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Adam Platt

  1. Hello, ColumbusA Voce heads to the Time Warner Center.
  2. Distant KinshipThey have their bright spots, but two new restaurants don’t measure up to their illustrious heritage.
  3. A Refuge for the PlutocracyCaravaggio brings a dose of extreme pre-bust nostalgia to midtown.
  4. Great No MoreAureole’s reincarnation is a dissipated branch of Charlie Palmer’s empire.
  5. Back to the BoomSHO Shaun Hergatt is a throwback to the pre-recession restaurant world.
  6. Above StandardWith chef Dan Silverman at the helm, the Standard Grill rises above the faux-bistro competition.
  7. Daniel Goes DowntownDaniel Boulud’s first venture below 44th Street dishes up gourmet burgers, hot dogs, and beer.
  8. Sub-PrimateMonkey Bar pulls in plenty of stars, but A-list connections can’t cover for D-grade cooking.
  9. Verde DeliciousWith Andrew Carmellini at the stove, De Niro’s second try at the Greenwich Hotel hits the bull’s-eye.
  10. User’s Guide
    The Burger Register: New York’s 82 Most Notable BurgersWe are now living in a brave new burger world. This is your map: All of the city’s noteworthy burgers codified, analyzed, and collected in one place.
  11. Heaven on BreadAnd eight other tasty sandwich creations.
  12. Burger KingsThe best of the bunch in a town suddenly overrun by beef.
  13. Seafood ImperialWith its lofty ambitions (and prices), Michael White’s Marea wantonly defies the recession.
  14. I’ll Have One With Kimchee, PleaseThe genre of the cleverly embellished hot dog is expanding fast. Adam Platt ranks five of the city’s most exotic examples.
  15. Out of PlaceL.A. chef Govind Armstrong’s New York outpost is an awkward, noisy transplant.
  16. The Restaurant of TomorrowModest but sophisticated, George Mendes’s Aldea could be a prototype of dining trends to come.
  17. Not Your Father’s Wiener SchnitzelAt Seasonal, a taste of Vienna with a modern spin.
  18. Swimming Against the TideHigh-end seafood and stuffy service may seem like relics of the boom, but the quality of the cooking at Harbour is eternally appealing.
  19. McNally’s MinettaAt the new incarnation of the famed Village tavern, the veteran restaurateur gets the faux-speakeasy genre right.
  20. Adam Platt Reviews Tatiana3145 Brighton 4th St.; 718-646-7630.
  21. Godzilla ReturnsJust when you thought the big-box Japanese restaurant was dead, along comes Inakaya.
  22. Sol BrotherJosh DeChellis reimagines La Fonda del Sol.
  23. A Lower BarAt Bar Breton, Michelin-starred chef Cyril Renaud trades haute cuisine for bistro cooking.
  24. Humble As an AppleBraeburn is a simple restaurant for simple times.
  25. Get SeriousDavid Burke’s Fishtail sinks in its own goofiness, while the Oak Room simply fails.
  26. The Brothers PlattNew York’s restaurant critic sits down with his brother Oliver, now hoofing in Guys and Dolls.
  27. A Lower BarL’Artusi underdelivers on the trendy bar-dining concept.
  28. My Silver PalateSheila Lukins, Café des Artistes, and the colorful dawn of this gourmet age we live in.
  29. High on ShangFor the first time in years, there’s a superstar Chinese chef in town.
  30. Hot NumberDowntown’s 10 Downing is trendy, but tasty.
  31. Don’t Call It a Fish ShackAt the John Dory, April Bloomfield aims to do for seafood what she did for bar food at the Spotted Pig.
  32. The DirectoryAdour Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis 2 E. 55th St. 212-710-2277
  33. Best CocktailsAguacate and Mezcal Macondo This inventive avocado slushy is spiked with Scorpion mezcal, among other things. At just $7.50, it’s the best let […]
  34. Best Food Under $10Pork Sandwich Porchetta ($9) A dissertation on the pleasures of crackly roasted pork, squeezed into a fresh ciabatta bun.
  35. Best Chefs You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet)John Fraser Dovetail He’s been an accomplished chef for years. Now that he finally has a restaurant to call his own, he’s on a different level.
  36. Best New RestaurantsCorton The mercurial Paul Liebrandt finally strikes the right balance between invention and restraint.
  37. Trends We’re Tired OfAbsinthe Everything that’s tiresome about the great retro-cocktail fad in a single glass. Plus it’s not even illegal anymore.
  38. The Simpler PleasuresChefs all over town are replacing foie gras and truffles with comfort food, fresh local ingredients, and bargains. Happily, modesty can be delicious.
  39. The Joy of SmokingChar No. 4 is a welcome addition to the city’s ever-growing roster of barbecue joints.
  40. Corton on HudsonAt a new Tribeca restaurant, chef Paul Liebrandt finally lives up to his promise.
  41. Pigheaded, in a Good WayRyan Skeen gives Irving Mill a pork makeover.
  42. Bobo, Take ThreeWith another new chef in the kitchen, the food is better, but still inconsistent.
  43. Recession SpecialApiary offers high-quality cooking at prices that are right for the times.
  44. Not So GrandeAllegretti attempts to re-create la grande cuisine, with limited success.
  45. SquaresvilleAnother new chef hasn’t made Sheridan Square any more exciting.
  46. The Mario of MidtownAt Convivio, Michael White reimagines Italian classics with Batali-like excellence.
  47. Turning JapaneseJean-Georges’s haute-Chinese emporium turned haute soba joint misses the mark.
  48. Green CuisineAnother day, another barnyard-minded locavore joint. Make that two more.
  49. The High-Low $20 ShowdownWe asked two very different chefs to create a three-course meal for two using the same $20 budget. Then our chief restaurant critic, Adam Platt, […]
  50. Southern ItalianScott Conant brings his uptown cooking downtown.
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