Restaurant Review: Somssi and Noury in NYC
New York is a tongue town. Katz’s has been slicing it by the pound for decades. It’s a…
A Brooklyn Bakery Was Near Closing. Then a Meta Engineer Stepped in.
Shuayb Qureshi didn’t know many people in New York, and his work at Meta made it hard for…
Restaurant Review: Pablo Rivero’s Graciela in NYC
It was a hot Argentina summer — except in Argentina, where, being southerly hemisphered, it was a cool…
This is NYC’s best restaurant with a view from above
Peak, the 101st-floor restaurant atop 30 Hudson Yards, has reached new heights. Opened by London-based Rhubarb Hospitality just…
Restaurant Review: Pizza Studio Tamaki in NYC
A butter-chicken pie at Pizza Studio Tamaki. Photo: Matthew Schneier The Manhattan Pizza Wars of a decade or…
Indian restaurant’s are NYC’s hottest spots now
Forget Japanese omakase, haute Korean set menus and trendy steakhouses. The city’s hardest-to-get restaurant reservations all have one…
Reviewing New York’s Newest Taverns
Capitaine, a new “seafood tavern” that opened in June. Photo: Scott Semler They’re back again, the taverns. Not…
Restaurant Review: Oriana in NYC
Oriana, the name, first crops up in literature as a term of praise. The Triumphs of Oriana is…
Restaurant Review: Zoli in East Williamsburg
Of all the alerts and inquiries I’ve received from restaurants — soliciting my preferences, my allergies, my aversions,…
NYC’s biggest restaurant opening of the year is here — and it’s fabulous
The East 50s have new restaurants up the wazoo. But they never saw anything like Simon Kim’s three-level spectacle, Cote…
Restaurant Review: Marcel Is Overcurated and Underwhelming
Three days after Sotheby’s successfully auctioned a Rothko for $85.8 million, I dined with the acquisitions class at…
Restaurant Review: Odo East Village
The durational work of art will always have its day. Jeanne Dielman. Lonesome Dove. Ponderously weighty, they bring…