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178 Broadway, right under the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn 718/387-7400 about $350 for five, with a bottle of wine, with tip, cash only ♥ ♥ Our waiter spilled porterhouse juice all over my sister-in-law’s hat. She wasn’t wearing it at the time, but it still sucked when she realized it outside. It was windy and…
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212 Lafayette Street off Kenmare 212/925.9322 $40 for two, with 2 drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Everything Serge Becker touches turns into the next place-to-be. (You’ve seen La Esquina and The Box in the news, right?) A 1pm lunch date with my friend at the bar started gloomy: we were meeting to drown our sorrows…
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12 East 22nd Street 212/228.7557 $90 for two, with 2 glasses of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ We’ve driven by Almoncello on Montauk Highway only to stop at Townline BBQ for lunch instead. This summer I told myself, okay, I’ll definitely eat there next year. But now that their Manhattan branch has opened, I…