Say Cheese! June 10, 2004[CLOSED] This joint sounds as if it should be a photo studio for infants–you know the ones with...
Chimichurri Grill May 1, 2004[CLOSED] Does this look like the kind place in which you’d want to drop $22 on an entree?...
BOS Noodle Shop February 5, 2004[CLOSED] So now we know what that darned blonde Duke boy is up to: he’s given up his...
Film Center Cafe February 5, 2004[CLOSED] There is some sort of overwhelming sadness about this place. I can’t quite put my finger on...
Subway (Hell’s Kitchen) February 5, 2004[CLOSED] For some reason when God built establishments on 9th Avenue, he made them very small. He subdivided...
Worldwide Gourmet Deli February 5, 2004[CLOSED] Calling this place gourmet is like calling a Buick Regal sporty; the claim is an obvious farce,...
Mangia e Bevi February 5, 2004[CLOSED] Cheap Italian is the life’s blood of the New York restaurant market. Some think it’s those fancy-schmancy,...
Amish Market February 5, 2004Amazing, Kelly McGillis is nowhere to be found in this 8th Avenue establishment. This joint is about as...
Hana Restaurant February 5, 2004[CLOSED] As plain-wrap Japanese restaurants go, this one is the plainest. They barely had the energy to add...
Rudy’s Bar and Grill February 4, 2004What lurks in the dark, decaying recesses of Rudy’s? Well, besides the creepy customers and discarded, free hot...
Renaissance Diner February 3, 2004[CLOSED] I know what you’re thinking: oy, it’s the gay diner! Actually, I have a feeling the folks...
Rice ‘n’ Beans August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Well, they don’t beat around the bush at this miniature Brazilian joint. They tell you right in...
Julian’s August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Surprise, it’s an Italian restaurant in Manhattan! It seems as though Italian joints on the big island...
Zen Palate August 6, 2003[CLOSED] These vegetarians are on to something. No, not really. Well, they’re on to two things: the sweet...
Zanzibar August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Oh God, where do I start? (Sorry, this is my Erma Bombeck beginning…) I was dragged to...
Tovar’s Restaurant August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Hola! Welcome to New York City’s most authentic Mexican joint–so authentic, in fact, that you may want...
Tom’s Gourmet Cafe August 6, 2003[CLOSED] The term “gourmet” is used way too loosely these days. What the hell makes something “gourmet?” Is...
Go Sushi (Hell’s Kitchen) August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Fast food sushi is always risky. It’s not as if we’re ordering poisonous blowfish or anything, but...
