NYC Restaurant Reviews | Steakhouses, Burgers & Bars
My experiences in New York City. The restaurants I have visited and the activities I have done.
Every once in a while a Sunday lines up the way it is supposed to. The weather cooperated, my friend Steve pulled a reservation at 4 Charles Prime Rib, and everyone actually had time to sit down and relax instead of racing through a meal like the check was on fire. 4 of us. How…
Dee and I hadn’t seen each other in a while. Life happens, schedules stop lining up, and suddenly it has been months since you sat across from your friend and actually talked instead of texting a string of half finished sentences. We picked Swoony’s in Carroll Gardens to fix that, and funny enough we landed…
Let’s address the obvious question first. Yes, I am aware that “Blackbird” is also the name of several unrelated restaurants that have nothing to do with the app. No, this post is not about those places. If you searched your way here looking for a restaurant literally named Blackbird, I am sorry for the confusion,…
I heard a new bar was opening up in the East Village called Limo Bar NYC and immediately had to check it out. The concept is exactly what it sounds like. Inside feels like a limo. But honestly my brain went somewhere completely different the second I walked in. I expected Gordon Gekko whispering “greed…
Fourth of July weekend, half the city fled to the Hamptons, and Shannon and I took full advantage of the empty reservation slots that opened up as a result. Post-Yankee game, we struck. Cote is one of my top restaurants in this city. Full stop. I would never pass up a reservation. It is a…
Some Fridays write themselves. Friends in from out of town, nobody wants to do anything complicated, no reservations, long week all around. You just need somewhere good that is not going to require a group chat meltdown to organize. Giulietta NYC fit the bill perfectly. It is a relatively new Italian spot in Midtown and…
I was stuck at one of those cybersecurity seminars in Midtown where the food can best be described as technically edible. You know the type. Conference coffee that has been sitting out since sunrise, sandwiches that somehow taste dry and wet at the same time, and a Caesar salad that looked like it had been…
A simple conversation with a friend somehow turned into a full debate about what The Smith actually is. Is it a restaurant? A brunch spot? A safety net for groups who cannot agree on anything? We landed on this. The Smith is the modern New York diner. Not the old school greasy spoon where you…
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…