Ed’s Lobster Bar

17. March 2007 American, SoHo 0
222 Lafayette Street between Spring and Broome Streets 212/343.3236 $90 for three with Birch beer and two glasses of sparkling wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Ed McFarland, another Pearl Oyster Bar graduate, has opened up his own seafood restaurant and rawbar. (Ex Pearl partner, Mary, left to open Mary’s Fish Camp.) The location is great ...

Cafe Falai

17. March 2007 Italian, SoHo 0
265 Lafayette Street, off Prince 917/338.6207 $50 for two, BYOB for now, with tip ♥ ♥ I remember loving Falai when I visited two years ago. A panetteria has opened down the block since then, and now a cafe on the west side. Cafe Falai is BYOB and closes at 8pm while they wait for ...

Devin’s Fish and Chips

12. March 2007 American, West + East Harlem 0
747 Saint Nicholas Avenue between 146th and 147th Streets 212/491.5518 $12 for two fish and chips, take-away ♥ Harlem is far away from England, but Devin’s fish and chips come close to a good snack on a lazy and gloomy weekend afternoon. For $6, you can eat or take away three pieces of lightly breaded ...

Sachiko’s on Clinton

09. March 2007 Japanese, Lower East Side 0
25 Clinton Street between Houston and Stanton 212/253.2900 $180 for four people with three carafes of sake and two beers, without tip ♥ ♥ I didn’t expect to save money during Japanese Restaurant Week. Every restaurant week promo I’ve managed to attend always sounded better than what I actually ended up experiencing. The discounted menus ...

Il Buco

21. February 2007 East Village, Italian, Mediterranean 0
47 Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery 212/533.1932 $180 for four people with a bottle of wine, without tip ♥ We wanted to eat at Il Buco ever since we walked by one night and took a peek inside. Candles were lit that made the ambiance romantic and rustic at the same time. We just ...