September 17, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Henry by JJ
The shocking pink neon JJ in the window as you arrive stakes his claim…
September 10, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Jolly Good Fiorello
One day a brass marker with our names joined...
September 3, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue
Smoked wings drizzled with buffalo sauce and irresistible fritos pie smothered with chili…
August 27, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Le Bernardin
A waiter brings a velvet footstool to hold my handbag and the foldup umbrella I refuse to check...
August 20, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Manhatta High
You’ll find binoculars on the window sill and the chef with tattooed arms bared calling the plays outside the open kitchen…
August 13, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Avena Again (CLOSED)
I’m meeting fussy friends I want to impress…
August 6, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Bistro Pierre Lapin
I’m especially taken by the menu choices, so all over the place…
July 30, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Olmsted: Brooklyn Wizardry
I have nothing against Brooklyn. I just rarely go there unless someone offers to drive…
July 23, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Tudor City Steakhouse
They’re willing to save me a table with a river view in that historic district…
July 9, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Infamous Chicken
I had supposed that “Infamous” was an attempt at…
June 18, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
The Grand Affair
It’s a rally of chefs from the grand hotels of...
June 11, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Suicide Regrets
Suicide, the headlines not the inclination, distract me..
June 4, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Woodpecker At Play
Years pass and chefs mature, but there’s no need to fret that David Burke might grow stodgy…
May 21, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Little Frog
The old-fashioned need for an old-fashioned…
May 14, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Tartina
Eat well and you will live 100 years… Mangia Bene che vivi 100 anni…
May 7, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Boqueria West 40th
There’s no longer a need to explain tapas to innocents from the western slope, the glaciers or small Texas towns…
April 30, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Frenchette
Two of us must have the brouillade, soft…