NYC Restaurant Reviews | Steakhouses, Burgers & Bars
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…
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…
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…
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…
Back to Golden Steer Steakhouse (Yes, I Threatened to Return) As I threatened in my last post about Golden Steer Steakhouse, I came back. This time I brought friends. Why? Simple math. More people equals more dishes. More dishes equal a better investigation. We also sat in the back dining room, which meant I finally…
Saverne NYC in Hudson Yards had been on my radar, and after a long week I needed an excuse to grab a martini and clear my head. So I did what any rational adult would do. I went looking for a bar. Saverne is the latest restaurant from Chef Gabriel Kreuther, featuring live-fire cooking and…
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 &…
The Setup Being back in Fort Lauderdale usually means playing social Tetris. Everyone wants to hang, nobody wants to travel, and I’m not about to drag people across the county in flip-flops. I’m staying near the beach; my buddy needed something easy, healthy-ish, and sober-friendly. So I did what I always do when I want…
One of my buddies hit me up with a comped meal at Le Rivage, and normally, I don’t do comp meals. I’m not traveling an hour and a half for a slice of pizza and a handshake. There are exception,s though. Steakhouses are one. And Le Rivage? That place has a soft spot in my…