Retired Burger Hand Model
Reviews of my favorite type of cuisine. Steakhouses have steak, and I love a good steak
Il Monello: A New Martini Mistake on 49th Street Another day in paradise, and I needed to get what I like to call a martini pick-me-up. Since Tuscany closed, I’ve been quietly searching for a new spot to scratch that itch. Enter Il Monello, Tuscany’s sister restaurant, tucked away on 49th Street. It’s not exactly…
The Return Visit It was a rough Sunday. One of those days where you need a pick-me-up and a reason to be outside that isn’t “because the walls are closing in.” I also had errands to run in Downtown Brooklyn, so instead of spiraling, I did the responsible thing and went back to Gage &…
COQODAQ is one of those places I probably wouldn’t have gone to on my own. Not because I don’t like nuggets. I love nuggets. Nuggets are life. It’s more the whole reservation Olympics thing. You know me. I don’t hunt reservations. I outsource that activity like a true New Yorker. Thankfully, the ladies insisted, and…
Some birthdays are celebrated with big dinners. Others start with “just a little something” that somehow turns into martinis, clams, and caviar. This was very much the second kind. My friend flew up from Florida to celebrate my birthday, and before our next big meal, we needed a snacky stop. You know the vibe. A…
It’s my birthday weekend (part… I don’t even know anymore), and the girls flew up from Florida to celebrate. They wanted to take me somewhere special, something new, something with a bit of flair. Since Cuerno just opened recently, it seemed like the perfect excuse to check it out. The Space Walking into Cuerno feels…
It was one of those weeks when, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, I needed two things — a couple of martinis and a perfectly cooked steak to wash away the stress. Palladino’s Steak & Seafood has been popping up on my feed since it opened a few weeks ago, so it was time to see…
When two of my top ten favorites, Gotham Burger Social Club and Smith & Wollensky, join forces for a pop-up, there’s no question: I’m going. I’ve been following Gotham Burger since the early days, from those gritty pandemic pop-ups to their Lower East Side brick-and-mortar, and it’s been a front-row seat to watching a burger…
Yankee season is deep into the playoff push, and while everyone’s losing their minds over wild card tickets, I’m sitting back and watching the prices hit home-run levels. Section 123? $170 before fees. That’s not watching baseball, that’s financial cardio. Over the years, I found a better alternative: skip the stadium chaos and head to…
Some Saturday nights, you don’t want to deal with people. This was one of those nights. However, I also had my Amex Resy credit to use before the quarter ended, so I figured, why not treat myself? Nothing crazy, just a solo meal somewhere new, something to shake things up a bit.Dynamo Room caught my…
Every now and then, the stars align and Peaches makes it back to the East Coast. She’s one of those friends I don’t get to see nearly enough, so when she does roll through, it always turns into a proper feast. This time, we kicked things off at Minetta Tavern , a New York institution…