Basta Pasta, NYC
Basta Pasta Cuisine: Italian, Japanese Neighborhood: Flatiron, Price: $40-60 total per person Phone: (212) 366-0888 Address: 37 West 17th Street, NYC 10011 Basta Pasta was first established in Tokyo, Japan in 1985. The restaurant’s completely open kitchen was designed to resemble the Kitchen Theater of the popular TV program “Iron Chef”. Following the original restaurant’s … Continue reading
Plein Sud, NYC
Plein Sud Executive Chef: Sebastien Agez Cuisine: French Neighborhood: Tribeca Price: $40-60 total per person Address: 85 West Broadway, NYC 10007 (at the Smyth Hotel) Phone: (212) 204-5555 Hours: Breakfast: Mon-Sun 6:30am – 11am Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am – 4:30pm Dinner: Sun-Wed 4:30pm – 11pm // Thurs-Sat 4:30pm – 12am Brunch: Sat-Sun 11:30am – 4:30pm Plein … Continue reading
ABC Kitchen, NYC
ABC Kitchen Chef & Owner: Jean-Georges Vongerichten Executive Chef: Dan Kluger Cuisine: American Nouveau, Local, Organic Neighborhood: Union Square, Flatiron Price: $30-50 total for brunch Address: 35 E 18th St., NYC 10003 Phone: (212) 475-5829 Hours: Dinner: Sun-Thur 5:30pm – 10:00pm // Fri-Sat: 5:30pm – 11:30pm Brunch: Sat-Sun 11am – 3:30 pm Lunch: Mon-Fri 12pm … Continue reading
Food Trucks, CA
Food trucks are all the rage right now in California. They have been very popular in Southern California and have worked their way over to the Bay Area over the past couple of years. Most of the time the good ones are in San Francisco, but I don’t always have the time to make the … Continue reading
SHO Shaun Hergatt, NYC
SHO Shaun Hergatt Chef: Shaun Hergatt Cuisine: Asian Fusion, French Neighborhood: Financial District aka FiDi Price: Lunch Prix Fixe: two course $27, three course $33. Dinner Prix Fixe: four course $85, five course $100. A la carte also available. Phone: (212) 809-3993 Address: 40 Broad St. Lev8.35/8.60 9.25el 2, NYC 10004 Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-10pm; Sat … Continue reading
Rayuela Brunch, NYC
Rayuela Executive Chef: Máximo Tejada Cuisine: Estilo Libre Latino, contemporary Latin American and Spanish Neighborhood: LES Price: $30-50 pp brunch Phone: (212) 253-8840 Address: 165 Allen Street, NYC 10002 Kitchen Hours: Mon – Thur 5:30pm – 11pm / Fri – Sat 5:30pm – 12am / Sun 5pm – 10pm Lounge Hours: Mon – Thur 5:30pm … Continue reading
Paprika, NYC
Paprika Cuisine: Northern Italian Neighborhood: East Village, Alphabet City Price: $30-40 per person total + drinks Phone: (212) 677-6563 Address: 110 St. Marks Pl, NYC 10009 Hours: Brunch: 11AM-4PM Dinner: Mon-Thu: 5PM-11PM, Fri-Sat: 5PM-11:30PM, Sun: 5PM-10:30PM Paprika is a rustic Northern Italian restaurant nestled on St. Marks Place. The soft candlelight and the vines weaving … Continue reading
Skool, CA
Skool Executive Chef: Toshihiro Nagano Cuisine: Seafood, Japanese, Asian Fusion Neighborhood: SoMa Price: Appetizers 1$10-20; mains $20-$30 Address: 1725 Alameda Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Phone: 415-255-8800 Hours: Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm; Brunch: Sat-Sun 11am-3pm; Dinner: Tues-Sat 5pm-10pm, Sun-Mon 5pm-9pm Squeezed between two freeways in the SOMA/Design District neighborhood, Skool is a gem of a seafood … Continue reading
Cafe Gitane, NYC
Cafe Gitane Cuisine: French, Moroccan Neighborhood: Nolita, West Village Price: ~$30 per person Address: 242 Mott Street, NYC 10012 Phone: (212) 334-9552 Hours: Mon-Thu, Sun 9am – 12am, Fri-Sat 9am – 12:30 am CASH ONLY Address: 113 Jane Street, NYC 10014 Phone: (212) 255-4143 Hours: Mon-Fri 7am – 12am; Sat-Sun 7am-1am Credit Cards Accepted The … Continue reading
Kutsher’s Tribeca, NYC
Kutsher’s Executive Chef: Mark Spangenthal Cuisine: Jewish-American Neighborhood: Tribeca Price: Appetizers $10-15 and Mains $20-30 Address: 186 Franklin Street, NY, NY 10013 Phone: 212-431-0606 Kutsher’s, the iconic Country Club in the Catskills, opened a local outpost in October 2011 right in our ‘hood. The Country Club, open since 1907, has been entertaining and relaxing athletes, celebrities … Continue reading






















