There's nothing like taking a real word and bastardizing it to name your business. In this case I have to assume that Omakasa is someone somewhere grabbing ...
Momofuku, muthafucker! Yessiree, this is the original restaurant in the Momofuku empire. Ok, calling it an empire is a little over-the-top, but this is the supe...
I'm still not sure I know what a ssäm is, but I assume it's some Asian (possibly Korean) wrap type thing that involves meat, rice and some other stuff. That's b...
I walked in this joint wondering almost out loud why the hell I was doing it. "Self," I said, "There are like three zillion cool bars in this city and this sure...
Apparently this dude David Chang is some sort of famous guy or something. Ok, famous in the world of people who like to eat pig parts and noodles and whatno...
Asian 289 was completely a choice of convenience. Those generally make for either poor or weird experiences. This was both. Raining like I've rarely seen it...
Way back in the day when Mr. Hipster used to work down in SoHo, I used to get K & P takeout all the time. I remember it being amazingly inconsistent, bu...
Is it closed or isn't it? Well, it should be. Wasting a cool space like this with overwrought Asian fusion cuisine should be a crime. Mrs. Hipster had been ...
For whatever reason, this place reminds me of an old, black leather chair. I'm really sure why, but it just seems to fit. Of course, this chair would be sitting...
Look, I'm Carrie Bradshaw--with about 65 pounds packed on, of course. There's no telling if art imitated life or the other way around when it comes to places li...
Quote most often attributed to patrons: "Style over substance." Upping the yuppie quotient on the UWS, Ruby Foo's draws beautiful young couples (many of the...
First off, what the hell is a bom bar? I think it means schizophrenic in Thai or French, or whatever else this bar/restaurant/karaoke place pretends to be. ...
This is one of those many wonderful little places in Manhattan that makes you okay with the fact that you live in what is essentially a $2500 a month doghou...
On a boringness scale from one to ten (one being the most boring), this place rates a... huh, sorry, I dozed off. This place cannot make up its mind about w...
is now: Papillon Bistro & Bar
Surprisingly upscale, this brewery is one step above your typical city brewpub. Decorated in that weird early nineties fas...
Despite its schizophrenic menu and touristy locale, Ruby Foo's never seems to disappoint for a visual experience that is somehow both over and underwhelming...
