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Good Bread: Parisi Bakery

Not doused in "balsamic" please. Otherwise, a huge vote for Parisi.

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Adam Platt's 101 Best Restaurants in NYC

Top-level comments: Corton didn't impress me. Kin Shop is in downhill alert - is Dieterle even still in the kitchen? And after reading about Sam Sifton's experiences at Masa, I'm highly unlikely ever to wish to go there.

Williamsburg restaurants need to be higher on the list. Where are Diner, Aurora, and Masten Lake? And #101 for Fette Sau - the place is a pain to deal with but it's probably the best BBQ in NYC - and would win in many other cities as well. "Don’t feel like hopping the train across the river," says Platt in his Fedora review - I suspect this sums up his feeling about outer-borough food in general.

OK, for new Italian joints, Ciano is excellent. But Scarpetta is an overrated nightmare of fratboys, terrible acoustics & a parody of Conant's cooking at his earlier places.

This list is incredibly predictable... agreed with the other commenter who points out the lack of Asian food. And Redfarm is, unfortunately, mediocre.

#52 is an inside joke btw (though one of the few picks of his I'd support).

Prune should be much higher. Few NYC restaurants are as taken for granted as this temple of reliable excellence. (For that kind of food, it blows away The Dutch.)

Balthazar doesn't belong on ANYONE's list in 2011. The cracks are showing, and it feels like a tourist-filled hotel bar pretending to be a Parisian bistro. The place is a joke.

Ssäm Bar should be at the top of Chang's restaurants (can't speak to Ko, but certainly above the other two), not the bottom. It remains superb, change of chef or not.

Casa Mono is a shadow of its original self.

This list is a tired, Manhattan-centric, celebrity-oriented parody of what's happening in New York food these days. I usually enjoy Platt, but he should be ashamed.

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A Sandwich A Day: Egg and Chorizo Torta from Real Azteca, The Bronx

Love this place. Haven't been there in some time, but I still think it's some of the top Mexican in NYC.

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BraveTart: Make Your Own Milanos

Oh man, me too. Both as a child and now. There's something oddly addictive about Milanos (and Lidos).

I'd be interested to try these though.

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From Serious Eats: New York

Good Bread: Parisi Bakery

Not doused in "balsamic" please. Otherwise, a huge vote for Parisi.

From Serious Eats: New York

Adam Platt's 101 Best Restaurants in NYC

Top-level comments: Corton didn't impress me. Kin Shop is in downhill alert - is Dieterle even still in the kitchen? And after reading about Sam Sifton's experiences at Masa, I'm highly unlikely ever to wish to go there.

Williamsburg restaurants need to be higher on the list. Where are Diner, Aurora, and Masten Lake? And #101 for Fette Sau - the place is a pain to deal with but it's probably the best BBQ in NYC - and would win in many other cities as well. "Don’t feel like hopping the train across the river," says Platt in his Fedora review - I suspect this sums up his feeling about outer-borough food in general.

OK, for new Italian joints, Ciano is excellent. But Scarpetta is an overrated nightmare of fratboys, terrible acoustics & a parody of Conant's cooking at his earlier places.

This list is incredibly predictable... agreed with the other commenter who points out the lack of Asian food. And Redfarm is, unfortunately, mediocre.

#52 is an inside joke btw (though one of the few picks of his I'd support).

Prune should be much higher. Few NYC restaurants are as taken for granted as this temple of reliable excellence. (For that kind of food, it blows away The Dutch.)

Balthazar doesn't belong on ANYONE's list in 2011. The cracks are showing, and it feels like a tourist-filled hotel bar pretending to be a Parisian bistro. The place is a joke.

Ssäm Bar should be at the top of Chang's restaurants (can't speak to Ko, but certainly above the other two), not the bottom. It remains superb, change of chef or not.

Casa Mono is a shadow of its original self.

This list is a tired, Manhattan-centric, celebrity-oriented parody of what's happening in New York food these days. I usually enjoy Platt, but he should be ashamed.

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A Sandwich A Day: Egg and Chorizo Torta from Real Azteca, The Bronx

Love this place. Haven't been there in some time, but I still think it's some of the top Mexican in NYC.

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BraveTart: Make Your Own Milanos

Oh man, me too. Both as a child and now. There's something oddly addictive about Milanos (and Lidos).

I'd be interested to try these though.

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Peking Duck House: Worth the Chinatown Splurge

Agreed that Mr. Chow's is the best in NYC, by a pretty big margin. But Peking Duck House is #2, and not bad for the price.

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Serious Eats NYC-Maine Road Trip: Suggestions Please!

Also - did someone really recommend Rein's? A fun place to go for an early taste of NYC for those completely starved for it (which is how they sell themselves), but I wouldn't call it "good".

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Serious Eats NYC-Maine Road Trip: Suggestions Please!

I'll second the Ipswich Clam Box (aka The Clam Box) - a very slight detour.

In Wells, Maine, go to the Maine Diner for the best seafood chowder on earth. (Their lobster rolls are fine too, but beside the point. It's touristy - deal with it.) Great huge used bookstore across the street.

Clam Box: 246 High Street, Ipswich MA - this is actually on I-95 SOUTH of 495 which is Boston's outer ring road, so on your way back, stay on 95 south toward Boston and take exit 54, bear right on the exit ramp, and follow Mass. Rte 133 till it hits 1A (it stays 133), bear right, and the Clam Box is about a quarter-mile down. You can't miss it - the place looks like a giant box of fried clams. Warning: they change the oil at 2 or 2:30, which adds a 20-minute delay to what will already be a long line.

Maine Diner: North Street, Wells ME - which is Route 1. On the way up on I-95, take exit 19 and bear left off the ramp on state routes 9/109. Take these to Route 1 - about a mile - and make a left. The Maine Diner is about 2 miles on your right.

On the way south I'd do the same thing even though it appears to be going out of your way. Or follow any signs for Wells / Route 1 off I-95 - it's pretty easy to figure out.

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Cocktail 101: How to Juice Citrus

I juiced mine the wrong way around too - thanks for the tip!

Interesting tidbit: David Thompson in 'Thai Food' advocates squeezing all limes by hand. He says the Thai find that the juice from mechanical juicers is too bitter because the pith and seeds get squeezed as well. YMMV...

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What Are Your Favorite Road Trip-Worthy Burgers?

Second Pie-N-Burger in Pasadena anytime - hardly a road trip for me unfortunately.

I'm surprised no Jersey slider places were included. I'd definitely vote for White Rose System in Linden NJ - which I've road-tripped to via Zipcar and would do again anytime!

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Early Pics of Dom DeMarco Jr.'s Las Vegas Pizza Chain

Is this one of the same sons who ran that terrible pizzeria at the corner of MacDougal and Houston?

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12 Tourist Spots in New York That Are Actually Good

Pretty great list. Eataly is amazing, staffed with actual Italians - I'm a huge fan of Di Palo's, and used to patronize Italian Food Center before it went downhill... beyond that, is there really anything left in Little Italy that you'd direct an out-of-towner to?

Balthazar was feeling pretty tired and shabby the last two times I went. That would be one item on the list I'd have to disagree with (I've never been to Murray's).

Katz's destroys Carnegie Deli, foozebox - really, you're recommending machine-chopped pastrami prepared elsewhere to patient, hand-sliced, house-cured meats? Just can't understand that.

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: MD 20/20

Ahem. That's the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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Where to Eat Near Grand Central, NYC

Szechuan Gourmet X2, also Lan Sheng Szechuan on the same block.

Btw there is a Grand Central Station - it's the post office located adjacent to the terminal.

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17 Lobster Rolls We Love in the Northeast

I'll add a fourth voice on Red's being overrated. It's totally quantity over quality - a great lobster roll has a sense of proportion, between meat, bun and dressing. Red's is just the meat of an entire lobster piled onto the roll, with virtually nothing else. It's impossible to eat and the meat is not the best.

My favorite was H.J. Blake's on North Haven - now sadly out of business.

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In NYC for 36 hours...

Avoid that Patsy's at all costs! Not good at all - nothing like the original in East Harlem. I know - I live two blocks away.

The pizza at Eataly is superb.

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The Food Lab: Perfect Boiled Eggs

Steamed eggs at 7 minutes (in NYC, added when the water is already steaming) turns out perfect soft-to-medium cooked eggs, with none of the chalky consistency you get from boiled eggs. A tip I got from David Thompson's Thai Food.

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Dinner Tonight: Red Curry Shrimp with Basil

"Count me in for any dish that has fewer than five ingredients?"

Especially when one of those ingredients is red curry paste, which you're buying pre-made and contains about 12 ingredients?

Doesn't feel like the right sentiment on a blog calling itself Serious Eats.

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Should Your Restaurant Take Reservations?

For neologisms, I prefer "rezzies" to "reservationist"

But that's just me.

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Best restaurants to take someone who is new to NYC?

I like Virgil's but it's more like exiting NYC and entering America. That area is a bit of a black hole unfortunately.

If she's into Korean food, then Kang Suh at W 32 and Broadway for BBQ. Open 24 hours.

Would 90 minutes give you time for lunch at the 8th Ave. Shake Shack?

I wouldn't sign off on the Thai restaurants in Hell's Kitchen - total crapshoot, even at the best of them (which is probably the original Wondee Siam - note BYOB and no rezzies).

It doesn't sound like you're looking for high end, but La Grenouille is one of a kind and can't be found in this country outside NYC. I'd also nominate the Pool Room at the Four Seasons for a similar experience. Dress up.

Eataly rules but can be a zoo.

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The Food Lab's Guide to Corned Beef and the Science of Simmering

What is the relationship between this dish and New England Boiled Dinner? Is it basically the same thing?

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Neerob, Bangladeshi Food in the Bronx

Wow! one of the best SE posts in a bit. Super stoked to try this place - thanks!

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Spice Hunting: Kodampuli

I don't think it smells that bad! I kind of like the aroma actually...

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Our Favorite Buffalo Wings in New York City

Recommend Molly's Shebeen on Third Avenue also.

And for non-traditional wings, the creole wings at Great Jones Cafe.

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