in town. It’s probably more difficult for the highest profile critics to stay undercover. NY Times' Wm Grimes, for example, occasionally complains about being recognized by maitre d’s in his restaurant reviews...

Mike, If you go to Snug Harbor, the sister of Port of Call, you can hear music & eat your burger at the same time. get there early to get a table, otherwise it is standing room only upstairs... or Let them know you’re seeing...

I’d like to add to the list. Finch’s Brasserie is excellent. I’ve enjoyed everything I have eaten there. Bloomington Sandwich Shop too, Mike the owner corns his own beef and it is excellent. We enjoy Sunny Palace...

by GRimes about the stark unavailability of decent espresson this side of the atlantic last year? I think this link is it: http://www.aasca.com/public/news1.htm Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/113958#619933

and keep up the chowhounding posts. for me the chowhound website writers often replace what the the local media tries to sell you on (and we have great foodwriters out here in nyc like seitsema, trillin, grimes, etc. so that is...

For those reading William Grime's pity-party diary, you may be interested to know that he is working on an exhibit on New York dining history, prompted by the discovery of a cache of old menu’s. (for what it’s worth,...

away on the breeze. ;-) After the initial seasoning process I take a plastic scrub brush, hot tap water (as hot as you can get it) and I scrub the pan down. That removes some stickiness and whatever dust and grime is there on the...

Boulevard (Forest Hills, PA on the outskirts of Pittsburgh). If you haven’t been to Vincent’s, it’s going to be hard to visualize the product, much less the actual restaurant (think 60’s bar, velvet...

Heyser’s Farms has farms in Silver spring and in Southern Pennsylvania as well as buying from other orchards. Right now they have nittany, jonathons, golden grimes (I think that is what they are called for tart apple fans)...

Well, it isn’t the first time our tastes diverged. Given the weather, I didn’t make the trek to Cornetteria yesterday. Will see if I can swing it next Saturday. Edit: Drat. Probably not. Have tickets to Peter Grimes at...

of the streetcar. If she wants a typical NO roast beef poboy, take her to Mike Serio’s on the Canal end of St. Charles (tho they close early on Sat.), or Mothers, or even Elizabeth’s in Bywater. Also, Uglesich is tres...

/Old Navy areas of white bread suburbs. When I stand at the counter of the Joliet place and eat, the grime and crime ambiance is evocative of Halsted and Maxwell.

for restaurant criticism, as of yet. To me, a scathing Willima Grimes rip of a place in the NY Times is far more useful than just another glowing review from the Times-Picayune. I read the reviews not just to see what has opened...

to New York and try to get used to all its grime and gunk and roaches and mice and rats, etc. I had never even seen a roach before I moved here. yyyiiikkkes!! So if you ask me, I am more than happy with a bit tacky decor, as long...

), Mike's City Diner, Garden of Eden, 28 Degrees, and Seiyo in the South End. McCormick & Schmick’s and Maggiano’s in Park Plaza. Merengue in Roxbury. Restaurante Cesaria and 224 Boston Street in Dorchester. Rod Dee,...