Chinese Mirch

120 Lexington Avenue corner of 28th Street 212/532.3663 $65 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ Mirch is loosely translated as spicy in Hindi and the combination of Sichuan and Cantonese cuisines happily bring out the intense flavor of Indian cooking. The positive is that the dishes are lighter than what I am used to ...

Bar Bossa

24. September 2006 American, SoHo, South American 0
232 Elizabeth Street between Houston and Prince 212/625.2345 $57 for one, with four drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Both times I’ve eaten at Bar Bossa, I sat in the back room with a group of friends where bathroom visitors always say, Oh, I didn’t know there was a table back here. Sitting in the back ...

Otto Pizzeria e Enoteca

24. September 2006 East Village, Italian 1
One Fifth Avenue on 8th Street 212/995.9559 $90 for three, with several drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ When a group of my friends and I just want a laid-back night with good food but can’t afford the other Batali establishments, we end up at Otto where we can eat thin-crust pizzas cooked on a flat-iron ...

Blue Ribbon Brooklyn

05. September 2006 American, Brooklyn 0
280 5th Avenue between 1st Street and Garfield Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn 718/840.0404 about $300 for three, with several drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ It’s been years since I’ve been to Park Slope. The Dr. used to live there and it was back then when he took me to Blue Ribbon for dinner. My brother ...

SoHo Park

31. August 2006 American, SoHo 4
62 Prince Street corner of Lafayette 212/219.2129 about $15 for one, with a drink, without tip ♥ A really uncool name for such a great space and location, SoHo Park opened this week to all kinds of hungry and curious visitors. There were fashionable girls in line while the Brooks Brothers-wearing boys sat at the ...