Some hot reservations for the hottest of months. LOS ANGELES: Bow & Truss. In North Hollywood. Do the suh-weet courtard patio. Bowandtruss.com CHICAGO: Nellcote. Go for the little dishes in this cool-old mansion. Nellcoterestaurant.com LONDON: Il Ristorante. Big anticipation here … Read More
Among the fall-outs, Melvin’s Juice Box holds the fort, mon. (Yes, we said that.) So, if you didn’t hear, this is the worst time ever in decades for a New Yorker to rent a new apartment. There’s nothing remotely decent, … Read More
Hollywood’s olde and shabby Ye Coach & Horses gets a makeover and transformation into a true new-Brit bistro and bar. Thanks to Guest of a Guest, here’s a look inside and outside The Pikey, on Sunset Boulevard, housed in a … Read More
A roundup of new eating-and-drinking spots in the land of brownstones and walkers. As many of the Michelin-raters have moved or opened outposts downtown, somebody gotsta save the nabe. John DeLucie’s Crown, on E. 81st Street, is killing it a … Read More
Get used to it, people (and be grateful): those mobile gourmet go-to’s are here to stay, and some are even raising stakes for the long haul. The trend-on-wheels gets still sturdier legs and shapes. Now there are food trucks with … Read More
As its sophomore chef departs, Manhattan’s swanky Hobbit hole readies for its third act. It’s official: The modest (but anything-but-modestly-talented) Chef Eric Korsh is leaving Graydon Carter and company’s enduringly scene-making clubhouse-tavern in the West Village to open his own … Read More
From Ken Burns’ “Prohibition” to the backwoods and back rooms of “Justified” and ‘Boardwalk Empire’—and culminating in the upcoming film “The Wettest County”—the whole country’s gone punch drunk over old-timey alcohol. And now it’s the Establishment antidote for a posse … Read More
Famous for the no-fuss greenmarket fare found in their sushi bars, bakeries, wine stations and brasserie-bistros, they’re now hanging their toques at downtown Manhattan’s wee-hours-friendly Thompson Lower East Side. Seconds, anyone? Bruce and Eric Bromberg have just returned from yet … Read More
Guy walks into a bar, girl walks into a bar: Daniel Boulud’s new drinks and canapé books have the poison for both. Split between “For Him” and “For Her”—is Daniel Boulud Cocktails and Amuse-Bouches, a drinks and small bites guide … Read More
‘Mark’ Our Words. He practically wrote the cookbook on the new British cuisine. Next up: Hix Belgravia, in the Thompson’s equally tasteful new hotel Belgraves. Unlike his fellow British restaurateur—the vain and vitriolic Gordon Ramsay—chef and restaurateur Mark Hix lets … Read More
Out of the red-carpet fray, the Los Angeles area gains two fine new comfort eats. The Academy Awards are held February 26th in Hollywood, and if you’re the type who doesn’t buy into the hype, there are two culinary winners … Read More
We’ll let ‘Hot Dinners’ give a guide to the newcomers… Here’s a rundown of the freshman class of 2012 and some soon to be. We can’t say any are the bee’s knees yet, but at least you know that London … Read More
Eating better must be one. ‘Clean Plates’ guides are a fine dining start. “For vegetarians and carnivores,” the 2012 edition of “Clean Plates” guides act as the healthy-man’s version of Zagat’s. The sharp-looking books fit inside a jacket pocket and … Read More
It’s about to be fuh-freezing in the Windy City, per usual. Saddle up to some of the city’s finest whiskey bars with this Johnny Walker, er, crawl. This list shows there’s plenty to go around. It was provided by the … Read More
