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Faicco’s Pork Store - The Italian Special
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Restaurants, The Alex
Ok, so it’s been about…oh, forever since I’ve posted anything to here. Let’s say it started with some technical glitches that translated into long term laziness. Well no more! I promise that from now on there will be frequent and probably largely meaningless posts.
Anyhow, down to business. It’s time to start blogging my work lunches.
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Tales of the Sublime - Momofuku Ko and French Laundry - Part 1: Ko
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Sorry the posts have been so absent since…well…let’s just say a while. Lots of big doings since our honeymoon. We bought an apartment in Park Slope (so expect a lot more brooklyn based blogging to come down the pike in the near future), and just got back from a trip to Napa Valley where we [...]
Tags: alex kobak·brooklyn·david chang·eleanor macdonald·french laundry·momofuku ko·Restaurants·thomas keller
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 2!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sun. Dec. 23 2007
Lv LAX arr. Auckland
Our flight was not till 8:45pm, so we had lots of time to kill. We meet up with Erik and Angel for burgers at Fathers Office – a cool place with an amazing selection of beer. The beer was good, the fries were very good and the company was [...]
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The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 1!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sat. Dec 22 2007
Lv. NYC, arr LA
The flight was uneventful, if rather full and tiny (insert comment about how awful American seats are). Hopefully we will get upgraded on the way home. Everything bodes well so far, our bags were early off the plane, and the flight was in fact a bit early.
Red Cat - The Eleanor
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After a well deserved pause for Thanksgiving digestion, we were out again for date night, ie going to Chelsea Piers driving range to thwack a few golf balls and call it exercise. But it left us in the West Chelsea area for dinner, which is a nice place to be. Having read many good [...]
Lunetta - The Eleanor
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
A Brooklyn restaurant that made the leap to Manhattan - does that mean Brooklyn is the new Manhattan or Manhattan is the new Brooklyn? Whichever it was, it’s a rare thing and bodes well for the restaurant.
Matilda - The Alex
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Well, E & I figured it was time to hand out a review of something new, so we looked down the list of recent restaurant openings for one that struck our eye. Matilda was the one this time. It’s located down in alphabet city, and is an intriguing sounding blend of Tuscan and Mexican [...]
Tags: alex kobak·Burrata·italian food·matilda·mexican food·Restaurants·The Alex
La Pizza Fresca - The Eleanor
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
So as it sometimes happens, I was starting to get a craving for pizza. I believe in going with a craving, if you want it, you want it, and its no use fighting it. But if I am going to eat pizza, I want to eat the best. Of course, the best pizza is not [...]
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Le Tub - The Alex
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
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 [...]
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.
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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