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Virgil’s: Amazing Grease
Read More: Virgil’s: Amazing Grease’Pig Out,’ says the menu. No arm-twisting needed. All of us are snatching from the Brobdingnagian smorgasbord at Virgil’s…
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Of Thyme and the River
Read More: Of Thyme and the RiverWe may take The River Café for granted. But no matter the hour or season, even with rain veiling the towers, it is magical…
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River Café: Of Thyme and the River
Read More: River Café: Of Thyme and the RiverNew Yorkers may take it for granted. Our sentimental nook under the crooning Brooklyn Bridge, reserved for ritual celebrations, an ardent hideaway for romance and seduction. But for the…
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Martini’s/Mustang Grill
Read More: Martini’s/Mustang GrillThere he is, Richard Krause, tall, with a long flip of braid flying as he conducts the kitchen chorus, his crew in blowsy white hats, halfway between an artist’s…
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Shanks for the Memories
Read More: Shanks for the MemoriesAt Cascabel, the amazing lamb marches out of the kitchen in triumph. At Alison on Dominick, it’s good and juicy…”
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Fire and Rice
Read More: Fire and RiceFolks who live below the Maginot Line (for some, it’s 14th Street, for others 23rd) like to think they have everything just a speed-walk away. Now there’s a new…
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Les Célèbrités: The Sweet Smell of Excess
Read More: Les Célèbrités: The Sweet Smell of ExcessNot everyone was humbled in the nineties. Don’t you feel the frisson? Déjà moola. Grown men throwing billions at each other for Paramount and a building where the windows…
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Sizzling Steak Wars
Read More: Sizzling Steak WarsWhy, after a decade of fussing over our arteries, red meat cast as the enemy, are steakhouses jumping? Especially expensive steakhouses, now, in a limping economy…
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Fresco: Penne from Heaven
Read More: Fresco: Penne from HeavenAt Fresco, pals and curious neighbors are dropping in– and loving the food. A killer gratin, macaroni baked for a king…
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Matthew’s Gospel – Demi in Carnegie Hill
Read More: Matthew’s Gospel – Demi in Carnegie HillBlink your eyes and it’s Ricks in Casablanca: billowing white veils overhead, ceiling fans revolving lazily, the ghosts of Bogey and Ingrid…That’s the brand new Matthew’s, with its potted…











