- October 9, 2006 | Feature
- Danny Meyer Walks Into a Pub
In the Über-restaurateur’s new book, he distills the finer points of hospitality. So how does the local shebeen measure up?
- October 9, 2006 | Restaurant Openings
- Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Week of October 9, 2006: La Lunetta, Noo Na, Metro Marché, and Pasita.
- October 9, 2006 | In Season
- Purple Eggplant
Although it’s virtually fat-free and low in calories, when cooked in oil, eggplant absorbs fat like a sumo wrestler at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Which might explain why we find it so delicious.
- October 9, 2006 | The Underground Gourmet
- Something Borrowed, Something New
Cobble Hill’s new Italian wine bar might be a bit derivative, but who’s complaining?
- October 9, 2006 | Short Lists
- Heavy Hitters
Why wait till it’s cold? Any drop in temperature, however slight, is a good excuse to tuck into the hearty cooking you avoided all summer.
- October 2, 2006 | Feature
- Make Gno Mistake
When an intrepid eater of our acquaintance turned to us one recent night while dining at the East Village restaurant Bianca, scrunched up her nose, and admonished, sotto voce, These are the worst gnocchi I’ve ever tasted we knew it was time for a pasta primer.
- October 2, 2006 | Restaurant Openings
- Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Week of October 2, 2006: Porter House New York, STK, Fika. Plus, chocolate tortilla chips.
- October 2, 2006 | In Season
- Black Mint
Black mint isn’t an herb gone goth, but rather a type of peppermint that’s commonly used for tea and actually turns out to have more of a dark-purplish or brownish cast around the stem.
- October 2, 2006 | Short Lists
- 100 Bottles of Wine on the Wall
The three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but midtowners still have the Smith & Wollensky Group’s biannual Wine Week. At the following restaurants’ lunch tables from September 25 to 29, a $10 surcharge buys you ten generous samples from a rotating roster�not to mention a logy feeling and a warm, fuzzy regard for your fellow man, however fleeting.
- October 2, 2006 | Short Lists
- Aw, Shucks
The months-with-an-R rule is obsolete, but now that autumn’s here, so are the oyster festivals.