March 19, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Oxbow Tavern
“What am I doing here?” Tom Valenti asks himself…
March 12, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
La Goulue
I figured it was one of those snooty East Side places I needed to brave with a regular…
February 26, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Sushi by Bae (CLOSED)
She enumerated the thrills: the imported fish...
February 19, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Farewell Andre Surmain
Andre would have been deeply offended by the inelegance of the word Luxe...
February 12, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Opry City Stage
I've certainly had better fried green tomatoes…
February 5, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Bouley at Home
A small collection of young men in newsboy caps stands duty…
January 22, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Maison Pickle
We’ll take what’s left home in a doggy bag,
please ...
January 15, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Henry at Life Hotel
This is his first hotel and restaurant venture since he sold off his huge hospitality…
January 8, 2018 | BITE: My Journal
Chi Eats
I put myself in Jim’s hands, ready to try
whatever he suggests...
December 18, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Legasea
We’re deep into fried chicken, indelicate
battered wedges, and giant biscuits...
December 11, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
The Lobster Club
There was no landmark claim in force at the old Brasserie on the uptown hip of the Seagram Building…
December 4, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
UES Classics
What’s a neighborhood place you’ve been going to forever...
November 27, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Big Eats Time
It’s the season of Big Eats and I’ve signed on…
November 20, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Ten Madison Park
Rich and complex and lingering on the tongue, the cake doesn't seem that small after all.
November 13, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Bond 45 on 46th Street
Get fired up by the familiar show of antipasto bravura as you step inside…
November 6, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Miraculously I find myself in one of the precious counter seats between this plucky couple…
October 30, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Nur
Exploring the Pan-Middle Eastern creativity of Meir Adoni…
October 23, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
The Modern
It seems there is a lot of esoteric super service thought electrifying the gorgeous back room…