Ham on Rye, Extra Sadism

Is it OK for a restaurant to abuse its customers?

Second Careers in Food ... that Failed

Highway of sorrow paved with brioche.

more notes on Little Deli, which hasn’t been reported on recently: The owners are a friendly couple from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and they make some things the Punjabi restaurants do not, including rogan josh ($7.99-$9.99),...

nice, if a little intense. I think it was just the new owner syndrome. We’ll certainly go back and try other things. Allison says their tortilla soup is great.

Anyone know what the deal is with this restaurant on Montague Street with chronic name-change syndrome? Is it a case of changing ownership or are the same owners tweaking their formula every six months? I remember the original...

The only good thing about Campisi’s is Amber Campisi, the owner's daughter, who was a Playboy playmate. Otherwise, their food and pizza is overrated and suffers from “good ole days” syndrome.

think the chef/owner came out 2 times to ask us about our food — once is charming, twice seems excessive!). I do remember being absolutely delighted by their chocolate dessert — which is quite unusual for me —...

, gringos don’t like" syndrome) 2. the lady with the eyeglasses downstairs is the co-owner (she’s married to the chef), speaks good english, and is helpful/friendly, to a point (she’s real busy). Try to eat...

-end product, preferably both. Witness the Nightingale, Perdix, Union, Flux (version 2), B&G, the Butcher Shop, Sibling Rivalry. Most new places have few entrees much under $20. It’s the old not-in-my-back-yard syndrome....

on Chowhound and elsewhere. I can’t imagine that many people stumble into the place with a hankering for bland food from the Indian subcontinent. So, do the owners suffer from some culinary version of Asperger’s...

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Generally consider it unseemly to join in on a bloody-chinned chorus, but couldn’t resist adding my two cents re Diner. Have always felt this place had a little bit of the “Emperor's New Clothes” syndrome, and...

) you get them to make it fresh. Go at off hours to increase your chances. And get to know which guy’s the cook (he’s often out front). He (or maybe the owner) is the only person likely to indulge such a request. I do...

Culatello’s very good, but not as amazing as the press has made it out to be. I think it’s the Coors syndrome at work: Scarcity of a product making it nearly mythical thus artificially inflating the intrinsic goodness...

on 82nd St & 37th Ave. Nice friendly husband/wife owners. Just $2.00 for a well packed container.