Restaurants

A Rye We Hope Will Improve With Age

Ed Levine | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

Thoughtful dishes and obvious afterthoughts, eight-dollar meals and twelve-dollar bites -- Rye is all over the map.

Too Big to Care

Libby Mitchell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


Libby Mitchell

In a chain restaurant, no one thinks they are accountable for their behavior. Everyone believes they are anonymous, and absorbed into the crowd, and therefore have no real responsibility to behave.

Top Ten Undiscovered Cities For Local Food (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green


We here at HuffPost Green were so inspired by our readers' response to our 10 Best US Cities for Local Food piece that we decided to host another roun...

Croque Notes: Stalking the Best Croque-Monsieur in Paris

Beth Perry | Posted 09.15.2009 | Style


Beth Perry

Inhaling the smell of freshly bubbled cheese, I knew my search was done: Four-thousand miles from home in the City of Love, I'd finally found The One.

Reality-TV Chef Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant Empire Rocked By Hard Times

Wall Street Journal | CASSELL BRYAN-LOW | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business


On the reality TV show "Kitchen Nightmares," foul-mouthed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay helps unknown chefs turn around troubled restaurants. But the b...

Beyond Banh Mi: The Latest in Asian Sandwich Shops

Ed Levine | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

If this is the beginning of a trend, so be it. Asian-inspired sandwich shops presided over by talented chefs are okay in my book. Just don't call them brands.

10 Best US Cities For Local Food (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig/Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green


We here at HuffPost Green think the local food movement is a thriving and exciting part of the discussion about sustainability. After researching the ...

Hardest Reservation in Paris: New Trier Grad's Restaurant

Flora Lazar | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

The high priests of French gastronomy may not have been convinced that American chefs have arrived, but the market itself has spoken. For the last year there's been a six-month wait to get a table at a young Chicagoan's Paris restaurant.

The Greek Coffee Shop (Diner) of Our Dreams?

Ed Levine | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

My dream diner starts with milkshakes, malts and floats.

Restaurant Week and the Power of We

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York


Jonathan Tisch

Restaurant Week is about the power of partnerships -- a great example of how businesses can successfully join in a common cause thereby benefiting themselves, their industry, and the community at large.

Tribeca's Newest Mod-Italian, A Restaurant For The Times

Ed Levine | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

Based on numerous breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, the forces of serious deliciousness have won out big time at Locanda Verde.

Your Picks! HuffPost Readers Share Their Favorite Unknown NYC Haunts

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 08.03.2009 | New York


Last week, we told you about our favorite little-known spots in the city to get drink or a meal, and asked you to send us yours (fair's fair!). Belo...

New York's Ear-Splitting Restaurants

Erica Abeel | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


Erica Abeel

In the city's restaurants, it's apparently de rigueur to have women shrieking like banshees. Couldn't the mayor institute a stiff fine for screaming in restaurants, like the one for spitting in subways?

Editors' Pick: Best N.Y. Spots No One Knows About

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York


If you have a favorite not so known spot in the city, email it to us at covernyc@huffingtonpost.com. While everyone should have dinner in Times Squar...

Sushi - Fresh or Frozen? The Answer May Surprise You

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living


Srinivasan Pillay

I am not a sushi fan. However, since many of my friends are, I have been more open to trying it out.

Haute Dogs Are Hot, Hot, Hot

Ed Levine | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

Fancypants chefs, French and otherwise, in pursuit of their own American hot dog dreams can't leave well enough alone.

A Hetero's Guide to Gay Pride in San Francisco

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


Teresa Rodriguez Williamson

Beyond the glittering queens and dikes on bikes, there is a tantalizing hetero vibe that blends perfectly with the rich sauciness of Gay Pride.

Ode to Meatballs

Donna Fish | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living


Donna Fish

I have a confession that for some reason comes a surprise to the audiences I speak to, (not my friends and family who know this well!). I am a massive...

Where The Obamas Eat: Following The Crumbs On The First Family's DC Dining Trail

Washingtonian.com | Ann Limpert | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


The Palm and the Capital Grille aren't going anywhere, but there's been a shift in the dining landscape ever since the Obamas came to Washington. The ...

Caviar is New Recessionista Fare

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.01.2009 | Style


Dan Dorfman

$25 to $55 caviar--even though it appears low--may still become off limits to many potential buyers if the sagging economy continues to sag.

BBQ. Oysters. Happiness.

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style


Robert Rosenthal

Oysters at Tony's bring together completely distinct, but brilliant ends of the food spectrum to produce something that is immeasurably better than the sum of its parts.

Unchain My Heart: A Restaurant Does the Right Thing and Rides Out the Recession

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living


Karen Stabiner

It would be a nice irony, you must admit, if one of the unexpected consequences of the recession was a resurgence of the mom'n'pop, a renaissance of site-specific casual dining,

Scenes from a Greek Restaurant

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style


Lita Smith-Mines

I am wistful not because I miss Georgia's split pea soup (though I truly do), but because I'm expecting that such gleeful times in places like Deities may never occur again.

Racism Stinks Up New York Restaurants

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics


Rinku Sen

In one study of racism in the restaurant world, people of color were half as likely to get offers, and less likely to get interviewed in the first place.

Fat Duck Closes: British Restaurant Shutters After 400 Fall Ill

AP | KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home


BRAY, England — It's a culinary mystery worthy of Agatha Christie. Britain's Health Protection Agency said Friday about 400 people reported fal...