Category: SoHo
Reviews of SoHo Restaurants
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7 Spring Street between Elizabeth and Bowery $216 for 2 people, with a lot of drinks, with tip 646/370.6650 ♥ ♥ What?! I can’t hear you!, was my reply to our waiter when he tried to tell us that squeezing some lime juice on our food will make them taste better. The truth of the…
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206 Spring Street between Sixth Avenue and Sullivan Street $155 for 2 people, with drinks, with tip 212/334.3320 ♥ ♥ ♥ Matt wanted to buy me dinner while he was in town, so naturally I dragged him to the newest Michael White restaurant I can’t afford. It was 10pm and I was a bit worried…
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I had one day off between the old job and the next, so I planned a sandwich tour to make up for all those missed New York City lunches while I was in Connecticut. Three sandwich shops were recommended to me by my friend Josh; I needed his help because I’ve been out of the…
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19 Kenmare Street off Bowery 212/966.1810 about $85 for two, with two glasses of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Is it always like this? I had to ask the restaurant manager. He gave me a smirk; he knew exactly what I meant. No, this is the weekend. It’s usually more quiet on a weeknight. I…
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264 Elizabeth Street between Houston and Prince 212/966.9640 about $40 for one, with a drink, with tip ♥ The night that Jo’s officially opened, I walked by to check out how the old Tasting Room space had transformed. It was before 8pm and it wasn’t crowded, so I decided to stay and sit at the…
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25 West Houston Street between Greene and Mercer 212/219.2113 $196 for two, with five drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I knew I shouldn’t have ordered the $22 glass of Barolo but the guy behind the bar gave me a taste after I picked the $16 Muraglie and convinced me that it was the better way…
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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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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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462 Broadway corner of Grand Street 212/219.3300 about $120 for two, with four drinks, with tip ♥ L’Ecole’s five-course dinner is probably the city’s lowest-priced prix fixe at $40, but at that unbelievable price, how does the food taste? Well, like $8 apiece. The restaurant prides itself in using sustainable seafood but I missed any…
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7 Spring Street between Elizabeth and Bowery 212/777.0877 about $120 for two, with wine pairings, with tip ♥ The $15,000 Enomatic Enoline 8 machine was in place behind the bar when I visited with a friend, but it wasn’t functioning. Tonight’s not the night if you were in the mood for a $90 glass of…
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79 MacDougal Street off Houston 212/260.0100 about $45 each for two, with tip ♥ I’ve been wanting to go to Smith’s since it opened, but every time I would remember to walk by, they always give me an estimated hour-long wait. One Monday night, I was able to get a table for two on short…
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143 Grand Street off Lafayette 212/431.7999 about $45 for two, with tip ♥ Update, 2008: Michael Bao has left Bun I can only imagine how hard it is to work as a waiter/waitress in a city teeming with restaurants, but for everybody’s sanity, find another job if you can’t even put up with a simple…