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Keller's Ad Hoc
Has anyone eaten at Keller's Ad Hoc? Is it worth a visit?
locally grown food
Can anyone recommend some restaurants in nyc that serve locally grown food?
NYC Indian Restaurants
What's the best Indian restaurant in Manhattan these days? Extra points if it's near Chelsea. Thanks.
CRISPO'S
I remember hearing a lot about Crispo's in NYC last year and have not heard much lately. Can anyone tell me if it is any good, any suggestions as to what to get, etc.
What would your restaurant be?
If anyone has been watching Last Restaurant Standing on BBC America, you may have noticed that there are some really interesting restaurant concepts being tauted, including a really great-looking Ghanian one that I would like to try.
So, if you were to open a restaurant, what kind would it be and what would you offer? Casual? Upscale? Fast food, even? And if you are really imaginative, where would you have it?
Networking Location In San Francisco
My company is planning on having a small networking event in San Francisco in April for about 40 to 50 people, just for a couple of hours and in a relaxed setting, like a restuarant or a lounge. The idea is for women to come together and enjoy a cocktail and a few appetizers and get to know one another. However, I am having trouble finding a decent location for that, since hotels are too expensive, and I am unfamiliar with the restuarants there. Does anyone know of any places that might be nice for this? I would really appreciate any help that anyone can provide!
The French Laundry
Has anyone here been lucky enough to go to Thomas Keller's French Laundry? I used to fantasize about it when i'd go to napa but i haven't been in years. I hadn't thought about it much when i saw this article,
http://www.oneforthetable.com/oftt/stories/oysters-and-pearls.html
now i'm obsessed with it again.
i don't know if I'll ever get a reservation or ever be able to afford it, but I'm living vicariously through others so please tell if you've been
Restaurant advertising
I own a great restaurant in Huntington N.Y. which got great reviews from The Times, Newsday, as well as some local papers. I need to spread the word about the restaurant so how should I advertise? What advertising gets you into a restaurant let me know.
Thank you,
Joe
Inexpensive dinner in NYC's Village. Recommendations?
My roommate and I are going out for dinner this Friday night. We want to try some place new (we are tired of eating at the same places all the time), and we would prefer it to be in the Village (West or East, we're not too picky) area. We are looking for something relatively inexpensive and delicious, with a nice atmosphere. We don't go out often - and we aren't looking for a sports-bar-kind-of scene (unless it's really worth it). Cuisine doesn't matter - in fact, if you can provide several different types, that would be great!
Also, I feel like I am always asking about restaurants here. Can anyone recommend a good website that has user reviews for restaurants in New York City?
Thanks so much!
What are the best restaurant picks for downtown Vancouver?
I'm staying in Vancouver Saturday night and have never been to the city. I live in NYC, so I feel like I have access to a lot of good restaurants, but I'd love something that's unique to Vancouver, a local favorite. Simple-but-good or not-fancy-but-delicious are both great traits.
Dispatch: Moosewood Restaurant
I first heard of Moosewood during my college days, when a roommate and his girlfriend started cooking frequently from one of the Moosewood Collective cookbooks. It was the first time I'd really seen a cookbook devoted to serious vegetarian cuisine, and it seemed authoritative—and the way the roommate and his gf talked about it, I gathered that Moosewood was the end-all be-all of vegetarian eats.
So when the girlfriend and I were in Ithaca this weekend (thanks, Serious Eaters, for your recommendations) to visit her sister at Cornell University, I took them all out to Moosewood on Sunday night, eager to try the food at such a nationally famous restaurant.
Very underwhelming. I think Moosewood is resting on its laurels. I'm sure that when it started, it was making some unique and innovative vegetarian dishes and that it did its part to elevate meatless cooking beyond rice, beans, and lentils. But our fare on Sunday night was fairly boring and uninspired. I felt like I had eaten these dishes many times before.
Perhaps that's a testament to Moosewood's success—the fact that these dishes seemed like old hat may indicate how influential its recipes have been in the world of meatless meals. Still, I couldn't help feeling that the emperor had no clothes.
Did I go on a bad night or has Moosewood sort of fallen off? I would have much rather eaten again at the Hot Truck up on the Cornell campus.
What are your likes/dislikes about restaurant servers?
I recently became a waitress at a fairly chic Mediterranean-inspired restaurant. Tough clientele. What constitutes good service? What's a faux pas from a waiter/waitress?
Traveling to NYC, any kid-friendly restaurant recommendations?
My family and I are headed to NYC over spring break this year, and I was wondering if anyone has any kid friendly restaurant recommendations. Our son is 3 yrs old, and well behaved in restaurants. We love gourmet food, and have been to NYC a few times before, although sans child.
We are considering Mario Batali's OTTO as an option... any thoughts on this and other recommendations? Thanks!!
-Sarah
Best sushi in nyc?
I prefer Sushi of Gari - what are your thoughts?
UWS restaurants - which?
list of restaurants on the UWS that go to regularly - pros & cons:
part of steve hansen's empire: isabella's, ruby foo's, ocean - cookie cutter, but reliable (?);
dock's - decent; shun lee - 1 of nyc's best chinese!
french: café du soleil - can't make up my mind whether like or not;
café des artistes - overpriced, but still enjoyable;
alouette??; metisse - have to try?
by all means, not a complete list, but for me, the UWS is STILL a wasteland, seems like all the good fun restaurants are below 14th, or the "hated" e. side :) :
café luxembourg - overpriced, bad service, mediocre food, owner just uses as cash cow - just WHY do people still go????????? & go, they do!!!!???
nice matin - ridiculous layout, another faux-french, just what the UWS needs; same with
bistro cassis/citron: another brazilian-owned, faux-french themed. owner lives in great neck & has multiple-themed restaurants, ex. mexican, italian, etc.... just open - "they will come" theory!
left off many others due to another posting, ex. celeste, etc ... as well as the huge number of places that all seem as "1 & the same", i.e., those on amsterdam bet 78th - 88th......
look forward to additions, subtractions, observations, criticisms, critiques, etc....
also, still looking for COQ AU VIN recs - since this site does NOT "jump" topics to the top when receive more recent comments, they are left to die a slow death, forgotten & lost within the postings - reminding those that are reading this of that earlier topic - maybe someone at "serious eats" is reading????????????
Where should I eat on the UWS tonight?
I'm looking for a cheap but filling entree and a good glass of house wine. We went to Shun Lee last night, so our allowance is mostly spent, but we're happy to pony up for a good plate. Suggestions?
Why is the price gap between the truly great NYC restaunts and the merely good NYC restaurants narrowing so much?
I feel as though a prefix at a top NYC restaurant has hovered at the $85 - $100 range (excluding Masa, Ducasse and Per Se) whereas the cost per person to eat at an average/good restaurant in NYC has become nearly as high over the past 10 years. I now pay about $150 for 2 people no matter which good/avergae restaurant I eat at for dinner.
What's a great festive holiday restaurant for a small company in NYC? Good food, fun times.
Looking for a festive holiday restaurant to take the company (small company, only 4 of us) where we can enjoy great food and atmosphere. Last year we went to Bouley and it was a wonderful experience, wanted to try Gramercy Tavern but no reservations available. Any great ideas, they'd be much appreciated. Thanks.
KL
I would like to ask for suggestions for excellent dim sum in and around San Francisco.
I am picky about my dim sum, mostly because my dad was a cook in Chinese restaurants for most of his life here. Anyway, I'd like something on the cheaper side, but with
Why is Lonesome Dove Western Bistro getting killed?
I've read several reviews of this Flatiron District restaurant (in NYC) and it's just getting hammered. After having eaten there, I don't get it. The reviews I've read (Cuozzo in the Post, NY Ragazine, Bruni in the Times too I recall) kill this place, like a bad Broadway premiere. It's like, they WANT to kill it, and I definitely sense some East Coast bias in the tone. Everyone agrees that the steaks are great, which I know gets a big whoop here because alleged Luger waiters are all getting backing to open their own cattle pens. But if they're great, they're great. The reviews don't seem to even enjoy the idea of a game-based menu, and on top of that the execution at LD also gets crucified. Anyone else eaten there care to share? I will admit the lighting for menu reading purposes is bad, but overall there are far worse places in Gotham that get coddled by comparison.
ISO Good Soup joint in the East Village
My boyfriend works from home on 3rd Ave and St Marks. He's a fan of various soups and stews: lobster bisque, chili, tortilla soup, clam chowder, and more. There's not a Soup Man, Pax, or Hale and Hearty in sight. What to do? Can anybody recommend a good soup joint, especially for to-go or delivery?
Love/Hate Mama' Mexico (W 102 & B'way)
This place has probably the best, freshest, most carefully prepped Mexican in the city, and yes, you do pay for it. Don't believe me? - Do a dry run by ordering a basic combo platter, all items you've gloopity-glooped through at other places before. Here, the tamale is pristinely executed, with a firm, flavorful delivery, and the chile relleno is far more than a melted block of spicy Jack ensconed in a pepper. Chimchangas? Awesome. I could go on about the food...
It's alot else that irks, though. The service is way, WAY too stuffy, from the besuited and betied maitre d' at lunch to the plurality of servers just standing around, like sentinels ringing a fort. They're also overdressed. There are always the wallet-gouging specials, even at lunch and even with an 8-page menu. (Just ask not to hear them - they'll make it stop.) Service takes awhile, but only because it's DELIBERATELY slow, to artificially formalize the dining experience. This is also another place that insists upon dining clusters - if there's one other occupied table in the whole place, be sure you'll end up sitting right next to it. But my big peeve is the customer-assisted Changing of the Table Paper, in which after your meal and before the dessert course (and by the way, no one there cares whether you're actually having dessert - YOU'RE GONNA HELP CHANGE THE PAPER) a sentinel with a fresh piece of white table paper will come over, say to you "Change the paper", and expect you to lift up everything off the old table paper so the paper can be changed. You've got your hands full managing a 15-month old? - too bad, change the paper. Busy reading the latest installment of Connolly's "The Overlook" in the Times Magazine? - too bad, change the paper. And of course, you've already asked for the check before the paper sentinel appears (didn't I mention that?).
I'll return for the food and the home proximity, but pretty soon, we're gonna decline the paper change just to test the waters of defiance...
NoNo on 7th Ave in Park Slope?
It's a newish New Orleans–inspired place in the Slope. Near 7th Street. Just tried it for brunch. Pretty good chicken-fried steak. Has anyone else had experience there?
Coq au Vin: HELP!!
another insipid coq au vin at La Mirabelle on w86th just west of Columbus. is there anyplace in manhattan that actually serves this deeply rich dish instead of the watered down versions found at everyplace i've tried (except see #1) ?
addendum:
#1. the best i EVER had was at Artisanal, which unfortunately was removed from the menu; however, Terry Brennan was gracious enough to respond to my email & offered to make the coq au vin, given several days notice. a very nice touch by Chef Brennan!
#2. as much as i want to "love" La Mirabelle, each time i have gone, the food is amazingly bland, & nothing stands out throughout the entire menu + the specials. the average age of its regulars appears to be ~70, maybe that's why so bland; however, the service is quite good, & pleasant. is there any hope for a real bistro on the UWS, & i don't mean the terrible café luxembourg, the faux nice matin, etc, etc.........
