Golden Steer Steakhouse in NYC
The steakhouse, that most American of restaurant genres, has in recent years been co-opted by foreign interests. To…
Restaurant Review: Bistrot Ha in NYC
If there’s one thing worse than too much of a good thing, it’s too little of it. That…
NYC’s newest steakhouse is a modern version of a Rat Pack stunner
Sin City has arrived in New York. Golden Steer, the 70-year-old classic Las Vegas steakhouse, just opened at…
Restaurant Review: Cove and Saga
Chef Charlie Mitchell preparing a dish at Saga. Photo: Thomas Prior The tasting menu has long represented the…
I’m donut ? bakery in NYC serving disgusting anchovy donuts
Meet the worst Times Square interloper since the Elmos invasion — the “limited edition” anchovy-cheese donut at weirdly punctuated…
2025 was a crazy year for NYC restaurants
It was a year no food-lover will forget — dramatic, zany and appalling by turns. Business was robust. Confident…
The Eighty Six is one of NYC’s toughest reservations — but it’s worth it
The Eighty Six on Bedford Street is the city’s hardest-to-penetrate new restaurant. I expected to hate everything about…
Babbo Has a New Owner But None of Its Old Magic
The Zeppelin is blasting once more at Babbo. Though the restaurant closed for renovations only in early 2025,…
NYC’s hottest new restaurant is a steakhouse in a train station
Grand Central Terminal, America’s greatest railroad nexus, deserved a great American restaurant. Brand-new Palladino’s Steak & Seafood is it.…
The Eighty Six in NYC
Can a diner be 86’d in advance? That’s the interpretive riddle at the heart of the Eighty Six,…
NYC suddenly has huge, great Mexican restaurants
Move over, soup dumplings and dragon rolls — NYC’s buzziest in-demand new dishes are pork belly chicharron and tacos…
The Swankstaurant Is a New Kind of Steakhouse
The upstairs dining room at Chateau Royale. Photo: Landon Nordeman The pendulum swings from cheap to swank and…