Here’s what we ate (and drank) in the first hour: strawberry crème tart, fried zucchini flower moo chu with pickled summer flower in rice crepe, green chile mac-and-cheese with tortilla crumbs, caramel crème sandwich, baked brie pops with strawberry coulis, … Read More
There’s a small ristorante a Roma, not so far from the Hotel de Russie, a short walk from the Spanish steps. A ristorante you discovered your first time to the Eternal City. You were given its name on a slip … Read More
For years, New York gourmands seeking the kind of Italian cuisine that Mamma used to make have flocked uptown to Rao’s in Harlem. But why should Italians own the market on comfort food-and particularly when Cuban cuisine has been for … Read More
The Pee-wee’s Playhouse of South Beach restaurants, Barton G. The Restaurant offers the same brand of childlike delight that Pee-wee Herman afforded millions of children and adults every Saturday morning. Everything’s hyperbole. “Wow” is the only response. It’s a room … Read More
Twenty years ago, a little-known and very young graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, opened an upscale Cuban restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida-and within months, the restaurant Yuca had established chef Douglas Rodriguez as a formidable … Read More
First of all, word may not yet have reached the owners of Co. (pronounced “Company”) that the days of 10-inch artisan pizzas for $17 are behind us. Then again, maybe economic woes have yet to impact the clusters of Chelsea … Read More
Twenty years ago, a little-known and very young graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, opened an upscale Cuban restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida—and within months, the restaurant Yuca had established chef Douglas Rodriquez as a formidable … Read More
Given the location of Scott Conant’s latest Scarpetta (the eponymous sister to his Meatpacking District dazzler) in the newly renovated Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, it’s not surprising that you enter the restaurant almost expecting paparazzi. And when, midway through your … Read More
