A Table For Two
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A Table For Two has grown and blossomed from a personal blog to an online journal to celebrate everything about food and travel around the globe. Founded by Masterchef Australia alumnus and cookbook author Billy Law, A Table For Two has always been an intimate personal journal to document Billy's gastronomic journey with his life partner, Pete, also known as 'The Pom' on this blog...
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Penny is a worthwhile addition to the city’s ever-growing collection of wine bars. Photo: Hugo Yu/
Last week, I reviewed Penny and Demo. By name, they are each a wine bar, although the cooking is ambitious enough to think of them as wine restaurants. Whatever phrase is preferred, this style has become the dominant genre of restaurant in the city: casual, dark, shareable plates, and lots to drink. In reviewing these two newcomers, it seemed like it would also be a useful exercise to assemble a (non-exhaustive) hit list of the best and most interesting wine bars/restaurants I’ve encountered ..read more
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Sawa, a Levantine destination in Park Slope. Illustration: Naomi Otsu
Welcome to Grub Street’s rundown of restaurant recommendations that aims to answer the endlessly recurring question: Where should we go? These are the spots that our food team thinks everyone should visit, for any reason (a new chef, the arrival of an exciting dish, or maybe there’s an opening that’s flown too far under the radar). This month: an actually good restaurant near Penn Station, fresh pitas in Park Slope, and a Greek spot in Tribeca that elevates lunch.
1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles (Kips Bay)
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Bullwinkel’s debut novel, Headshot, is about an all-girls boxing tournament. It does not feature any fish. Illustration: Ryan Inzana
Rita Bullwinkel is the editor of McSweeney’s Quarterly, author of the (excellent) novel Headshot, and an on-the-record superfan of steakhouses, most especially House of Prime Rib in San Francisco. “Everything costs like $65, but you get so much — a disgusting amount of food,” she says. “It’s one of those restaurants that has a really performative doggy bag because you’re meant to take stuff home. They’re like, ‘Do you want more bread to take, too?’” She was ..read more
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At Penny, all of the seating is at a communal bar. Photo: Hugo Yu
Wine bars are taking over the city, naturally — keeping pace with the natural-wine boom and as a matter of course. There’s no imported trend New York will not digest and then supercharge. The diminutive bars à vin of Paris, where you get a splash of better-than-ever local plonk and a little saucer of saucisson sec, are urban treasures where you can expect grumpy service (in English, at least) and indulge existentialist fantasies. But the influential neo–wine bars that began cropping up in New York — Estela in 2013 and the F ..read more
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Some vendors say new regulations are overly onerous. Photo: Suzanne Saroff
April is a month of promise and optimism at the Union Square Greenmarket. The barren, beet-stained days of winter are over. Vendors have started to show up with bunches of agretti, ramps, and fiddleheads. Soon there will be asparagus. Once again, life will feel worth living. But this past April was marred by a terrible turn —&nbs ..read more
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Cotton candy at the Four Seasons. Photo: Amy Sussman/January Images/Shutterstock
All month, Grub Street has been documenting New York’s past through its assorted restaurant scenes. The focus has been the people, but this is not to say the food was completely secondary. Certain dishes have always had a way of breaking through to mass awareness and acclaim. To cap off the series, we present 14 of the buzziest individual dishes in the city’s history, the culinary innovations that were delicious and sophisticated enough to create little scenes entirely of their own making.
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Collierville, TN (RestaurantNews.com) Mugshots Grill & Bar proudly announces the grand opening of its 21st location in Collierville, Tennessee, marking a significant milestone as the first Mugshots in Tennessee. This exciting expansion into the heart of Tennessee signifies Mugshots’ commitment to providing exceptional dining experiences and burgers to communities across the Southeast.
Located in the vibrant city of Collierville, Mugshots Grill & Bar’s newest establishment is poised to become a hotspot for locals and visitors alike. Boasting a diverse menu featuring 19 sig ..read more
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In 2008, then-governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was famously musing on his options to fill the Senate seat that would soon be vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. “I’ve got this thing and it’s fucking golden,” he said. “And I’m just not giving it up for fucking nothing.” The sentiment, in part, got Blagojevich sent to prison; the same idea has worked remarkably well for New York City restaurateurs for decades.
I haven’t run the numbers lately, but the city is home to something like 100 trillion restaurants (give or take). Yet throughout its history ..read more
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Las Vegas, NV (RestaurantNews.com) Miami Grill, Florida’s iconic fast casual restaurant chain renowned for its vibrant Miami-inspired atmosphere and diverse menu has expanded into multinational retailer Walmart, starting with Las Vegas opening at 2310 East Serene Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89123. A second Miami Grill Walmart location will be opening in Oceanside, CA this Summer.
“Miami Grill’s brand expansion with store locations around the country marks a monumental win for our brand,” expresses Evan Friedman, Executive Vice President. “Miami Grill has successfully captured the heart ..read more
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Redstone, with her buttered oatmeal, tofu larb, and more. Illustration: Margalit Cutler
Ruby Redstone, marked a New York “It” girl by this very magazine, is a fashion journalist and historian known on Instagram for her bold wardrobe of mixed prints. She graces her feed with billowing ruffles, bottle-blonde hair clipped back with seashell accessories, Mary Jane flats, and bright pops of color. As she puts it, she likes to “mix a bit of antique, vintage, and contemporary, every day.” In her monthly newsletter, Old Fashioned, she takes readers on a tour of modern couture to clothes of years ..read more