manhattan
Otto Pizzeria
I’ve eaten at Otto twice now, and both meals have been mediocre. I don’t know what the problem is — the restaurant is always packed and busy (we saw John Leguizamo eating while we were there recently) but the food just doesn’t add up. I had a pizza the first time I was [...]
Le Bernardin
Jess & Garrett ate at Le Bernardin, one of NYC’s most celebrated restaurants. Click the quote to read their impressions.
…the impeccable service starts and the amuse bouche arrives–a velvety salmon tartare that has us requesting more bread before the waiter has even left the table. “
Kefi
Jess & Garrett sampled the Greek fare at the tiny restaurant Kefi. Click the quote to read their write-up.
Kefi, a Greek restaurant on the Upper West Side, only takes cash, does not accept reservations, serves wines that non-Adriatic folks have never heard of… and can seat fewer people than our apartment. So why, when [...]
Dirt Candy
When I first heard about Dirt Candy, a new vegetarian restaurant in the East Village, I was skeptical. But then I read an article over at the Feedbag in which Amanda Cohen, chef and proprietor at Dirt Candy, mentioned that she, like me, does not like most vegetarian restaurants in NYC. I [...]
Tofu Haiku
As a vegetarian I’ve had a lot of tofu in my life. Some of it has been very good, some of it has been very bad, but it’s hard to tell how tofu is going to be until you eat it. When I saw that SeriousEats was giving away a pair of tickets [...]
Cambodian Comfort Food at Kampuchea
A few months ago I started hearing about Kampuchea, a Cambodian place on the Lower East Side. I don’t know how many Cambodian restaurants there are here, but the Village Voice recently voted it the best Cambodian restaurant in the city. I checked out the menu on-line, and was happily surprised to see [...]
