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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl.
b/w 6th Ave. & MacDougal St.

$$$$$

3.2

28

In light of all the speculation surrounding Italian celebrity chef Mario Batali and his (non-renewed?) contract with the Food Network , I feel it apt to post about Babbo, Batali's .. >

wd-50
50 Clinton St.
b/w Stanton & Rivington St.

$$$$$

3.1

23

Photographs of bone marrow, chestnuts, tonburi, pickled honshemeji and soft white chocolate, potato, malt, white beer ice cream courtesy of Tina Wong Frank Bruni's 3-star review of.. >

Del Posto
85 10th Ave.
b/w 15th & 16th St.

$$$$$

3.4

18

It's hardly the fanciest thing on the menu, but I wanted to know what a really good pasta fagioli should taste like... >

Bouley
120 W Broadway
b/w Duane & Reade St.

$$$$$

2.7

18

Bouley is one of my favorite restaurants, and also one of Lon's, but this was our first time there together. Everything about this place is wonderful. They have lovely decor that i.. >

Gramercy Tavern
42 E 20th St.
b/w Broadway & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

3.3

14

1/2 One of the things I was most struck by while my sister, Melissa, and her husband were visiting from England recently was how impressed they were with the quality of restaurant .. >

Bar Room at The Modern
9 W 53rd St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3.5

13

The past Friday evening, I had dinner at the Bar Room at the Modern with Ariel. Since I have arrived there earlier than he did, I took the time to take in the atmosphere and the vi.. >

Aquavit
65 E 55th St.
b/w Park & Madison Ave.

$$$$$

3

12

- Sunday, Twelve Hundred Thirty Hours, 65 East 55th Street - I stood in front of the table flabbergasted at the brunch buffet spread at Aquavit. It was my first time there for Su.. >

Craft
43 E 19th St.
b/w Broadway & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

3

11

After reading about Craft for years, I’ve always thought about eating here but hating the fact that they don’t serve lunch, except at its sister branch Craftbar. That’s until I rea.. >

Falai
68 Clinton St.
at Rivington St.

$$$$$

3.3

10

One regret I had about my recent New York trip was I failed to visit ~FALAI~, a contemporary Italian place in the Lower East Side from Tuscan Iacapo Falai—I had a couple tablehoppe.. >

i Trulli
122 E 27th St.
b/w Lexington & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

3

10

Trulli are traditional stone houses from the southern Italian region of Puglia, distinguished by their conical, mortar-free stone roofs. The design of this expansive restaurant, an.. >

Wallse
344 W 11th St.
at Washington St.

$$$$$

2.5

9

Wallse is one of my favorites. The food is always good and the vibe is wonderful. We went there last night and had a great meal. Also, it appeared to be a locals night. Julian Schn.. >

Casa Mono
52 Irving Pl.
at 17th St.

$$$$$

3

7

Yeah, I know Mario Batali worships at the altar of offal and the flappy bits of the rooster, but his tapas-style restaurant on Irving Place has some really lovely vegetable dishes,.. >

Cesca
164 W 75th St.
at Amsterdam Ave.

$$$$$

3

7

Let’s count the reasons my recent dinner at ‘Cesca should have been horrible. OK, not horrible: ordinary. Disappointing... >

Aquavit Café
65 E 55th St.
b/w Park & Madison Ave.

$$$$$

3

6

Since I’ve wrote to Robyn recently via e-mail about my horror of yesterday at the LSAT and wanted me to express the dreadful experience of what happened. So, it is (if you don’t re.. >

Alto
520 Madison Ave.
53rd St. b/w Madison & 5th Ave.

$$$$$

3

6

Not long ago, Italian food in America was measured by a single criteria: Which restaurant gave you the most of it. A typical conversation between aficionados went something like th.. >

Mai House
186 Franklin St.
b/w Greenwich & Hudson St.

$$$$$

3.3

6

I did like the crispy skate... >

Tocqueville
1 E 15th St.
at 5th Ave.

$$$$$

3

6

I've always dreamed of having a house. I've got bigger dreams too-write the great American novel (I already wrote one, but I am pretty sure it's not great), travel the world, right.. >

Waterfront Ale House
540 2nd Ave.
at 30th St.

$$$$$

3

6

Lean, I expected, but even medium rare, my buffalo burger (platter; $13.95) was juiceless; the "homemade" cumin-coriander catsup was too sweet. Waffle fries had a texture closer to.. >

Danube
30 Hudson St.
b/w Duane & Reade St.

$$$$$

2.8

6

There is something both attractive and repellant about the longer running fine restaurants of New York. On the one hand if they have had a run longer than five years in this fickle.. >

Knife + Fork
108 E 4th St.
b/w 1st & 2nd St.

$$$$$

2.7

5

Following Gothamist's lead once again, I suggested going to Knife + Fork for a chef's tasting menu after this positive article was run in the online rag.  StB and HB were both game.. >

Public
210 Elizabeth St.
b/w Prince & Spring St.

$$$$$

3

5

Dear Boo, We've talked a lot about hangover foods in recent posts. Today though, I must admit I'm suffering from a food-induced hangover. Aka, yesterday I ate more than Jabba the .. >

Veritas
43 E 20th St.
b/w Broadway & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

3

5

My college friend Kristen of the food blog Give Me Some Food came to town recently with her mother and the two of them were kind enough to take me and our friend Ricky out to dine .. >

Freemans
End of Freeman Alley
off Rivington b/w Bowery & Chrystie

$$$$$

2.7

5

Package something well and watch the people come. This seems to be Freemans’ motto and it works. First, the location that still confuses people who do not hang-out in the area: whe.. >

Mesa Grill
102 5th Ave.
b/w 15th & 16th St.

$$$$$

2.6

5

"We should take the B or D to Grand Street. Because...um, I want an egg custard tart." After spending a few hours at the Brooklyn Museum last Saturday, Jason, Joana and I emerged i.. >

Alain Ducasse
155 W 58th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3

4

The restaurant Alain Ducasse at the Essex House isn’t around anymore, but if you went before it closed at the turn of the year, you may remember the following details:.. >

The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro
29 W 21st St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

4

The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro carries a 27 out of 30 Zagat food rating in Dallas. If it were in New York, that would put Lonesome Dove on a par with such standouts as Alain Duca.. >

Fleur de Sel
5 E 20th St.
at Broadway

$$$$$

3

4

I had dinner at Fleur de Sel on Christmas Eve a few years ago. It didn’t wow me. Like other expensive restaurant dinners I’ve had at holiday times, it seemed mass-produced and over.. >

The Sunburnt Cow
137 Avenue C
b/w 8th & 9th St.

$$$$$

3

4

Here's something to sweeten the start of the workweek. On Mondays, cocktails are only $5 at The Sunburnt Cow, a four-year-old Aussie restaurant/bar. The whimsical, tropical drinks .. >

Ouest
2315 Broadway
at 84th St.

$$$$$

3

4

Fresh lychees in Chinatown, after dim sum at Jing Fong. So grad school may not prevent me from eating (as my disturbingly regular afternoon chocolate chip cookie break can attest).. >

Osteria del Sole
267 W 4th St.
at Perry St.

$$$$$

3.2

4

First I would like to take this opportunity to wish my dear friend LittleMissSunshine a very happy birthday. And in her honor, I am finally writing about our dinner at Osteria del .. >

Cafe Kashkar
1141 Brighton Beach Ave.

$$$$$

2.8

4

abraço's piccolo milch At approximately 5:58pm Sunday evening, I was walking up 1st Avenue. Past 3rd street, 4th street (hang a left here and you'll be at the front door of Pinisi.. >

Maurizio Trattoria
35 W 13th St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

3

I've given Maurizio glowing reviews in the past, but I just went again recently and I was a bit disappointed. The food wasn't bad but I just wasn't as impressed this time. My entr.. >

Suenos
311 W 17th St.
b/w 8th & 9th Ave.

$$$$$

3

3

An authentic Mexican ambience and high quality, innovative Mexican cuisine are hard to come by in Manhattan. Suenos, located in the heart of Chelsea, serves up both with oodles of .. >

21 Club
21 W 52nd St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

3

A changing of the guard in the kitchen demands a revisit to this NYC..... >

The Four Seasons
99 E 52nd St.
b/w Park & Lexington Ave.

$$$$$

3

3

Like Tavern on the Green, The 21 Club, The Russian Tea Room, Le Cirque and Lutece (the last three of which are extinct or no longer exist in their original forms) The Four Seasons .. >

Butter
415 Lafayette St.
b/w 4th St. & Astor Pl.

$$$$$

3

2

Went to eat at Butter on Wednesday, hosted by my friend Wirt who cooks in Alex Guarnaschelli's kitchen. Because we all went with Wirt, we got extra TLC and a few bonus nibbles from.. >

Cacio e Pepe
182 2nd Ave.
b/w 11th & 12th St.

$$$$$

3.6

2

Cacio E Pepe is located on 2nd Avenue between 11/12th.  They have been open for 2 years now.  We had dinner with a group of people there the other night... >

Onera
222 W 79th St.
b/w Amsterdam Ave. & Broadway

$$$$$

3

2

In a neighborhood short on elegant dining options, Onera is an oasis of calm. My friend was immediately taken by the cool, relaxing environment. The original chef, Michael Psilakis.. >

Aix
2398 Broadway
at 88th St.

$$$$$

3.2

2

The Upper West Side has always been the Bermuda triangle when it comes to culinary invention. Anything that even remotely echoes ambition is shunned with a Scarlet A. Do people up .. >

The River Café
1 Water St.
at Old Fulton St.

$$$$$

3.3

2

One of the crises that every great restaurant must eventually face is what to do when the chef who "made" the restaurant leaves the kitchen. Can the restaurant continue or is it ti.. >

Robert's Steakhouse
603 W 45th St.
at 11th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

Robert’s Steakhouse has gotten some good press lately, including a prominent mention in the Times. One night in early June, I decided to find out for myself if the fuss is justifie.. >

Ted's Montana Grill
110 W 51st St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3.4

1

Get Ready. There is Bison in Midtown. Ted Turner has bison. And a ranch. And CNN. So, last week when I visited Ted’s Montana Grill in Midtown, I expected the works. Antlers, stuffe.. >

Silver Swan
41 E 20th St.
b/w Broadway & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

2.7

1

I headed back again to an area near where I used to live and work again just to check out a place that I used to visit to see if it was still there and check out how it was doing i.. >

Lucien
14 1st Ave.
b/w 1st & 2nd St.

$$$$$

3

1

We interrupt our scheduled programming to relay this classically unpredictable New York experience:.. >

Abboccato
136 W 55th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3.2

1

Abboccato is Italian for "bitten". I'm not sure, though, what it was that I was supposed to be bitten by. La Bocca della Verità, the Mouth of Truth, graces the covers of the menus... >

The Kitchen Club
30 Prince St.
at Mott St.

$$$$$

3

1

New Year's eve at Manhattan...there's the Time Square craziness that we avoided like plague, and most restaurants had a prix-fixe menu. While walking in Nolita earlier in the day, .. >

Beacon
25 W 56th St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

We musta walked past this place no less than a hundred times. It's a few doors down from our fave hotel the Chambers. Janine had a meeting downtown and after running the loop in CP.. >

Spiga
200 W 84th St.
b/w Amsterdam Ave. & Broadway

$$$$$

3.1

1

Every asset this intimate Upper West Side Italian restaurant has seems to be offset by a fault of the same magnitude... >

Triomphe
49 W 44th St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

My birthday is on Valentine's Day.  It works for me, mostly because I am often given the "that's so cute" vibe from women who assume I possess some sort of extreme romantic wisdom .. >

District
130 W 46th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

Something is seriously amiss at District, where on a recent Friday night, we were the only party eating at 7:30 p.m... >

Scalini Fedeli
165 Duane St.
b/w Hudson & Greenwich St.

$$$$$

3

1

I had dinner last December at Scalini Fedeli. This is the space Bouley occupied before moving to its present digs. Scalini is a pricey restaurant that gets mixed reviews. The New .. >

Acqua Pazza
36 W 52nd St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

Tonight was our annual Holiday dinner with the wife's friends from college. It was five of us, not the usual six, and prior to our requisite visit to The Tree, we ate at Acqua Pazz.. >

Aspen
30 W 22nd St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

2.8

1

Sometimes the best tonic for the ever-increasing chill in the air isn’t a tropical fantasy that leaves you pining for sand and suntan lotion. Instead, try embracing the frost. And .. >

Assenzio
205 E 4th St.
b/w Avenue A & Avenue B

$$$$$

3

1

Gnocchi di Patate al Profumo di Tartufo Blanco, Mozzarella-stuffed Veal with Porcini Mushroom Risotto, some of Perry's Carpaccio di Pesce Spada, a glass of Sardinian red wine, limo.. >

DarBar
152 E 46th St.
b/w 3rd & Lex Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

Darbar is a restaurant in Polk Gulch, specializing in North Indian/Moghul cuisine, not to be confused with the Polk branch of Shalimar, located directly across the street. Since th.. >

LCB Brasserie Rachou
60 W 55th St.
b/w 5th & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

LCB Brasserie Rachou is an odd hybrid between the four-star destination that La Cote Basque once was, and the informal brasserie that it now aspires to be. The serving staff (many .. >

Battery Gardens
Inside Battery Park
Opposite 17 State St.

$$$$$

3

1

The fine restaurants south of Chambers Street can be counted on the fingers of one hand, making any new arrival in this neighborhood a news event. Battery Gardens opened a month or.. >

Good World Bar & Grill
3 Orchard St.
b/w Division & Canal St.

$$$$$

3

1

Well, I know that I said I would be revisiting yesterday's bars and embellishing my descriptive narrative, but life does not always proceed as planned. The Mysterious Chinese Woman.. >

The Russian Tea Room
150 W 57th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3.3

1

On the highly anticipated opening night of the Russian Tea Room, doormen amiably guarded the red carpeted-entrance of the famed institution.  As I passed through the original revol.. >

I Coppi
432 E 9th St.
b/w 1st Ave. & Avenue A

$$$$$

3

Bistecca Fiorentina
317 W 46th St.
b/w 8th & 9th Ave.

$$$$$

2.6

Osteria del Circo
120 W 55th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3

Piano Due
151 W 51st St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3

Parish & Co
202 9th Ave.
at 22nd St.

$$$$$

3

wildFlower
192 Bleecker St.
b/w MacDougal St. & 6th Ave.

$$$$$

3

Carne
2737 Broadway
at 105th St.

$$$$$

3

Tamarind
41 E 22nd St.
b/w Broadway & Park Ave. S

$$$$$

3

Il Bastardo
191 7th Ave.
b/w 21st & 22nd St.

$$$$$

3.3

La Cantina Toscana
1109 1st Ave.
b/w 60th & 61st St.

$$$$$

3

Nino's Tuscany
117 W 58th St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.

$$$$$

3

Primola
1226 2nd Ave.
b/w 64th & 65th St.

$$$$$

2.4

Borgo Antico
22 E 13th St.
b/w 5th Ave. & University Pl.

$$$$$

3

Zoe
90 Prince St.
b/w Broadway & Mercer St.

$$$$$

3

Wombat
613 Grand St.
b/w Leonard & Lorimer St.

$$$$$

3

Henry's End Restaurant
44 Henry St.
at Cranberry St.

$$$$$

3