NYC Restaurant Reviews | Steakhouses, Burgers & Bars
Reviews of my favorite type of cuisine. Steakhouses have steak, and I love a good steak
British and Indian is not a combination I would have put money on before walking into Elder. On paper it sounds like a fusion restaurant having an identity crisis. In practice it works better than it has any right to. Solo visit, no real expectations walking in beyond curiosity and my usual willingness to eat…
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…
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…
This is part of my 72 Hours in San Francisco food and travel guide. Read the full series for every stop on the trip. The second night in San Francisco ended up at Osso Steakhouse for both happy hour and dinner, which honestly turned out to be a pretty solid move. And yes, before anybody…
This is part of my 72 Hours in San Francisco food and travel guide. Read the full series for every stop on the trip. For my first dinner in San Francisco, my friends managed to pull off what felt like a minor miracle and score a reservation for four at House of Prime Rib. If…
I have been following Rocco DiSpirito’s career for a while. I remember a Tindle event where he served the most insane vegetarian chicken parm I have ever had. Coming from a guy like me, someone who considers a salad a tragedy and a vegetable a garnish, that is not a sentence I say lightly. The…
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…
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…
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,…