Lara also is founder and editor of Grits in the City Since Manhattan was a ghost town for the Fourth of July weekend, a friend and I decided to play OpenTable Roulette on our way back from Long Beach – soon extending our search even further to include spots we’d been meaning to try but never figured …
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New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: Yerba Buena
Yerba Buena had been on my list for quite some time and Friday night, I finally made it over. The space is rather small, a bar is on your immediate left when you enter with the seating area extending back. Sunday through Wednesday, they take reservations, otherwise it’s luck of the draw. The wait was …
New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: Crispo
Crispo is one of my new favorite Italian restaurants. Initially recommended by my co-workers when I arrived in fall of 2007, it was not until this November that I finally checked it out for the first time. And recently, I went back again. After you enter, you pass through the coat check area and the …
New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: Barbuto
To celebrate a friend’s recent graduation from the French Culinary Institute, we made reservations at the Chef’s Table at Barbuto. This allows you to sit in front of the kitchen area and watch the meal being prepared. The meal is three to four courses served family style, highlighting some of the best selections off of …
New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: Giorgione
There are certain pockets of the city where it’s hard to determine where you are. Is it the East Village? Well, no not quite. Am I in the Upper East Side or Midtown East? Well not really either. Last week I found myself at the Classic Auto Club – not quite Tribeca, bordering on SoHo …
New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: The House
Are you looking for somewhere different to try, but aren’t overly concerned with price? Somewhere that is lively, but also manages to be calm enough for you to converse with your dining companion without shouting? Then definitely try The House. Located just Northeast of Union Square, The House is easily accessible from a wide variety …