It feels weird to be writing about New York Donuts again after all those exhausting California posts. But let’s jump right back into it…Ronnybrook Dairy is now serving Donut Pub Donuts! I’ve been meaning to report this epic event in NYC Donutage for a few months now, mainly because it’s nice to see a shop [...]
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You enter Morandi and you feel as if you are walking into an Italian country dining room. Small intimate wooden tables and chairs. Open front with tables flowing out on the street but covered by the awning to watch the...
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My friend FunStar and I have been trying to get together for dinner since I left my previous job almost two months ago. Like BeanieBaby, of Cowgirl fame, she's been very eager to be written up in the blog. "What's my name going to be?" "When are we going out to dinner so I can be in the blog?" "I WANT TO BE IN THE BLOG!" On more than one occasion, FunStar cracked me up with her emails and comments similar to the ones above. I wonder if she realizes I only get close to 200 hits a day, and to be mentioned in my blog is no big deal. Frank Bruni will not be calling to take us out to dinner, Mario Batali will not be inviting us to a chef's...
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The real story in online restaurant reviews is often in the comments. Witness the recent brouhaha over Frank Bruni's snapshot of Balthazar in the Times' new food blog, Diner's Journal. Cataloging a single meal, Bruni proclaimed the risotto "inexcusable" and the chicken "overcooked." As soon as the review went up, the comments started to fly. A host of diners wrote in about similar negative experiences at Balthazar, others had nothing but good things to say, and a number of industry people defended the restaurant's good intentions - waiters, hosts, restauranteurs, and finally even one beleaguered Balthazar chef himself, Riad Nasr. All...
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When most people ask for restaurant recommendations, what they're seeking isn't about food at all. "It's so-and-so's birthday. Where should we eat?" "I'm only in New York for one night!" Or my favorite, "What's the cool place to go now?" But if you respond by asking them East Side or West Side, Asian or Italian, you look like a dolt yourself. It's not about just good food, good service, and a
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We walk inside the promised land that is, for this New York minute at least, Morandi. The room is filled with a golden glow. The light comes from soft yellow linen wall sconces and matching wooden chandeliers that are hung on low wood-beamed ceilings. The walls are raw brick; the floors are Italian mosaic tile. Old farmhouse sideboards are topped with large wooden bowls of lemons and pears. The waiters are in white button down shirts and ankle-length burlap aprons. The effect is bistro-chic via the Italian countryside.
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It's no secret Keith McNally knows how to build restaurant institutions - Balthazar, Pastis and Schiller's Liquor Bar - that will perhaps outlive McNally himself. But just what makes this British-born restaurateur think he can master the art of Italian? Morandi seems not your average attempt to expand a restaurant empire, crossing over into Italy's borders for novelty's sake, but instead a highly calculated Jody Williams-watching expedition around NYC (Il Buco, Giorgone and Gusto).
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In the interest of disclosure I was employed by Keith McNally for about 150 hours one winter back in my freelance days years ago. I believe it ended amicably; I quite often can be found at the north end of...
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