It sounds a little crazy, but a bar can feel welcoming even when there are no stools. If you're looking to linger over several rounds, be prepared to stand at Prime Meats, one of the more recent additions to the...
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Beautiful bakery displays can be deceiving; those perfectly crafted confections might not taste as great your eye would have you believe. At One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn, most of them do—but others don't quite cut it. The good is...
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From French toast to perfectly fried eggs over-easy to a fine trout salad, Prime Meats delivered on the promise of serious chefs thinking about breakfast in this town.
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Schnitzel is probably as fun to say as it is to eat. And how often do you really get a schnitzel-eating opportunity? [Twitter update: they are shooting to be in Union Square by noon today.] Oleg Voss and his...
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"The chevre was saltier and firmer than your typical log from the grocery store, perhaps because the cheesemaker hand-ladles each chunk, so the curd remains well unified." Only a block long, with some unfortunate scaffolding hiding the stands, the Carroll...
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Photographs by Robyn Lee Watty and Meg 248 Court Street, Brooklyn NY 11201; map); 718-643-0007; wattyandmeg.com Service: The host fellow who's pretty much always manning the front is super nice; the rest of the staff is attentive and friendly,...
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All breakfast/brunch entrees at P.J. Hanley's are $5 on weekends between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. That includes the brioche chocolate French toast, Moons Over My Hanley's (a spoof on the Denny's classic), huevos rancheros, and more. The only thing...
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Photograph by Robyn Lee Monteleone's many cheesecake fans had to go cold turkey when it closed for renovations a few years ago, shortly after I included it in my cheesecake round-up in the Times in 2004. It finally reopened...
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From top left: McClure's pickles; Mast Brothers, head butcher Tom Mylan of Marlow & Sons The New York Times' Oliver Schwaner-Albright chronicles the burgeoning Brooklyn artisanal food scene in today's Dining section. The Serious Eats New York crew and...
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Me & My Egg Roll is the best name I've ever heard for a Chinese take-out. Something about it just feels all warm and snuggly, even if the object of the warm snuggles is a deep fried, fat-soaked roll...
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