Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Restaurant review, Quinto Quarto Brings a Bit of Rome to the Village.

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I haven't had such killer bucatini amatriciana ($11) since the last time I was in Rome. The pasta—like thick spaghetti, but bored up th...

Restaurant review, Brighton Beach's KeBeer Bar & Grill.

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It's been nine years since Zum Schneider debuted on Avenue C, kindling a minor craze for German beer gardens. This being New York City,...

Restaurant review, Doggy Style in Park Slope: Bark Hot Dogs.

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Wear your sunglasses as you exit the 2 or 3 train at Bergen Street, because the giant neon sign that spells out B-A-R-K glows with thousand...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Restaurant review, Rum Along to Ambiance.

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The ambiance at Ambiance can be summed up in one word: green. The walls glow lime green, the wainscoting dark marbleized green, while the b...

Restaurant review, Abe & Arthur's Says Goodbye to Disco, Hello to Comfort Food.

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Once it was Lotus, a trendy trilevel disco, about which a female detractor once wrote, "As soon as you walk in, you're instantly s...

Restaurant review, Some Incredible Qingdao Cuisine Hits Flushing.

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Not long ago, I found myself delighted by a restaurant in Flushing with the noncommittal name of Golden Palace, serving the cuisine of nort...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Restaurant review, Ovelia Psistaria's Fear of Frying.

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Ovelia Psistaria doesn't look like other Greek restaurants in Astoria: Missing are the iced displays of fish, barnyard animals rotating...