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Restaurant Reviews

The Best Biscuits in Brooklyn

Ed Levine | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Restaurants, New York, Texas, Southern-Food, Joaquin Baca, Restaurant Reviews, Brooklyn Star, New York News
Ed Levine

Serious New York eaters like me tend to romanticize the biscuits we find ourselves eating here, so we overstate their deliciousness, but Brooklyn Star's biscuits are the real deal.

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Everybody Eats Where? Harry Cipriani

Mara Gibbs | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Italian Food, NY Restaurants, Harry Cipriani, Restaurant Reviews, New York Restaurants, New York News
Mara Gibbs

I celebrate my birthday every year at one of the many Cipriani restaurants, although I am still partial to the first Cipriani in the states here on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.

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Everybody Eats Where? Swifty's and the Fete de Swifty's

Mara Gibbs | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Swifty's, Ny-Restaurants, Food and Wine, Philanthropy, Restaurant Reviews, Nicole Kidman, Domestic Violence, New York News
Mara Gibbs

At Swifty's, host with the most Robert Caravaggi and his partner Steven Attoe own what is the destination spot of many of NY's blue bloods and bold face names.

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Smashed Burgers in the City

Ed Levine | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Shake Shack, Potatoes, Hamburger, Danny Meyer, New York Restaurants, French Fries, Bill's Bar and Burger, Steve Hanson, English-Muffins, Restaurant Reviews, Rub, New York News
Ed Levine

Is there one smashed burger in New York City that reigns supreme? Which of these juicy suckers should you pledge your burger-loving allegiance to?

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A Sandwich Shop Ups Its Game

Ed Levine | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Restaurants, New York, New York Restaurants, Chopped Liver, Sandwiches, Ricotta, Pork, Flatiron, Restaurant Reviews, Goat Cheese, New York News
Ed Levine

It was only a matter of time before 'wichcraft, Tom Colicchio's very solid sandwich bar in the Flatiron, started serving dinner.

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Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers, Washington, D.C.

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Washington DC, Organic Food, Reviews, Restaurants, Washington Restaurants, Local Food, Restaurant Reviews, Family Farms, Living News
Maria Rodale

I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that's supplied and owned by a collective of American family farmers.

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Pre-Fall Polenta Steaks

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Food, Fall, New York, Restaurants, Cooking, Polenta, Inoteca, Recipes, Polenta Steaks, New York Restaurants, Restaurant Reviews, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

As the days shorten, this polenta dish seems like the perfect meeting of my meals to come and those pleasures I will have to leave behind. I am finally beginning to crave rich risottos and dark, meaty stews.

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Going Where No Food Writer Has Gone Before

Ed Levine | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Chicken, Shake Shack, Chelsea Restaurants, Hot Dogs, Barbecue, Dallas Bbq, New York Restaurants, Baby Back Ribs, Restaurant Reviews, New York News
Ed Levine

I have an inviolable rule when I order, particularly in restaurants like Dallas BBQ: If any menu item is described as "the best" or "famous," I have to order it.

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A Steal Of A Four-Star Meal

Ed Levine | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Eleven Madison Park, Dining, Four Star Meal, Jean-Georges, Restaurants, New York Restaurants, Delicious, Food, Frank Bruni, Restaurant Reviews, New York News
Ed Levine

The lower-priced lunch menu at Eleven Madison Park has brought out the earthier, simpler aspects of Daniel Humm's cooking from Atlantic skate wing to an organic chicken breast basquaise.

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Fancy-Pants Fried Chicken in Tribeca

Ed Levine | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Carmellini, Pie, New York City, Restaurants, Fried Chicken, Locanda Verde, Cafe Boulud, Biscuits, Tribeca, Italian Food, Restaurant Reviews, New York News
Ed Levine

Maybe the fried chicken at Locanda Verde will eventually ascend to my fried chicken pantheon, but for now I have to console myself with the honey butter biscuits and the plum-nectarine pie.

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YATS: "The Worst Dining Experience Of My Career As A Food Writer"

New City | Michael Nagrant | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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Normally, when I write a restaurant review, I try to avoid indulging in blow-by-blow course descriptions, poor adjectives and Architectural Digest-sty...

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