Palacinka

10. May 2007 American, French, SoHo 0
28 Grand Street between Thompson and Sixth Avenue 212/625.0362 ♥ ♥ I used to go to Palacinka way back when during the dot-com days. When my job moved offices back to the West Village, I was eager to visit again and eat one of their crepes. In Central Europe, a crepe is called palačinka and ...

Giorgione 508

508 Greenwich Street off Spring 212/219-2444 ♥ ♥ Giorgione is a jewel of a place found in the transforming neighborhood of Greenwich Street and the West Side Highway. It reminds me of the delis in Europe where locals eat and drink wine in the middle of the afternoon or leisurely enjoy coffee with a pastry. ...

Kefi

04. May 2007 Greek, Upper West Side 0
222 West 79th Street off Amsterdam Avenue 212/873.0200 $45 for two people, with one drink, without tip ♥ ♥ I was really surprised at how Onera had changed. The navy blue and white walls remained so I was taken aback when I walked in the lower-level space of Kefi. I was even more shocked when ...

Fr.Og (French Origine)

03. May 2007 African, French, SoHo, Southeast Asian 0
71 Spring Street between Crosby and Lafayette Streets 212/966.5050 $120 for two people, with four drinks at the bar, with tip ♥ I haven’t been to a nice bathroom with communal sinks since my clubbing days–and I mean, like a real club, not the ridiculous Sea in Williamsburg, Brooklyn–and I’ve never been to AIX Brasserie ...

Salt

27. April 2007 American, SoHo 0
58 MacDougal Street between Prince and Houston 212/674.4968 $90 for two, with a bottle of red, without tip ♥ ♥ I’ve walked by Salt many times and have always been curious. We stopped by on a Friday night without reservations. They were completely booked but the waitress invited us to sit down with a “We’ll ...