We strolled leisurely down 11th, avoiding the tourist-infused High Line, toward a chef’s counter reservation at Toro where we happily ordered a step beyond what might be...
Olmsted 659 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238 – Map Website Prospect Heights restaurant from chef-owner Greg Baxtrom packs them in for dinner and recently rolled out...
On your fourth trip to Paris, you take less pictures and enjoy more actual moments. Best to live like a local. We rent an apartment and...
If you’re spending a few days in New Orleans, you’ll probably focus on the French Quarter and the Garden District. Maybe branch out to the...
Little King 749 Metropolitan Avenue • Brooklyn, NY 11211 Quaint bar setup, but concise and well stocked. Dug the Trolley Dodger (Redemption Bourbon, Vermouth Bianco, Cherry Heering, Peychauds)...
Cockscomb 564 Fourth Street • San Francisco, CA 94107 Truth be told, I shouldn’t be eating at Cockscomb. My doctor recently told me an angiogram is...
Black Walnut 140 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 MAP Chef Rob Newton has opened a few solid Brooklyn eateries including Nightingale Nine and Wilma Jean, two spots...
SWEET POLLY 71 SIXTH AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY, 11217 MAP Yes, the answer is yes. Yes to the Mr. Hyde (rye whiskey, Alder smoke, cherry, Mexican cola,...
Leña Brava is the ninth Chicago hot-spot from chef and author Rick Bayless, who apparently can do no wrong. His popular 1996 cookbook Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen and...
Seven years after opening, this place is still packing them in. Friday night and the joint is jumping. Was lucky to scam two seats at the bar...
