[Photo: Laren Spirer] If I lived anywhere near Cobble Hill, Henry Public would be my neighborhood bar. Maybe it's because I've always been a big fan of the vibe at Brooklyn Social in Carroll Gardens, and Henry Public was...
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Sometimes during the dead of a New York winter, stepping out into the freezing city air to venture to your neighborhood restaurant makes you think you might catch your death before you get there. That is when you need double-hot...
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In the spirit of recessions, and not going hungry during them, we started a Friday morning feature on Serious Eats New York spotlighting recipes from the city's beloved (and oftentimes pricey) restaurants, like this "Eating in with Mario Batali: Spaghetti...
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Sometimes, when you slap a French name on something it suddenly sounds a lot fancier and more expensive. An omnipresent French cookie alluringly called "Langues de Chat," or Cats' Tongues, sounds a lot ritzier than the butter, sugar, salt,...
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Broadway tickets can cost upwards of $300. After buying a few of those, the idea of spending a fortune to eat (at times) mediocre food at some odd pre-theatre hour of the day is unstomachable. Maybe the expression is "none...
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There is something very warm about Les Halles on Park Avenue South. Maybe that it is always brimming with people and their accompanying body heat. Maybe it is the warm wooden shade of the walls. Maybe it is the fact...
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Otto's Linguine Siciliani from roboppy on Flickr. Whether it's in or out, I don't know—and I don't care. To me, Mario Batali's Otto on 5th Avenue and 8th Street is the mecca for cheap, al dente Italian eats. I...
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Delmonico’s is the oldest restaurant in the country. It is also one of the most expensive. In fact, one of its most expensive dishes, the famous Lobster Newburg, was invented in the restaurant in 1876. A decadent dish of lobster...
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Nobu is notoriously expensive, and admittedly, I've only been to the London Nobu, which was thereby even more expensive. But it was great. So if you want to go raw without feeling as cut up by the prices as the...
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