The pizza was awesome, as you can imagine. But the tiramisu, firm and solid, with cake in place of ladyfingers, and chocolate syrup squiggled over the surface, was a letdown. Especially after our waiter declared it "delicious" and told...
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"The Zagats hope to print more guidebooks in emerging neighborhoods such as Oakland, Chicago, and Newark." Though Zagat guides haven't been doing so hot in this era of blogging, yelping, and everyman reviewing, you can count on Bill Clinton to...
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Last Friday we received an email from a reader asking why we didn't have an official review of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que up on Serious Eats: New York. It's no secret we love the place, but I get it. You want...
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Your office is in Harlem, and you order "sandwiches and flatbread pizza from Cosi" for a lunch meeting with the Democratic nominee for President? Shameful. Bill, next time you need to order takeout, might we recommend: Amy Ruth's, Dinosaur BBQ,...
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When I stepped out of the quiet 110th Street 6 train subway station, it seemed unlikely that I would find a Michelin-quality private dining experience less than a block away. But just past the nondescript facade of the Food...
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There's a new restaurant row in town, and it's in a most unlikely location: Twelfth Avenue in the 130s. Tucked among Riverside Park, Talay is a pretty serious Asian-Latin restaurant from the Chef of Kuma Inn.
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When my friends and I stepped out of the 137th Street station on the 1 train on the way to a friend's get-together, we all thought the same thing: what would we eat for dinner? How fortuitous it was...
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This summer I was wandering around Harlem in search of superior pie and barbecue (I failed in both quests) when I happened upon a table filled with focaccia, baguettes, and tortillas at the Grassroots Market (145th and Edgecombe Avenue). The...
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Charles Gabriel, perhaps NYC's finest fried chicken practitioner, has expanded south from his base at 151st St. and Eighth Avenue (Charles Southern Kitchen:212-926-4313) to 109th and Broadway, where he is cooking his very fine bird at Rack & Soul (2818...
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