Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
For years a boring brasserie had been on the corner of 60th and 3rd that only received my business if I needed a quick bite before seeing a movie next door. Thankfully, it has been replaced by Anassa Taverna, a Greek restaurant that doesn’t take any arm twisting for a pre-movie meal. Raychel and I…
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I have to admit, Jewish food is never top of my list. I didn’t grow up around it so not only are items like bagels, deli sandwiches, and matzah ball soup far from my top cravings, I am usually turned off by those foods. However, there’s only so much protesting you can do when a restaurant…
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Daniel Boulud may be a French chef, but the focus of his Boulud Sud is Mediterranean. I would say it’s more “inspired” rather than smack you in the face with a bunch of chickpeas kind of Mediterranean and this subtlety only makes it seem more high end. We started by getting a whole slew of…
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Because our NYC Dawgs board meeting was scheduled at supper time, we all planned to grab food on our way to Hansel’s apartment and eat during our working session. Hansel lives in the financial district, an area I am wholly unfamiliar with so I picked up food from the place closest to her apartment, grk. After…
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The night my parents and grandmothers arrived I wanted to stay close to home for dinner so I picked Ethos for what I think is solid Greek food. My father would call it more than solid. He couldn’t stop talking about how it reminded him of the tavernas he loved so much in Greece and…
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I didn’t really want a birthday celebration this year. This was not a case of “boo hoo don’t look at me I’m getting old.” It’s more like “turning 27 seems like no big deal when your closest friends are getting married and you just bought an apartment.” Basically, my birthday seemed pretty inconsequential with all…
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Saturday night I headed to Ashley’s for dinner and drinks with her sister and friend. We kicked off the Spring evening with champagne on the roof of Ash’s building before heading around the corner to Yefsi for dinner. Yefsi is a Greek restaurant that has a long list of appetizers that make it perfect for…
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I’m back from my two-week escapade all over Israel and all I can think about is how I want to be back in that gorgeous country with all my new friends. I could talk for hours about the places I visited, but I would be lying by omission if I didn’t tell you that the…
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3 years. That’s how long I’ve wanted to go to Aldea. From the day it opened, this restaurant has been wowing critics and diners, and I wanted in on that action. I didn’t just want to try it because it was the hot place to go; I wanted to try it because the Mediterranean and…
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I’m going to tell it like it is right now. Work is HARD. We are super busy which means everyone is putting in some long hours, stressed to the max. In my opinion, the best way to relieve stress is with a great meal, which is why I headed out to a nice lunch with…
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Peaches to Apples 