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What's your favorite recent restaurant discovery?
Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to walk down there for lunch tomorrow.
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Bangladeshi food cart on 45 St/6Ave
average cart, with at least two young men working the grill and assembling the containers of rice while their mother takes payment and makes change. They’re from Trinidad, so you can always listen for the distinctive island...
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How do you feel about the Michelin guide spurning L.A.?? [moved from L.A. board]
francisco that long. Just today, I ate with someone who was looking at the menu in a simple place and just said to the server, look all i want is a romaine and baby green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette, no garlic. And could i...
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Some customisation is OK... but this??
So last night we got home and I couldn’t deal with cooking (mustard-grilled lamb, boiled potatoes with butter, salt and parsley, and broccolini), so I punted and went to go get us food from California Pizza Kitchen. (What...
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atlanta chowhounds?
We’d suggest readers exercise caution re: ANY tips posted by any one single poster who doesn’t yet have a long track record on this site. But, Steve, if you have specific issues with specific items on that list, why...
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A New Yorker in Austin (wrap)
Springs. It was already dark, and it was hard to figure out what was going on – but there were a couple of dozen stands, all with barrel grills with wood boxes on the side; not commercial, people just hanging out behind...
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Am I overreacting? (sushi rant)
Relax. I sometimes get just the slightest bit annoyed that my wife holds her chopsticks way down near the tips. Then I remember that it took me almost ten years to get her into a real Chinese restaurant in the first place, and...
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Look Out 7th Ave, Smith St's Gonna Get Yo' Mama!
grill around the corner on Atlantic is a beautiful space but the cooking is only so so, and the empty restaurant testifies to that. Smith St. Restuarant, is a fish place. We rate it about the same as Mignon. Dependable,...
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Hell's Kitchen area...
than most. I work a block away—so it’s always tempting. For wonderful fresh grilled fish and Greek specialties, try Molyvos on 7th Ave between 55th and 56th Street. Not cheap—but always good.
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Virgin visit
like he’s still working. The bar area is usually more conducive to friendly chat with others and we pick up great tips from locals and employees. Perhaps this is foolish considering the season and I would appreciate any...
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reservation at po + question about thai
The service we had at PO was very nice. They’re not stuffy at all and not rude either. One tip I would say about wine is that I will often ask the waiter to recommend a wine, this gets the waiter involved in their area of...
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2004 Trip Where the Grease Meats The Road...Columbia , Kansas City, and Denver
limited items off a very small grill situated at the front of the bar. It was an upscale crowd on that Saturday afternoon. Again, they were all happy...not us. Service was very slow. When the waitress finally did arrive, I asked...
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11 Madison Park v. Babbo v. Beacon v. Union Pacific for a birthday dinner
11 madison is good but nothing stellar. babbo i found disappointing. never been to beacon but from what i read it’s all about the wood burning grill, which frankly doesn’t excite me. i’m a big fan of union pacific...
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Kid-friendly sandwich ideas
good old cream cheese and jelly on rasin bread (I try to make the bread, but not always) is our #1 sandwich choice...also, grilled cheese (has to be yellow) with our without ham; roasted veggie wrap; and although not really a...
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Weird raw egg yolk amuse bouche--what do you think?
made it seem reasonable and even delicous. I can almost buy into the fact that these upscale restaurants have the same quality suppliers and they are limited. But I do not understand the popularity of trends like lollipops. I am...
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