Landmarc – TWC

After what seemed like the longest semester EVER, I caught up with an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages over dinner at Landmarc in the Time Warner Center.  I’d been to the location down in TriBeCa – twice – although looking at those reviews, what was I drinking when I wrote them?  I bash everything and then say I like the place.  Haha I guess I’m a lot pickier now – in any case, I didn’t re-read those first, I just remembered writing positively about those experiences and enjoying my food.  Plus Blackboard Eats had a special deal that [...]

Ducks Eatery

I had dinner with StB and the new fiance recently; she was back in town for the weekend, so we headed over to Ducks eatery because she’d heard a lot of good things about the food.  Cute, right?  Except the above is not what I saw when I was looking for the place (that photo was taken a few days later when I walked by and finally noticed it).  That’s what I saw.  See?  The ducks are on the left side of the door.  Why is it called Spin?  Because it’s actually the eatery inside a ping pong club.  I [...]

Blue Ribbon

Recently, post-class, I snagged a friend and off we went to Blue Ribbon.  It wasn’t quite late enough to catch the chefs as they came off shift, but it was late enough but still packed, so we sat at the bar right in front of this lovely sight: the yummy seafood display.  We even watched as the guy put together a seafood tower that looked awesome, but alas, two people cannot justify eating all that.  (Well… we could… but I had eaten dinner and just wanted a light bite.)  CL opted to get the shrimp remoulade; I believe [...]

Blue Hill at Stone Barns

This year, I got it in my head that I wanted to go to Blue Hill at Stone Barns.  When I get things in my head like that, they don’t usually go away.  Unfortunately for me, I didn’t realize just how impossible it is to get a reservation there.  I tried for lunch.  I tried for dinner.  I tried for everything, and still, no luck.  They take reservations up to two months in advance and I was never lucky enough to manage to get a reservation, not even one that I couldn’t use.  I thought it was hopeless, despite [...]

Union Square Cafe

The House that Hospitality built… hehe.  HB and I had recently discovered we both wanted to try Union Square Cafe, and she had the foresight to make reservations for a night we were both free.  Away we go…
The decor as you step in immediately explains the name.  It looks like a very cute cafe.  A nice cafe, but a cafe nonetheless.
Something that I must say immediately: our service was extremely odd.  I won’t say poor, because we were not ignored, nor were we treated rudely, just… our server gave us our menus, but did not offer us a wine list, [...]

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