Red Hook Lobster Pound
If you enjoy vistas of deserted industrial streets and dramatic harbor skies, Red Hook is the hood for you. Now that Red Hook Lobster Pound has opened shop, lobster-lovers in particular have been finding the trek worthwhile.
Gramercy Tavern
I believe there’s a therapeutic value to having your water unobtrusively refilled, without needing to ask anyone. The knife you dropped that is swiftly replaced; the napkin that is neatly refolded when you return from the restroom; the single beam…
Dirt Candy
Update: Dirt Candy is reopening on the Lower East Side in January 2015. Usually I’m not eager to try vegetarian restaurants, so my excitement leading up to dinner at Dirt Candy was pretty much unprecedented. By “vegetarian restaurants,” I’m not…
Pies n Thighs
“Glorified Popeye’s,” he muttered. “No it’s more special than that,” I said. We both fell to the task of devouring fried chicken down to the bone. Maybe I thought it was special because of the setting—a summer night with a…
Hecho en Dumbo
Lately it seems like everyone’s moving to the Bowery. Now Hecho en Dumbo, whose owners shuttered their Brooklyn location last fall, is open for business on the newly-chic stretch above Houston Street. And by “newly,” I’m talking about what’s happened…
Good Spirits at Almond
Six Manhattan chefs from six different well-regarded restaurants, each given a different liquor, and tasked to come up with a cocktail and a dish to accompany it. Add dozens of hungry foodies and stir. Result? A hell of a fun…
Vatan
You don’t want to go near Vatan unless you have fasted for an entire day and have a hardcore ability to pace yourself through a meal. This Curry Hill spot offers a $31 prix fixe all-you-can eat Gujarati dinner consisting of…
Luke’s Lobster
I had my first lobster roll tonight. I tried to wait until I got home to eat it, but the toasted bread was just faintly warm under the crinkled aluminum foil wrapping, and I didn’t make it to the corner…
Momofuku Noodle Bar
If you asked me to pick my favorite treat right now, I’d probably say Momofuku’s pork buns. You might ask, why pork buns, or more specifically, why Momofuku pork buns when there’s better and cheaper versions available in Chinatown and…
Vinegar Hill House
Vinegar Hill is only a mile from Manhattan geographically, but it feels about a hundred years removed in time. It’s not just the early-19th century buildings along cobblestoned Hudson Avenue or the Federal-style Commandant’s mansion, perched on a hill above…