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Adam Platt

  1. Spanish BrooklynAlex Raij and Eder Montero bring Manhattan-style tapas to Cobble Hill.
  2. Eleven Madison LightDaniel Humm’s casual alternative to his signature kitchen offers terrific food, but at crazy prices.
  3. A Feast in DisguiseAtera’s ingredients seem plucked from nature, but appearances are deceiving.
  4. Roast Lamb’s Head, Anyone?That’s just one of the nose-to-tail specialties at Gabriel Stulman’s rustic Italian joint.
  5. From Masa to NetaThe sushi Establishment finds a new home.
  6. Alison’s RestaurantThe force behind Alison on Dominick is back, with a warm and neighborly Flatiron joint.
  7. Taavo Does BrooklynThe man behind Freemans and Peels ventures across the river.
  8. Neighborhood Residents OnlyDanny Meyer’s Battery Park City restaurant doesn’t rise to destination level.
  9. Euell Gibbons Goes DowntownAcme serves up forager cuisine in a chic lounge setting.
  10. Building a Better Gefilte FishJeffrey Chodorow brings Jewish cooking into the twenty-first century.
  11. AdaptationA pair of high-end chefs go down-market in an attempt to suit the times.
  12. Martha of the MediterraneanThe domestic goddess of Greece refreshes her homeland’s traditional cuisine.
  13. User’s Guide
    The Platt 101: New York City’s Best RestaurantsOur chief critic re-ranks New York’s best restaurants — finding a food landscape vastly different from the last time he attempted this exercise.
  14. Up and DownThe restaurants that gained or lost stars from Adam Platt’s original 101.
  15. You’re Not on the ListThese 46 restaurants appeared on Platt’s original 101 list (their original ranking is in parentheses), but don’t appear on this year’s list. Her […]
  16. The DepartedThese 22 restaurants were on Platt’s original 101 list, but are now closed. Their former ranking is in parentheses.
  17. The Five Most Influential Restaurants of the Past Six YearsMomofuku Ko David Chang got the idea of an elite tasting atelier from the Japanese, but it’s grown like wildfire in both Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  18. The Ten Best New Restaurants of 2011Ai Fiori The room is soulless, but Michael White produces some of the best haute Italian cooking in town (400 Fifth Ave.; 212-613-8660).
  19. Restaurant Directory Four Stars
  20. 14. Because The Dover Sole at La Grenouille Never Fails to Please a Food Critic’s Mother.My mother has been visiting La Grenouille, which occupies the ground floor of an old stable-house on East 52nd Street, ever since her father fir […]
  21. Nouvelle RipertThe newly modernized Le Bernardin loses something (and one of our stars) in translation.
  22. Uptown WaverlyLion owner and former Graydon Carter–joint chef John DeLucie heads north.
  23. Building a Better BibimbapIn the former Chanterelle space, an experiment in gourmet Korean.
  24. Fino LatinoA ceviche bar from the “Jean-Georges of Peru.”
  25. Is There a Chef in the House?At his eponymous restaurant, the neurologist turned cook Miguel Sánchez Romera largely botches the operation.
  26. Food TV
    The Feeding Tube: How Food Television Changed the Way We EatAdam Platt breaks down the impact that the boom of food-related programming has had on the nation’s diet.
  27. Follow the Smoke WestZak Pelaccio’s Manhattan version of Fatty ’Cue is more slick and ambitious (and pricey) than the Brooklyn original.
  28. Barnyard ChineseAt RedFarm, General Tso’s chicken and company get the local, fresh, and seasonal treatment.
  29. Not Your Padre’s Tapas JointAt Tertulia, Seamus Mullen reinvents Spanish food for the nuevo rústico age.
  30. ‘‘Fried Chicken for Ladies Who Lunch’’At Ellabess, hotel dining gets a southern twist.
  31. Twee It Is NotWith its old-fashioned country-style menu, Tremont defies West Village stereotypes.
  32. Looking Back
    Changing Tastes: Dining in the Decade Since 9/11’New York’ restaurant critic Adam Platt reflects on Tribeca’s resurgence as a restaurant destination.
  33. Don’t Call It Bar FoodA pair of new beer-focused restaurants offer notably good cooking.
  34. More Burgers and BourbonAt the Dutch, Andrew Carmellini enters the nouveau comfort-food game.
  35. Daniel Does MediterraneanThe latest Boulud experiment in reinventing a tired cuisine is a solid success.
  36. So Long, Mr. SofteeOur chief restaurant critic and his sweet-toothed daughters pick the city’s top sixteen ice creams.
  37. Don’t Call It a Taco ShopEmpellón may look casual, but it serves serious Mexican fare.
  38. Bouley Does JapaneseAt Brushstroke, the quintessential New York chef tries his hand at imperial kaiseki cooking.
  39. Last Supper of the Food HacksA chopper ride to El Bulli for “the mother of all boondoggles.”
  40. The Stork Club This Isn’tDesmond’s falls short in its attempt to re-create a certain bygone era of sophistication.
  41. Imperial SchizophreniaWhat you think of Top Chef veteran Sam Talbot’s new restaurant all depends on where you sit.
  42. Italian 101Spasso takes a page straight from the nouveau-rustico textbook.
  43. Barnyard BaroqueOther farm-to-table chefs let the ingredients do the talking. Here, David Burke speaks loudest.
  44. Slimmed-Down FrenchLa Silhouette offers the pleasures of high French cooking without the excess.
  45. Brooklyn Eats ManhattanGabriel Stulman’s Fedora takes a page from the BK-dining playbook.
  46. Blink and the Menu ChangesWhat Happens When is an experiment in constantly reinvented, and ultimately temporary, dining.
  47. High JunoonAn opulent Indian spot recalls the boom days of New York dining.
  48. Pale by ComparisonMichael White’s Ai Fiori lacks the sparkle of his other restaurants.
  49. The New Toque in TownMarcus Samuelsson gives Harlem its biggest restaurant opening in years.
  50. Post-Recession ItalianAt Shea Gallante’s Ciano, the cooking is opulent, accomplished, and, yes, expensive.
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