Island is all about proximity. We ended up there because it’s proximate to the famous SOLOMON museum, seen here in an arty shot. Further, we ended up at Island because it’s right next to the famous brunch spot Sarabeth’s. I believe this is the same branch I visited with Mayu and OJ years ago; it […]
New York
Pan American, New York
Another night, another temporary departure from the office for dinner with a friend (tonight: Wolf) before returning to work until 2. Fortunately I did a touch of research in advance and this place turned out well. Wolf, I promise I didn’t see the review from Ashton B. on Yelp who says this place ‘oozes sex’. […]
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La Ripaille, New York
Going to New York, I wanted to eat in all the little New American places I always read about. I failed pretty comprehensively in that. In the case of La Rippaile, I was at least please to confirm that that type of French bistro that so irritates me in Tokyo, the one where the chef […]
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DBGB, New York
Let me disclose up front that in college I used to ride bikes with Chef Chiggen Legs; as a result, Cuz and I got some special treatment here. Like “we’ll just triple the number of plates you ordered” kinda special. Your mileage will vary. My last post contained a good deal of disgruntlage about the […]
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Bowery Hotel Bar, New York
This picture is super-sized only so you can get a tiny semblance of scanability out of it. In fact, most of the dinner pictures I took in New York are plagued by darkness. The Bowery Hotel has presumably been updated and reopened in the last couple years [note: no research whatsoever] because it’s incredibly dark, […]
Peels, New York
I went to New York on this trip with two goals (outside the whole ‘complete a major presentation for work’ thing, which is peripheral to eating, wouldn’t you agree?): the first was to visit the Dream House. I failed. The second was to eat desserts sprung from the mind of Shuna Lydon. I succeeded, and […]
SouthWest NY
Noted Southwestern cooking experts Abraham Merchant and Richard Cohn promulgated this restaurant in the bottom of World Financial Center. It’s like all the restaurants in the building – good in the pictures, but sorta brash and lacking charm in person. When it’s busy at lunch, it’s pretty tiring. I should know – I went twice, on […]
The Grill Room, New York
When a place describes itself as ‘sumptuously understated’, you get a good idea what you’re in for. And the Grill Room doesn’t disappoint. It’s expensive, lame, and a little tacky. Still, for a business lunch in World Financial Center, it delivers on the criticial ‘location’ dimension, and that may be enough. The view of the river is […]
Izzy and Nat’s, New York (Battery Park)
A great deli is one of the world’s great pleasures. Izzy and Nate’s is a little puzzling to me (the classic-sounding Hebe deli names coupled with the largely Latino staff, but I think that’s a NY thing or maybe just a US thing emergent in the 9+ years since I left, and yes I’m licensed […]
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Hawaiian Tropic Zone, New York
After the quick solitary dinner at The Modern, it was time to meet Wolf, who was finishing his busy ‘work’ day (he now lives in New York, in case you remember the name and have noticed his absence for the past couple months). We started at Columbus Circle and walked a lot, finally getting tired […]