Last year I made a list (which you can see by clicking here) of all the restaurants I visited in my first year as a New York resident. Well my second year here is more than over (the two year anniversary was in August) but I figure my loyal readers, and you know who you are (hi mom!), might enjoy a list--with links--of my 2nd year reviews. And so here's that list with a lazy star system where I give random star ratings to the ones I think deserve them. Enjoy!
Adam's 2nd Year List
11 Madison Park
21 Club
44 & 1/2
A Voce***
A.O.C.
Adrienne’s*
Angelica Kitchen
Aquavit***
August**
Balthazar* (with Fatemeh!) (with Pim!)
Bar Masa
Barney Greengrass*
Beet
Blue Smoke
Bombay Talkie
Bond 45
Bouchon Bakery**
Brooklyn Diner
Buddakan
Café Asean
Café Gray***
Café Sabarsky**
Casa Mono
Cendrillon**
Chanterelle*
Chibitini
Cookshop**
Craft****
Craftbar*
Da Silvano
Daniel****
Deborah**
Del Posto
Dos Caminos
E.A.T.
Eisenberg’s*
Empanada Mama
Ess-A-Bagel*
Florent
Fried Dumpling
Gramercy Tavern*
Grey Dog’s
Hearth***
Jean-Georges****
Jing Fong*
Katsu-Hama*
Keens Chophouse**
Koi
La Grenouille
Lady M’s*
Le Bernardin****
Le Cirque
Le Gigot**
Levain Bakery*
Lexington Candy Shop
Little Havana
Little Owl (The)***
Lupa*
Megu
Michel Cluizel**
Milon
Mo Pitkin’s
New Green Bo**
New York Burger Co.
Noodle Bar
Orchird
Osteria Del Sole
Ouest***
Philly Slim’s
Pink Teacup*
Prune***
Red Cat (The)
Redeye Grill
Room 4 Dessert**
Russ & Daughters*
Shopsin’s**
Smoke Shack [out of business]
Snack*
SoupBurg [out of business]
Sparky’s
Ssam*
Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery**
Taim**
Tia Pol*
Una Pizza Napoletana***
Union Square Café**
Vegetarian Dim Sum House*
Veniero’s*
Veritas*
Via Emilia
Waldy’s*
Wondee Siam II**
Zitar
Comments (6)
I have to know - any plans to eat if One if by Land, Two if by Sea, whose tuna tartare and creme brulee my (now) 13 year old raves about over a year later?
Posted by Alida | September 22, 2006 12:25 AM
It really freaks me out that you've already been in NYC over two years. You were still a law student here in the Atl when I started reading and it doesn't seem like so long ago... Best wishes on your new digs in Park Slope!
Posted by Amity | September 22, 2006 8:52 AM
Perhaps you can award Le Cirque negative three stars (-***) for the crappy atmosphere mediocre food. You may start a trend.
Posted by AuntJone | September 22, 2006 1:33 PM
If you get a chance to revisit Eleven Madison Park don't pass it up.
The new chef Daniel Humm is really making his mark on the city.
Posted by Robert | September 22, 2006 2:26 PM
This isn't meant to be snarky, and I realize that many of these places aren't expensive at all, but how did you afford to eat at so many of the more glamorous places while you were still in grad school? Scary credit card debt? Or a really generous advance on your book?
Posted by Sr. Patata | September 23, 2006 7:03 PM
Have you ever kept track of your receipts for a year from eating out? I started to once but it got too scary too fast....would be interesting though, especially considering the caliber of restaurants you patronize. Can't wait for the book!
Posted by avril | September 25, 2006 5:43 PM