New American

Otway

I would venture to say that 95% of people who live in Manhattan couldn’t locate Clinton Hill on a map. It’s just east of Fort Green by the way, if that helps. To be fair there haven’t been many reasons for those not in the area to know about this […]

Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Blue Hill at Stone Barns – a Top 50 Restaurant in the World and recently named Best Restaurant in New York by Grub Street – had been near the top of my list for a long time. But the 2 month wait for a reservation and need to drive an hour […]

Sauvage

Sauvage comes from the team behind Maison Premiere, New York’s “Premiere” destination for oysters and absinthe. While this helps make Maison one of my favorite spots in the city, I’ve never actually eaten anything cooked there. But I had faith in the team to execute on their new ambitious French […]

Olmsted

Is it still legal to open a restaurant in Brooklyn that isn’t Farm-to-Table? The answer is irrelevant at this point. But Olmsted is taking it one step further (or is it closer?) by offering – wait for it – Backyard-to-Table dining. The back garden of the restaurant is currently growing […]

Nix

Nix is a two-month old vegetarian and vegan restaurant from John Fraser, of Narcissa fame. If you are wondering about the name, it is not because Fraser decided to “nix” the meat this go around. It refers to a 19th-century Supreme Court case which debated whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. The Court […]