Top Ten Fancy-Pants Burgers in New York City

-->I don't know why, but lately I find myself eating fancy-pants burgers at every turn. Perhaps I'm coming under the influence of Adam Kuban, who really does order a hamburger in every restaurant that has one on the menu. Whatever...

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9 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, August 16, 2006 at 7:57 AM
Tagged: Bar Americain, Blue Ribbon, Blue Smoke, Burger Bar, burgers, Cafe D'Alsace, Cookshop, Country, David Burke, favorites, hamburgers, Houston's, New York, New York City, Nice Matin, NYC, Spotted Pig, Telepan, Union Square Cafe

My Latest Restaurant Pet Peeve: What's yours?

I am gathering restaurant horror stories in the next few weeks. Here's what just happened to me: Yesterday I met my brother, his wife, and four of their friends at Cafe D'Alsace for lunch or brunch or whatever it is...

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2 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, August 7, 2006 at 7:30 AM
Tagged: Adam Platt, Cafe D'Alsace, Frank Bruni, horror stories, New York, New York City, New York Magazine, New York Times, NYC, NYT, restaurants

Wanted: One Reader to Check Out Pies-N-Thighs

THE WEEK IN FOOD IN NEW YORK MAGAZINE AND THE NEW YORKER I've already posted about Cafe D'Alsace (_1695 Second Ave., 88th St., 212-722-5133_), which Adam Platt gave one star in this week's New York Magazine. Using his rating system...

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2 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, May 15, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Cafe D'Alsace, East Village, Momofuku, New York, New York City, New York Magazine, New York Times, New Yorker, NYC, NYT, Pies N Thighs, Sascha, Soho, Upper East Side

A Weekend Full of Good Food

What a food weekend I had. On Friday night I had dinner at Cafe D'Alsace, on 88th and 2nd Avenue. It's an Alsatian brasserie featuring the cooking of Philippe Roussel. The highlights of the meal: a fine split pea soup...

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1 Comment | Posted by Ed Levine, April 24, 2006 at 11:16 PM
Tagged: Cafe D'Alsace, Gael Greene, New York, New York City, New York Magazine, NYC, Philippe Rouseel, restaurants, Upper East Side