Pylos

27. May 2009 Greek, Lower East Side 0
128 East 7th Street between First and Avenue A 212/473.0220 $40 each for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I’m always excited to find another Greek restaurant in the city. I was even more thrilled to try Pylos because I walked by its glass wall one night and took a note of it as ...

Cafe Cortadito

13. May 2009 Caribbean, Lower East Side 0
210 East 3rd Street between Avenue B and C 212/614.3080 $158 for 4, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ One of my favorite things about eating with friends? Sharing food. One of my least? Wasting food. So I was taken aback when I read the footnote on the Cafe Cortadito menu that a fee would ...

Perilla

9 Jones Street between West 4th and Bleecker Streets 212/929.6868 $147 for three, with a bottle of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ I’ve watched Top Chef enough to know that the judges sometimes can’t make up their minds between “cooking outside the box” and “sticking with what you know”. You had Carla who finally stuck ...

Centovini

29. April 2009 Italian, SoHo 0
25 West Houston Street between Greene and Mercer 212/219.2113 $196 for two, with five drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ I knew I shouldn’t have ordered the $22 glass of Barolo but the guy behind the bar gave me a taste after I picked the $16 Muraglie and convinced me that it was the better way ...

Tsuki

22. April 2009 Japanese, Upper East Side 0
1410 First Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets 212/517.6860 $105 for two, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ I have to be honest with you here: I’m not one hundred per cent sure I was at Tsuki. I’m pretty sure it was Tsuki because it’s one of the restaurants I have noted on my iPhone, ...