If there’s one thing worse than too much of a good thing, it’s too little of it. That was the knock on Ha’s Snack Bar, which opened last year to such instantaneous acclaim that word spread the proprietors were immediately looking for a larger second locat... See more
Los Angeles is not known as a happy-to-wait town, really — lack of available sidewalk space and an immovable car culture have conspired against the kind of linephilia New York encourages. So locals and not-so-locals like me took note when a new restaurant... See more
Chef Charlie Mitchell prepares a dish at Saga. THE TASTING MENU has long represented the pinnacle of chefly ambition. And for years now, restaurant critics have complained about it. In 2012, Pete Wells described the "trapped, helpless sensation" he felt f... See more
The tasting menu has long represented the pinnacle of chefly ambition. And for years now, restaurant critics have complained about it. In 2012, Pete Wells described the “trapped, helpless sensation” he felt facing “a marathon of dishes chosen by the resta... See more
If you went looking for the Maine of New York City, you might find your way to Park Slope: both bougie escape hatches, quiet and a little uncool, with bountiful access to nature and some truly unbelievable public parks. So it has a kind of bashert sense t... See more
