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“At Vermilion by guest reviewer Elaine Weiner”
Do you ever wonder what goes through people’s minds in naming their restaurants? I do. The question popped into my mind when Amanda Cohen opened Dirt Candy, and again when I heard about a restaurant called At Vermilion. Maybe “Ah, Verm ...
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Posted: May 24, 2009

“Scuderia, by guest reviewer Kathleen Squires”
First and foremost, a giant MAZEL and an even bigger TOV to Andrea and Craig on the birth of their beautiful daughter Emily Juliet! Not only am I happy for them, I’m especially happy for Baby Strongbuzz, who is blessed with parents who happe ...
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Posted: May 17, 2009

“The Oak Room by guest reviewer Julie Besonen”
In 1907, the Plaza Hotel was built for $12.5 million, an astronomical price tag at the time. For decades it enjoyed a storied life -- Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald drunkenly cavorting in the fountain, the beloved Eloise at the Plaza series of book ...
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Posted: May 10, 2009

“Eating Citi Field”
I grew up in Queens, and though my allegiance at a young age was to the Yankees (thanks to an aunt with a passion for Rick Cerone, Ron Guidry, Thurman Munson, Goose Gossage and Reggie Jackson), over the years I developed a distaste for the showman ...
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Posted: May 1, 2009

“Harbour”
Restaurants rarely surprise me anymore. You eat out in this town for long enough and you kind of know what to expect. It’s not a necessarily a bad thing. After all, it’s possible for a restaurant to be thrilling without being surprisin ...
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Posted: April 26, 2009

“Braeburn”
There are days when I feel like the restaurant version of Dear Abby. Not that people are writing to me about their issues with their mothers or husbands. Emails flood my inbox from a different sort of advice seeker. This week alone, a random sampl ...
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Posted: April 17, 2009

“Kefi”
The last time I ate at Kefi, Michael Psilakis and Donatella Arpaia’s inviting Greek Taverna, I had never actually been to Greece. But last summer, I traveled to Greece for my honeymoon, and I returned with a more intimate knowledge of what G ...
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Posted: April 5, 2009

“Vutera”
Lately, I’ve been the recipient of a lot of advice. Most of it is unsolicited, and some of it not at all helpful or welcome. The advice comes as a result of the size of my belly. I’ve just started my eighth month of pregnancy, and it i ...
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Posted: March 29, 2009

“Minetta Tavern”
There’s something in the air at Keith McNally’s restaurants. It’s something other than the heavenly salty haze that lingers as plates topped with hills of perfectly golden frites are carried over head through the dining room. It ...
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Posted: March 20, 2009

“The Fat Hippo”
You may think that what our country needs now, in light of the state of our financial markets, is a healthy dose of accountability, responsibility, and job-creating stimulus, and I’d agree with you. But what we might also need to make it thr ...
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Posted: March 15, 2009