Apiary: It may not be Veritas, but chef Scott Bryan is settling, and it's still off most people's radar.
SHO Shaun Hergatt: People are slowly waking up to the fact that this was one of 2009's most important openings - splendid, refined food at a bargain price.
SD26: San Domenico reinvented for a new world of flexible, casual dining.
[Pigging by Wilfrid: January 30, 2012]
A few days in San Juan last week, and mustn't grumble at temperatures in the seventies, a grand resort hotel, tumbling surf, sand and all the rest of it.
But it was a business trip, and I had little chance to forage. So not much cocina auténtico to report.
[Pigging by Wilfrid: January 25, 2012]
Hopefully a final word from me on East Village biscuits at The Local.
I don't usually do rankings, but the editor hankered for one, and you know what? That biscuit at Peels isn't even as good as the one they serve at 7-Eleven, mass-baked at their Long Island depot.
[Pigging by Wilfrid: January 23, 2012]
I reviewed Northern Spy Co, a small restaurant on a quiet block off between Avenues A and B, not long after it opened. Why did I decide it was time for a re-match?
When I first visited, my patience was already worn thin by a series of restaurants of almost identical mien and menu, bombarding the diner with truisms about sourcing farm-to-table local ingredients and making silly fusses about "breaking down" (i.e. butchering) whole animals.
