A news bite for Top Chef fans: Season Five cheftestant Leah Cohen will be leaving the position of Executive Chef at Centro Vinoteca. "Cursory plans include possible months-long stints in Spain, Italy, and Asia to further enhance her knowledge and... More
Aperitivi at Centro Vinoteca Ever since I returned from Italy, I've been searching for a good aperitivo hour—that wonderful time of the evening when bars and cafés deliver free bite-sized snacks along with your cocktail. Of course, plenty of... More
Adam Platt weighs in on two restaurants I have been to recently, Centro Vinoteca and Accademia di Vino. My second meal at Centro Vinoteca was not up to the level of my first (rubbery truffled deviled eggs), though it was... More
After eating thousands of restaurant meals I've come to the following conclusion: Really good chefs just know what delicious is. That is, they know what tastes good. Anne Burrell, the chef at Centro Vinoteca (good restaurant, bad generic name), is... More
