Lara also is founder and editor of Grits in the City Tartinery – Preparing Tartines at Shecky’s Toasts & Tastings Recently I went with some girlfriends to tryTartinery, a restaurant I had been curious about since sampling their tartines at the Shecky’s Toasts and Tastings event a few weeks prior. They were also featured recently on Blackboard Eats, …
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 …
Taureau – East Village Lara also is founder and editor of Grits in the City I’ve already disclosed that East 7th Street between Avenue A and 1st Avenue is my favorite culinary stroll in the city. When I heard a new restaurant, Taureau, had been added into the mix, I couldn’t wait to try it out. Located …
I was recently planning a brunch with some ladies and was trying to think of a good place with a varied menu (nice range of prices) which wouldn’t be a fiasco to get into at noon on a Sunday. Markt had been on my list for a long time, having walked by it countless times …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
One of my favorite spots for Italian food in the city is Barbone. Yes, Avenue B can be a little bit of walk over for those not living in that section in the East Village, but this one is worth it. The restaurant has a small, intimate feel, perhaps from the direct interaction the owner …
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 …
