There’s nothing less appetizing when you want a burger than walking into a restaurant and seeing a gang of skinheads. But when I was a kid, that’s exactly what happened when I walked into Ram’s Horn (a Detroit-area restaurant chain) after baseball practice. That was really my only memory of that restaurant. But after that…
12 Chairs is a huge reason that leaving Williamsburg is going to be difficult. This lovely Israeli oasis has another outpost in SoHo, but I’ve only ever been to the one in Brooklyn. Recently, after leaving a nearby bar (that also has a good burger), I stopped into 12 Chairs late night to get some blintzes…
It’s hard to know when the service X-Y axis measuring service and food quality skew too far away from each other for the dining experience to be acceptable. What I mean by that is, if a burger is great, I let a lot of crappy service go unnoticed. Likewise, if I’m in love with my…
In the last few weeks, the words Speedy Romeo became a lot more common in the New York food scene. What was until now a slightly under-the-radar pizza destination has become the target of every foodstagramer in town thanks to a new location opening on the Lower East Side. As I mentioned last week, I’m trying…
Trademark Burger opened in SoHo so quietly at first that when I passed by the space (formerly Petite Cocotte), I thought it might be a front for something more nefarious. But when they officially opened last week, I was able to sample their wares and find that no, all that is served here are delicious…