Astor Room – Astoria
Astor Room celebrates its location at the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios with a throwback menu to the "Mad Men" days: Oysters Rockefeller, Beef Wellington, Duck a l'Orange, Lobster Thermidor, you...
View Articlet.b.d. – Greenpoint
The Great Outdoors: a concept so foreign to us concrete jungle dwellers that we are willing to accept a wide-open lot as a utopia of sorts. t.b.d. claims the title of “biggest, baddest backyard in...
View ArticleQi Bangkok Eatery – Times Square
The only reason I went was because my friend Sam Kim told me that the place had a cocktail called "Krungthepmahanakhon Amornrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharat Ratchathaniburirom...
View ArticleWilliams & Bailey – Williamsburg
French Dip, right here in Williamsburg? Of course, it’s called “Prime Rib Dip,” perhaps to distance itself from the fact that it’s an L.A. creation, but let’s call a spade a spade. To its credit,...
View ArticleThe Tippler – Chelsea
What am I, chicken liver? If only the food were as creative as the drinks. If you’re going to put things like gunpowder tea-infused vodka or smoked salt in a cocktail, then why not spice up the...
View ArticlePipa Tapas y Mas – Flatiron
Spanish tapas in a furniture store? Why not. Whether it’s dates or birthdays or bachelorette parties, Pipa Tapas y Mas has become Flatiron’s go-to tapas bar for those long and lingering suppers,...
View ArticlePatiala – Flatiron
Somehow I managed to order some of the most unappetizing-looking food on the menu for this review. Ever since I’ve avoided ordering anything resembling meat on a stick for Serious Eats. No odd camera...
View ArticleAlewife Queens – Long Island City
The pub masters behind neighborhood bars Lord Hobo in Cambridge, Mass., and the original Alewife in Baltimore have opened their latest venture, Alewife Queens, located in the residential recesses of...
View ArticleThe Caulfield – Flatiron
I’m not totally sure I understand this bar. Though named after the famed protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, The Caulfield’s menus don’t necessarily translate to classic 1950s New York—not even a...
View ArticleVault at Pfaff’s – NoHo
The basement space at the corner of Broadway and Bleecker has taken many forms throughout its existence, but perhaps none as interesting as its original: a mid-19th century hangout for America’s...
View Article169 Bar – Lower East Side
If you make it to this remote corner of the Lower East Side, it’s worth stopping in at the kitschy 169 Bar, which serves up some seriously great blue crab legs for just $6. If anything, it’s worth...
View ArticleSons of Essex – Lower East Side
Is it a restaurant or a nightclub? Although I normally try to avoid this identity-crisis bars, I begrudgingly admit that Sons of Essex surprised me with at least a few good dishes. Their hen and...
View ArticleFort Defiance – Red Hook
I’m not sure what possessed me to pitch a bar in Red Hook in the first place — it would mean I would actually have to get my ass down to that remote neighborhood inconveniently located away from any...
View ArticleThe Saint Austere – Williamsburg
Hands down, this is one of my favorite places in my neighborhood — and I don’t take that label lightly. Velvety polenta hand-whisked for five hours and topped with a spicy sausage ragu… ah, that’s...
View ArticlePera Soho – Soho
I’m a sucker for good baba ganoush, and Pera Soho happens to do a modern twist on it, mixing the smoked eggplant with a garlicky yogurt. And they’re not shy with bread, either. (Pet peeve of mine:...
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