Central Michel Richard
As I entered Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C., I thought immediately of Artisanal, a smaller but equally appealing bistro...
Get Fresh Table and Market
I haven’t been this excited about a dish in a while. If you’ve been following my tweets and last week’s...
Dirt Candy
Congratulations to Amanda Cohen! Her wonderfully conceived and executed vegetarian restaurant, Dirt Candy, turned one at the end of October....
Bill's Bar & Burger
A stark contrast to its humble beginnings, today’s hamburger lives under the scrutiny of aficionados and critics. And now Stephen...
Delmonico's
Located on Beaver Street in the Wall Street area, Delmonico’s is a historic institution established in 1837. Unlike other landmark...
The Gates
The Gates, one of the City’s latest nighttime hotspots, is a stunning bar/restaurant hidden beyond a pair of grand brass...
Commerce
Commerce is the latest restaurant to occupy the historic location at 50 Commerce Street in the West Village. Tucked in...
Walter Foods
Two recent experiences at Walter Foods had the same effect on me: total contentment from a fun meal out. The...
Steamed Scallop & Foie Gras Dumplings w/ Mushroom Coulis & Chive Oil
Birthday celebrations are hard. While they’re a good opportunity to try a fancy restaurant, I often prefer a more intimate...
Free-Range Chicken Roulade
“Mort, the competition gets tougher every day and we aren’t alone at the top anymore. There are too many...
"Steak and Eggs" Korean Style
The Good Fork has been on my list of restaurants to try for quite some time now. I was deterred...
Potato Salad/Baked Grapefruit/Red Beer
My last visit to Roebling Tea Room was a snacky and satisfying one. I couldn’t decide on a single dish,...
Philly Cheese Steak Dumplings w/ sriracha ketchup
Fireside, located in the Omni Berkshire Hotel in Midtown, is an unexpectedly good restaurant. You could easily mistake it for...
Salad-Topped Baked Potato
I love potatoes! I once designed a book called “Potatoes are Our Friends.” I even named my company “P. de...
Porterhouse Steak
If there’s one thing a steak house should be, it’s grand! And Benjamin Steak House, in the century-old, Chemist Club-building-turned-Dylan...
New Mexican Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
I typically avoid feeding the celebrity chef craze our country is perpetuating at the moment, but for Bobby Flay’s sophisticated...
Heirloom Endive, Roasted Cauliflower and Croznes w/ Fried Soft-Boiled Egg, Kabocha Squash Purée
Brunch, in theory, should be a fun meal, but over the years I’ve stopped enjoying it and pretty much stopped...
Concord Fizz
Peter Hoffman’s new East Village restaurant, Back Forty, doesn’t disappoint. The atmosphere fits both the neighborhood and the concept. Referring...
BLT
Friday lunches at Union Square Café are becoming a habit. It was so crowded at the bar at 1:30 this...
Stuzzichini Misti (selection of five appetizers)
It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s blazing hot or abnormally cold; the weather this month has not affected my...
Fiddlehead Fern Ravioli
You will have to excuse me, but it’s been a rough month. My worst nightmare has come back to haunt...
Fischer Farm Suckling Pig Confit
“First impressions can go a long way,” so they say. More often than not, it lies furthest away from the...
Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich
It’s been a while since I deliberately went out for an evening of restaurant crawling, but what else can you...
The Chopped (salad)
Quality Meats opened last April as the latest addition to the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group (SWRG). While the restaurant...
Olivier's Alsatian Flammenkûche
It’s been a while since I last visited DB Bistro Moderne. I remember it to be very pleasant, the staff...
Orecchiette Pork Ragu
I first went to Employees Only on a Sunday for brunch. It was empty and charming. We sat in the...
Mini Burger
Do you ever go through phases when all you want to eat are burgers? Well, the past two weeks I’ve...
Calotte de Boeuf Grillée
In terms of monumental dining experiences, to visit a Thomas Keller restaurant ranks at the top of culinary excursions in...
Po' Boy
The Stand is located at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market (north of the Ferry Building) from 8am to 2pm...
Lobster Roll
This seems to be the month of comparisons. First Torys and Yakitori Totto, and now I’m pitting Tides’s lobster roll...
Bacon Royale (Bacon Cheeseburger)
After reading Peter Meehan’s review on “the city’s best new hamburger” in The Times, I couldn’t get to Royale fast...
Upside Down Peach Raspberry Cobbler
A long weekend trip to Shelter Island not only gave my sister, friend Adria and me the opportunity to visit...
Asparagus Home Fries
Little Owl is the charming new restaurant in the West Village helmed by chef Joey Campanaro, who was formerly at...
Vanilla Cupcake w/ Chocolate Icing
When I first heard about Mitchel London opening a place that specializes in burgers and cupcakes, I was so excited....
Fava Bean Salad
After my meal at Craftsteak, I felt like I got clubbed over the head and robbed, only in this case,...
Napa Cabbage Cole Slaw
It’s amazing how a chef’s name can carry so much weight. I have fond memories of chef Allison Vines-Rushing’s cooking...
Chicken Soup w/ Herb Dumplings
Bouchon Bakery seems like an answer to our prayers: Thomas Keller’s causal café at plebeian fares, if you consider $11.25...
History, Accompanied by Blue Points and King Crab
Visitors to Washington, DC often miss out on some very memorable attractions. One is my favorite museum, The National Portrait...
Bacon, Egg, Cheese on an English Muffin
There’s no doubt that Deb’s makes good food. The general gripe is that it’s overpriced, but then again it’s really...
Homemade Lamb Sausage w/ Bread Salad
I was recommended the clam pizza at Franny’s more than a month ago and have been dying to try it...
Salad w/ Beets, Watercress, Radishes & Pecorino
As a hard-core meat lover, I don’t gravitate towards salads on menus. In fact, I generally only end up ordering...
Gotham Salad
This is a lady of leisure type of establishment and I got a real kick out of looking around to...
Smoked Trout Deviled Eggs
The great thing about blogs is that you can add amendments, just like the U.S. Constitution, except you can do...
Bacon Cheeseburger
The original Sparky’s All American Food is in Williamsburg. It’s the space that is shared with Egg, so before noon,...
White Truffle Gnocchi Parmegiano, Melted Butter, Mushrooms & Broccoli Rabe
Okay, so I’m a little in love with Williamsburg. Well, actually, I’m in love with the good food in Williamsburg....
French Onion Soup Dumplings
In a million years, I don’t think people (including me) would expect me to write a review on The Stanton...
DuMont Burger
Whoa! News alert! Celia has found a burger that she loves. Yes. Loves. Do you know how many nights of...
Caviar Deviled Egg
Cookshop has received raving reviews, so I was excited to try it despite the fact that it’s the sister...
Green Spaetzle w/ Sweetbread
It’s been three months since I last visited Thor, and my experience this time was not much different than the...
Sautéed Potato Pierogies
This goes on my list of top five best dishes tasted in 2005. Yes! It’s that exciting. Sautéed potato pierogies...
Pancakes
Getting to Egg for brunch was not that easy, since they are only open from 7am to noon on weekdays...
Homemade Orange Cream Soda
I always tend to forget that Williamsburg is only two stops away from Union Square, where I live, which is...
Lobster Soup
Let me just start out by saying, completely unspectacular. I’m not sure that I was expecting much, but this is...
Cheeseburger
Click here for other Good Burger locations. Don’t be fooled by the name, Good burger is not good. I wouldn’t venture...
Breaded 1-Bite Chocolate Lollipop
The Lower East Side is the new Meat Packing district, and I don’t mean that as a compliment, nor is...
Classic Egg Salad Sandwich
This egg salad sandwich is the special sandwich available only every second Tuesday of the month. How very clever of...
Cheeseburger
This is the third burger I’ve devoured this week. It’s been a great burger week. Tony’s is one of my...
Pan Seared Kobe Burger
It’s Tuesday night, and I still haven’t satiated my meat craving from midnight Sunday. I feel weak. I need meat!...
Dover Sole, Meuniere, pan-fried
Oyster Bar in Grand Central is known as one of the best seafood restaurants in the City. They have one...
Roast Beef Sandwich
Okay, 12am on Monday morning, I’m craving MEAT! I can’t help it. I think about going to McDonald’s but realize...
Steak Sandwich
To be precise, the menu reads “Grass fed beef flank steak sandwich on baguette with lbores cheese and balsamic onions.”...
Cheeseburger & Date Pudding
The Bar @ Etats-Unis’ cheeseburger is served on a toasted English muffin and then cut in half, so you can...
Zaitzeff Burger (meatloaf patty)
There is double good news! First, Zaitzeff has one of the best burgers in town. Secondly, it is actually healthy...
Wild Mushroom Gratin
Chubo is one of the two relatively new Japanese fusion restaurants on Clinton St. I am really wary these days...
