I have made the rounds to Balthazaar, Pastis and Schiller's. We were at Balthazaar a few weeks ago and had a really good meal. Pastis, where I have done mostly lunch, is always good. Why is it every time I go to Schiller's the food is mediocre at best? Maybe Keith McNally doesn't think the food is as important as the vibe in that neighborhood. I am not sure what it is.
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Fall has definitely arrived with freezing temperature upstate New York and cool and damp down here in the city. Even worse, it is now dark when I wake up in the morning. I am not ready for this.
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The latest hipster haunt from Keith McNally, the king of the distressed vintage Parisian brasserie, Schiller's Liquor Bar is already bursting at its authentic subway-tiled seams with the most up to the minute stars and scene-seekers. The thing about McNally is you've gotta love him. Yes the place is a zoo. Yes there are people on two cell phones at once while blackberry-ing friends at nearby tables. Yes women are rail thin, with full, pouty lips, and sport low riders that actually sit somewhere around their knees, and wear faux-trucker hats. Yes men are chisled and abuse hair care product until they have obtained the perfect matted yet appealing bedhead 'do. Yes the sidewalk corner of Rivington and Norfolk is littered with Prada-clad mommies to be, hooked arm-in-arm with their Paul Smith-decked husbands and future dads. Indeed, this down-and-out corner of the Lower East Side will never be the same. And that's just fine by me, because scene aside (and it is worth noting that there is absolutely NO scene at breakfast and lunch), the thing is, Keith McNally gives good restaurant.
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