NYC Restaurant Reviews | Steakhouses, Burgers & Bars
As a Yankees fan, I know a thing or two about rooting for an empire. So when I realized I had quietly eaten my way through every corner of Simon Kim’s restaurant kingdom, it felt right. Kim opened Cote in Flatiron nine years ago. Then came Coqodaq. Then he took over three floors of 550…
It was Jerry’s birthday, and we had a serious scientific question to answer: is carrot cake technically a salad? That was the excuse. The real plan was to go to Monkey Bar, eat everything, and then go to a steakhouse afterward. Yes. Monkey Bar was the snack. The pregame. The appetizer to dinner. We did…
Everybody wants to know how to get into the Polo Bar. People call the reservation line like it’s a 1990s radio contest and they’re caller number nine. People know a guy who knows a guy. People camp out on apps at midnight like they’re waiting for Taylor Swift tickets. I found the answer, and it…
I almost went to the wrong Astor. Of course I did. If you know me, you know I get lost anytime two places share a name. Astor Place. The Astor building. The Astor restaurant. My brain saw three Astors and quietly left the chat. So here is my one piece of real advice before we…
It had been another beautiful week at work, and by beautiful I mean the kind of week that makes you stare at your phone and go, sure, let’s get a martini and some steak. That is not a cry for help. That is Tuesday. So I did what any self-respecting Brooklyn guy does when the…
Some inconclusive information came my way this week about my favorite chicken pot pie in the city. Turned out to be false. But once you start questioning your favorite pot pie, there’s only one responsible move. Taste every chicken pot pie in New York until the record is set straight. This is stop one. A…
Yankee season is winding down, which means Shannon’s reservation-pulling season is winding down with it. She got us into Gramercy Tavern, a place I genuinely have not been to in years. I mean years years. Wild that it took this long. I wanted to know if it still held up. Walking in, the call to…
My buddy hit me up about Pizza Studio Tamaki and I couldn’t say no. It’s been on my radar for a while, this place out of Japan, considered one of the best pizza spots in the world by people who know a lot more about crust than a guy who mostly reviews steak. He had…
Another bad week, another perfectly good reason to find a steakhouse. Tallow just opened inside the old Lord and Taylor building, and word got to me about a happy hour running ten dollar martinis from five to seven. I did not need to hear anything else. I headed down, relatively close to the trains, no…
Full disclosure, I did not pick this place. That credit goes to Shannon, because I am simply not going to go that far out of my way or try that hard on my own. San Sabino is a modern Italian American seafood restaurant from the Don Angie team, tucked into the West Village, and I…