NYC Restaurant Reviews | Steakhouses, Burgers & Bars
I honestly do not remember exactly how I ended up here, but I got here, so we are just going to roll with it. I think it was a Sunday, I had some Blackbird credits burning a hole in my pocket, and I found myself at La Tête d’Or by Daniel. I have been eyeing…
There are some days where you just need a reset. Not a spa day. Not yoga. Not somebody telling you to protect your peace. You need a steak, a martini, a Yankees game on TV, and a bartender who understands the assignment. That is how I ended up back at Chadwick’s in Bay Ridge. If…
BFFL is back in town which means two things. We can finally hit the restaurants that require more than one person and she is the one pulling the reservations. I am mostly there for moral support and excessive ordering. This time we made it to Hawksmoor for their Sunday Roast, something I had been wanting…
Getting reservations here is a nightmare. Shannon pulled them anyway because that is what a BFFL does. Bar Chimera sits inside 550 Madison Avenue, the same building as Cote and Sushi Yoshitake, and if you have spent any time at either of those restaurants, you already know what you are walking into. This hospitality group…
It was one of my friend’s birthdays, which meant two things: we needed somewhere that could handle a large group and somewhere nobody would complain about. Honestly, finding a New York restaurant that can pull both of those off without somebody threatening mutiny halfway through appetizers is harder than getting Yankees playoff tickets. So we…
Carver Steak NYC Review (Round Two): Back With the Crew and Zero Regrets Well… I ended up back at CarverSteak. This time it was with the old food crew. The OGs. The guys I started this whole “eat everything in sight” journey with. Haven’t seen them in a minute, so we needed somewhere solid, fun,…
Bar Chuzo NYC Review: From Sports Bar Roots to a Slick Brunch Destination So I finally made it out to Bar Chuzo. It has only been open for about a year, which is embarrassing because I have known the owners for close to a decade. I am a terrible friend. In my defense, Bay Ridge…
Now that baseball season is back, and the Yankees are playing, the crew is back in rotation. That means I finally get to bring people to all the spots I have been hyping up like a lunatic. First stop, obviously, Golden Steer Steakhouse. I locked in that reservation over a month ago. Minor heart attack…
So I’m coming back from Yankee Stadium after a Yankees loss, still hungry, slightly annoyed, and in need of something stronger than optimism. That write-up is its own disaster story for another day. Instead, I did what any rational adult would do: I rerouted for food and martinis. Enter Le Rock, a French spot sitting…
Last Thursday, I felt my seasonal depression pack its bags and leave the building the second I walked into Yankee Stadium. Sun on my face, weather warming up, first game of the year, Yankees sitting pretty at 8–2… life was good. I had a plan. A locked-in, dialed, professional-level eating plan. You know the type,…