Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I’m sure The Redhead was to beginning to feel more like the red headed stepchild for all the time it had been sitting on my list of restaurants to try. I knew there was a Southern influence, but had I known there were Lowcountry items on the menu, I would have made sure to get…
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The bars in the West 30s all have the same pub feel, which is fine for what they are bound to become: happy hour spots for all us Midtown suits. I was happy to walk into The Liberty and see something different in this part of town. Instead of mirrors displaying a beer logo and…
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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…
Read MorePenelope stands out in Murray Hill as the one adorable brunch place. It’s a cutesy cafe with rustic windows serving simple but comforting foods like grilled cheese, the BLT, and salads. Unfortunately, since it’s the only restaurant of this category in the neighborhood, the line is always ridiculous. In no mood to wait for an…
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If you ask just about any New Yorker what’s on their brunch bucket list, the name Balthazar will likely pop up. On any given weekend, the line is out the door. Even on a freezing Sunday like we just had, the wait was over an hour. This French bistro is as close to Paris as…
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La Giara is one of the few places in my immediate neighborhood that I hadn’t tried, so I was excited when Marilynn decided to hold her 25th birthday brunch there. I never thought of it as a brunch place – walking by, it seems more like a traditional Italian supper spot. Turns out, they do…
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At about 1:30 AM on Friday night, I received a text from Karina that she was in the mood for Chinese food and a facial. Thankfully I was still awake to make plans and set my alarm so we could make sure to arrive at Mission Chinese early enough to beat the crowds. If you…
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La Maison du Macaron has a ton of great flavors and an adorable cafe to boot. After walking past plenty of times, I was finally in a position where I wasn’t already overstuffed from a meal and was on my way home (since they can’t stay un-refrigerated for long). These macarons easily rank within my…
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Between the Christmas break and a busy few weeks preceding it, I felt like I hadn’t seen Linds in for.ev.er. We decided to fix that by making dinner plans on Wednesday, the first day back from break. We needed some comfort food to ease us back into work so we decided on an Italian restaurant that…
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With a fussy 21 month old, you don’t get the luxury of long dinners, but that doesn’t make the food any less good. Yunnan Kitchen is a relatively new trendy Chinese spot in the LES that has proven tough to get into during prime dining time. The New York Times quickly learned of it’s growing…
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Peaches to Apples 