January 3, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Beauty & Essex
It burst to life on the cusp of Christmas, not... yet... claimed by nocturnal tall women and the pride of cats who attend them...
December 27, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Vareli/Lyon
Vareli is madly loved by the neighborhood the Village is just discovering Lyon…
December 20, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Hooked by Fish Tag
He’s back on the radar with the wandering Ryan Skeen as his second and a dizzyingly complex concept…
December 13, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Diary of a Donatella
Before there was Donatella the Brand, there was Donatella the Woman, obedient old world Italian daughter and serious restaurateur…
November 29, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Rouge et Blanc / Devi
And it’s light enough to actually see the food without flashlight, most of it inventive but not belligerently provocative…
November 22, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Lincoln / Mia Dona Meatballs
Not in years, possibly not since Windows-on-the-World has a restaurant arrived with such high expectations as Lincoln…
November 15, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Brooklyn Bowl
Yes, it’s true I experienced the thrill of this decade I was carded by the doorman at…
November 8, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Mesa Grill Throwdown
Considering how much time this matinée idol... spends on camera and on the road, I was impressed that he still finds time to tweak the tamales...
November 1, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Hurricane Club
White dinner jackets transform the waiters: a few Cesar Romeros, a Humphrey Bogart or two, and hapless Woody Allens…
October 25, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Bar Basque Glows Red
Bar Basque has serious ambition with a hot... young vibe... It’s as high-stepping in attention to detail as Daniel and Jean Georges, but for the Momofuku crowd...
October 18, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Bill’s Bar & Burger/Dinosaur
What happened to the cultural disdain for... midtown? Is the Lower East Side so old hat, Rockefeller Center suddenly amusingly fly? “They look like tourists,” one of our companions whispers…
October 11, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Lambs Club
Indeed Zakarian has never met a hotel lobby that daunted him. He got three stars at Town in the Chambers Hotel and another trio at Country Upstairs at The Carlton…
October 4, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
FoodParc (CLOSED)
Indeed I have tasted pleasures on the menu so totally over the top thrilling I plot to return even though the crush from 11 to 3 is daunting…
September 27, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Atlantic Grill Goes West
Hanson saw a vast space, steps from the hive of Lincoln Center’s hungry kulturati, perfect for a West Side road show…
September 20, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Hill Country Chicken
Given I’m a fool for the three nutritional essentials of fast food – salt, fat and sugar – there is not much dignity in my lust to be first in the door…
September 13, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Jean Georges: Le Retour
It’s that precious moment in Fall when a tomato can still astonish, corn remains sweet in its short Byronic life and the fruit begs to be eaten quickly...
September 7, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Eating Eataly
Maybe Eataly will become Whole Foods Italiano for the locals. But I live at the opposite end of town. I have Zabar and Fairway…
August 23, 2010 | BITE: My Journal
Night Eats at Xiao Ye
We’ve fallen off the edge of the Earth into the full tornado of millenial pop chow. We are braving Lower East Side no reservation turf…