Three chefs in the savory kitchen and a pastry chef with a knack for focaccia bring remarkable range to a new Ridgewood restaurant. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Restaurants”
Elaine’s the Musical, From the People Who Drank There
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2022
Three New Yorkers who were regulars at the Upper East Side nightspot hope their show about it can reach Broadway. Source: New York Times
Forlini’s Italian Restaurant Closes
By Gotham Rex on April 10, 2022
The beloved red-sauce restaurant in New York’s Chinatown has served its last clams casino. “It’s hard, but we’re leaving while we’re still on top,” Derek Forlini said. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Mena in TriBeCa
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2022
The former chef of Chumley’s wasn’t put on this earth to cook bar food, as she proves with her striking new place in TriBeCa. Source: New York Times
L’Abeille Opens, and More NYC Restaurant News
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2022
A third location for Momoya Soho, a lounge disguised as a locksmith and shoe repair, and more restaurant news. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Uncle Lou in Chinatown
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2022
The menu is loaded with Cantonese dishes that long ago became neighborhood standards. Source: New York Times
Booze, Biscuits and Bands: Musical Brunch Is Back in New York
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
Here are six brunches that, after a long pandemic pause, are entertaining and feeding weekend crowds in Manhattan and the Hudson Valley. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Casa Dani in Manhattan West
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2022
Leaving aside the gels, powders and liquid nitrogen that won him renown, the chef Dani García returns to his culinary roots. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Commerce Inn in New York’s West Village
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
At their latest West Village restaurant, Jody Williams and Rita Sodi revive American farmhouse cooking from an earlier era. Source: New York Times
The N.Y.C. Restaurants Still Requiring Proof of Vaccination
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2022
Though the city dropped its rule, several restaurants are asking indoor diners for proof of vaccination. One of them drew protesters. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Musket Room in NoLIta
By Gotham Rex on March 8, 2022
A changing of the guard at Musket Room, in NoLIta, brings border-hopping dishes that are worth putting on pants for. Source: New York Times
New York’s Russian Restaurants Feel War’s Impact
By Gotham Rex on March 8, 2022
Most owners are antiwar, and many of them are from Ukraine. But customer numbers are down all the same. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Restaurants Cheer the Lifting of an Indoor Vaccine Mandate
By Gotham Rex on March 6, 2022
Starting Monday the city will no longer require patrons in restaurants, bars and gyms and other places indoors to show proof of vaccination, part of a rollback that includes lifting the mask requirement in public schools. Source: New York Times
Stissing House, Clare de Boer's New Restaurant, to Open in Hudson Valley
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
Clare de Boer, who won accolades at King, is branching out with Stissing House, in a former Hudson Valley inn. Source: New York Times
NYC Ends Pandemic Mandates Despite Concerns That It Is Moving Too Quickly
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
Masks will no longer be required in public schools and proof-of- vaccination is no longer required for many indoor activities. Source: New York Times