Down in Florida this weekend to attend the wedding of Julie Silver, a family friend (a lovely wedding btw) and to visit my Grandma (92 and going strong). We had a 8pm flight home on Sunday so while relaxing by the pool in my grandma’s building in Hollywood, I utilized the magic of the iPhone [...]
Entries from October 30th, 2007
Le Tub – The Alex
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Tags: alex kobak·burger·florida·hollywood·le tub·Restaurants
Matilda – The Eleanor
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Last week we checked out a new restaurant in Alphabet City – Matilda, which opened a couple weeks ago. The space is smallish, but fun – a little rustic and a little modern, but a successful blend. The food is a mix of Italian and Mexican, in some dishes it seems to be a true [...]
Tags: Alphabet City·Burrata·Italian·Mexican
Le Tub – The Eleanor
October 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
We were down in Florida for a wedding on Saturday, and after spending a nice afternoon on Sunday visiting Grandma and sunning on beach, we went searching for dinner before our flight. Luckily the magic combination of iphone and chowhound gave us the answer – the GQ best burger in the country was but a [...]
Tags: Flordia·hamburgers
Red Hook Ballfields & Optional Staircase – The Alex
October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
This weekend was the last of the season for the Red Hook soccer vendors – a collection of tents serving Central American cuisine adjacent to the soccer fields in Red Hook, so E, our friend Michele and I made a date to head down and check it out before they closed for the season. There’s [...]
Tags: ·brooklyn·central american food·Huaraches·mexican food·red hook
Grand Central Oyster Bar – The Eleanor
October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After growing up hearing fond memories of my mom’s visits to Oyster Bar in Grand Central when she was younger, and returning from meeting in Connecticut at lunch time starving, I finally put one and one together and had lunch.
Tags: Grand Central·oyster
Chelsea Royal Diner – The Eleanor
October 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After a weekend at the Red House in NH, we decided to meet up with Sarah (a high school friend of mine) and Dan (her husband) in Brattleboro, which was on the way home for us, and not too terribly far away for them.
Tags: diner·sweet potato fries·vermont
Chelsea Royal Diner – The Alex
October 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
So a quick playful one today. This past weekend E and I went up to her parent’s summer house in New Hampshire to help close things up for the season. On the way back to the city Sunday we met up with one of her high school friends Sarah and her husband Dan for dinner [...]
Tags: alex kobak·brattleboro·diner·new hampshire·Restaurants·The Alex·vermont
Osaka – The Alex
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Out in Brooklyn last night looking at a potential apartment (no go – nice building but I’m not sure where they got their 1200 sq/ft measurement from, the place was tiny!), but we love the hood (cobble hill) so it only made sense to try some local food. I was in the mood for sushi, [...]
Tags: brooklyn·cobble hill·japanese food·osaka·Restaurants·sashimi·sushi
Osaka – The Eleanor
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
So we were out in Brooklyn checking out an apartment (fabulous building, but the apartment was smallish and weirdly laid out) and decided if we are thinking of living there, we should eat there as well. We decided on sushi, though I had my reservations as I am the ultimate sushi snob. Good isn’t ok [...]
Jaleo – The Alex
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Saturday in DC we had the pleasure of a visit from my father-in-law Mac, who was nearby on business so of course it would be criminal not to come visit little Stewart. This in turn meant a visit to the nicest restaurant in town that we felt was baby friendly. Enter Jaleo, a DC tapas [...]
Tags: Baby·jaleo·Restaurants·spanish food·stewart·tapas·washington dc·wine
Jaleo – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Tapas. This is a mini chain in the DC area. I have been here several times before, and have always enjoyed it. And it is yet to be beat in the ‘Grandpa Mac and the baby’ dinner category – my dad was in town as well and we went out en masse. Its tasty enough, [...]
Tags: Baby·jaleo·Restaurants·spanish food·stewart·tapas·washington dc
Guapo’s – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Mexican. I like the Guap (as it seems to be known to those in the know, or at least my sister, and since I like being in the know, I will call it the Guap). But the funnier thing about the meal is the confirmation that Stewart had a slightly hard time telling me and [...]
Tags: Baby·guapo's·mexican food·Restaurants·stewart·washington dc
Guapo’s – The Alex
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Down in DC this weekend visiting Rob and Alison (sister in law) and really more importantly, our six month old nephew Stewart (on the right here obviously). Yesterday was Rob’s 31st, so after we arrived, they bolted to have a nice grownup meal, and in a very Freaky Friday vibe, we became the parents with [...]
Tags: Baby·guapo's·mexican food·Restaurants·stewart·washington dc
Artisanal – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Bistro. This one was a while ago, so its a bit fuzzy. I will totally second Alex’s love for the Stilton – Sauternes fondue, I am not a huge blue fan, a little goes a long way – but this is amazing, a real revelation. I got Moules Frites, which I tend to do whenever [...]
Tags: artisanal·artisinal·cheese·fondue·french food·Restaurants
Artisanal – The Alex
October 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Restaurants, The Alex
Hot on the heels of my Babbo review will come a flashback quick review on Artisanal (sorry, with the wedding, the honeymoon, getting back to work, and never having written a blog before, I’m a bit slow on this – I promise I’ll get better and you’ll get some more really live and current reviews [...]
Tags: artisanal·artisinal·cheese·fondue·french food·Restaurants·wedding
Babbo – The Eleanor
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Italian. I wasn’t feeling the best going into dinner, which ended up being a great thing since I didn’t stuff myself silly. I really liked the chickpea amuse – very simple, probably very easy to cook at home – if only I had the time. I started with the special salad, which was very [...]
Tags: babbo·batali·italian food·Restaurants
Babbo – The Alex
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
As I promised – more restaurant reviews!!! Last night we went to Babbo (Mario Batali’s used to be flagship (now he’s got Del Posto which is more upscale) restaurant), which many people might consider the best Italian food in new york, Myself among them – with caveats. It’s definitely not a traditional “italian” restaurant – [...]
Tags: babbo·batali·italian food·Restaurants