Shockingly Good Vegan Eats at Avant Garden
Considering seminal bar owner Ravi DeRossi’s especially indulgent projects, like Death & Co. & Mayahuel, you’d hardly finger him to eventually open a refined, vegan restaurant. And yet, that’s precisely what he did this past fall, launching the critically-acclaimed Avant Garden…
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Where to Dine During NYC Restaurant Week: Winter 2016
New York City Restaurant Week is traditionally hit-or-miss. Sure, three courses for $25 at lunch or $38 during dinner seems an absolute steal, but very few top-tier eateries actually participate. Well not this year — from Jean-Georges Vongerichten to Andrew Carmellini & Daniel Boulud, the city’s most esteemed restaurateurs are taking part in the promotion. And since you only have from January 18th-February 5th to take advantage, what are you waiting for?
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Restaurant Spotting: Bara
For food writers, each year generally ends with a flurry of restaurant “Best Of” listicles, chronicling the highs and lows of eateries both old and new. But as soon as the calendar reads January 2nd, we hit the reset button, turning our attention towards a brand new crop of impending openings. From Michael White’s eagerly anticipated double header in Manhattan (The Butterfly and Ristorante Morini), to Andy Ricker’s continued expansion of his Pok Pok empire in Brooklyn (Whiskey Soda Lounge), it’s already shaping up to be a banner year for the New York restaurant scene. And who knows? A few of them just might make our “Best Of” lists at the close of 2013.
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Where to Dine During Restaurant Week 2015
With over 300 eateries participating in Restaurant Week from February 16th-March 6th this year, all of wildly varying quality, not all tables are created equal. That’s why we’re guaranteeing you the best bang for your buck, by spotlighting some of the hottest reservations in town, from Chris Jaeckle’s sexy Venetian gem, All’Onda, to Andrew Carmellini’s stellar Little Park, in Tribeca’s Smyth hotel…
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Hot Restaurant Openings to Watch for in 2015
While we feel like we’ve hardly even made headway in the list of restaurants we wanted to try last year, New York’s ever-expanding dining industry stops for no man. And 2015 looks like it’s going to offer another serious onslaught of eateries! From a new & improved outpost of Amanda Cohen’s Dirt Candy to the surprising resurrection of Jonathan Waxman’s ‘80’s-era favorite, Jams…
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The Best Manhattan Restaurants of 2014
For food writers, each year generally ends with a flurry of restaurant “Best Of” listicles, chronicling the highs and lows of eateries both old and new. But as soon as the calendar reads January 2nd, we hit the reset button, turning our attention towards a brand new crop of impending openings. From Michael White’s eagerly anticipated double header in Manhattan (The Butterfly and Ristorante Morini), to Andy Ricker’s continued expansion of his Pok Pok empire in Brooklyn (Whiskey Soda Lounge), it’s already shaping up to be a banner year for the New York restaurant scene. And who knows? A few of them just might make our “Best Of” lists at the close of 2013.
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Q & A with Rosette’s Executive Chef Nick Curtin
At the recently opened Rosette on the Lower East Side, Nick Curtin is fully committed to making approachable, craveable fare at a truly accessible price point. “There are a few basic ideals that we’re trying to adhere to at Rosette, like ‘flavor is king,’ Curtin says. “Our other mantra is technique over technology. We’re not about water baths and gels and things like that. We want to make food perfect the old fashioned way.”
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Spring Restaurant Preview 2014
There’s a whole lot to be excited about in the restaurant world right now — besides the appearance of ramps and fava beans on everyone’s menus, that is. And that’s the highly anticipated openings of a number of hotter-than-hot new eateries, like Drew Nieporent’s Bâtard, Andrew Carmellini’s Bar Primi, and Cosme from envelope-pushing Mexican chef Enrique Olvera. Here are a few other especially buzzy, impending restaurant debuts to keep your eye on this spring…
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Where to Eat During NYC Restaurant Week 2014
If you’re anything like us, the list of recently opened restaurants that you just need to visit is a mile long. And while in theory, Restaurant Week seems like the perfect, most cost effective opportunity to check out as many as you can, the truth is, few of the newest, buzziest eateries ever participate. That’s why we view the annual event as an ideal time to attend to our other list, focused on iconic New York restaurants that amazingly, we’ve still never frequented (we’ve also never climbed the Statue of Liberty; it must be a native thing).
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Dish Spotting: A Progression of Uni Dishes at all’onda
For food writers, each year generally ends with a flurry of restaurant “Best Of” listicles, chronicling the highs and lows of eateries both old and new. But as soon as the calendar reads January 2nd, we hit the reset button, turning our attention towards a brand new crop of impending openings. From Michael White’s eagerly anticipated double header in Manhattan (The Butterfly and Ristorante Morini), to Andy Ricker’s continued expansion of his Pok Pok empire in Brooklyn (Whiskey Soda Lounge), it’s already shaping up to be a banner year for the New York restaurant scene. And who knows? A few of them just might make our “Best Of” lists at the close of 2013.
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