In a good way. Some Sichuan spice for 58th Street.
By Robert Sietsema,
January 18, 2012
At the end of the last century, who could have predicted Manhattan would someday be speckled with Sichuan restaurants? Cantonese carryouts were... More >>
Dig into a sammy at the new Torrisi Italian Specialties spin-off
By Lauren Shockey,
January 18, 2012
They say a good man is hard to find, but you know what's even tougher? A good mozzarella stick.
You scour the city looking for the perfect logs... More >>
There's hope for your tongue at Newport Centre Mall
By Robert Sietsema,
January 11, 2012
Out of necessity, you've probably eaten in lots of shopping-mall food courts. You're tired, hungry, and footsore, and rather than hitting the... More >>
On first glance, Battersby looks like every other twee Smith Street eatery. The narrow, brick-walled space can hold no more than 30 diners—a... More >>
Alain Allegretti seasons his new restaurant with noise
By Lauren Shockey,
January 04, 2012
It's fitting that La Promenade des Anglais, a new restaurant whose name recalls Nice's famed Mediterranean boardwalk, is located next to New York... More >>
Or anything else in his new, jukebox-free restaurant
By Robert Sietsema,
December 28, 2011
Carrying the gastropub banner forth into battle, Spotted Pig alumnus Nate Smith didn't have much of a chance at the Dean Street Tavern massacre.... More >>
Innovative Latin-American small plates hit up the Brooklyn nabe
By Lauren Shockey,
December 28, 2011
Many restaurants have splashy openings fueled by flittering publicists and camera-ready chefs. Not Calyer, the latest eatery from the team behind... More >>
A tiny place in Astoria puts the other Greeks to shame
By Robert Sietsema,
December 21, 2011
A block south of restaurant-crammed Ditmars Boulevard—Astoria's Greek main drag—there's another street of slightly more concealed Attic eateries,... More >>
An edible ode to Pushkin opens in Greenwich Village
By Lauren Shockey,
December 21, 2011
How would Eugene Onegin, the title character of the Russian lit classic, feel about his new namesake restaurant on Sixth Avenue?
He was a bit of... More >>
Noho's Il Buco gets itself a cozy, romantic spin-off
By Lauren Shockey,
December 07, 2011
In my book, a good first-date restaurant offers three key things: First, an intimate setting with soft, glowing light to flatter one's face.... More >>
South Asian fare from many regions wows Staten Island
By Robert Sietsema,
November 30, 2011
If you were riding a bike to the restaurant, you'd toil uphill on curving Victory Boulevard past Mexican bodegas and Sri Lankan lunch counters to... More >>
Restaurants focusing on a sole foodstuff have taken New York by storm. The Meatball Shop and Meatball Factory offer orbs to packed houses. Queens... More >>
Midway through our meal at Hot Kitchen, my friends and I looked at each other and grinned. Our cheeks flushed a rosy pink as our eyes began to... More >>
Seamus Mullen opens a new Spanish joint in Greenwich Village
By Robert Sietsema,
November 23, 2011
In the '90s, if you told friends you were going to a tapas bar, they'd look at you funny and wonder what the hell you were talking about. Yes,... More >>
Brooklyn's Sunset Park goes a little more Malaysian
By Robert Sietsema,
November 16, 2011
For the jaded foodie, Malaysian fare has myriad charms. Ever tasted screwpine?
Although it sounds like a pervert having his way with a shapely... More >>
There are lots of cheap Peruvian restaurants in Queens that serve great renditions of Andean classics like aji de gallina, papas Huancaina, and... More >>
"Is that place any good?" a man asked as some friends and I descended the stairs from RedFarm.
"It's not bad," one of my companions replied.... More >>
Good, fully developed veal: That's apparently what human flesh tastes like, according to William Buehler Seabrook, a New York Times reporter,... More >>
When you first set foot in Catania—a newcomer on the edge of Brooklyn Heights named after Sicily's second largest city—you might assume it's a... More >>
The Lower East Side greets its first Henan restaurant
By Robert Sietsema,
October 19, 2011
The spate of northern Chinese restaurants crowding into town has made the gastronomy of the world's most populous country the most exciting in... More >>
The East Village tastes a little more like North Carolina
By Robert Sietsema,
October 12, 2011
You can't get porkier than the "smothered and fried pork chops" ($18) at the Cardinal, a new East Village café named for the state bird of North... More >>
A 'moderno' Filipino restaurant settles down in the East Village
By Lauren Shockey,
October 05, 2011
What do you call a pop-up that gets a permanent home? A plop-down, perhaps? It's a timely question, since Maharlika has gone brick-and-mortar on... More >>
Rosarito Fish Shack is an establishment that, perhaps too cannily, mixes a pair of current trends into one restaurant package. The first is the... More >>
