Hey Michelin Man, You Got A Little Salt On Your Shoulder!
In a short but vitriolic indictment against the bloated French food guide, NYMag's the Gobbler makes the case against the Michelin Guide. The charges include the guide's not being French enough, being stingy, being dumb, being useless, not being Zagat's, being wrong, and being bland. continue reading »
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LA Eater Is Plated and Served
There's so much shit that goes down in the restaurant scene in LA that one just doesn't know about. And, to be blunt, we're worse off for our ignorance. Enter Eater LA, the Los Angeles outpost of the Eater Industrial Complex. continue reading »
It's Brine Time at Tokyo's Vinegar Bars
Now that vinegar is demonstrably good for you, a dilemma arises if one is duty-bound to drink straight vinegar. It is a question to which Tokyoites have answered with a resounding, Hai. According to Trends in Japan, vinegar bars are popping up in and around Tokyo at an absolutely pickling speed. continue reading »
Moscow's Retro Metro Diner
Stalinism is enjoying a heyday of sorts in Moscow. A prominent journalist was poisoned, a play right out of Josef's book and a new restaurant just opened with a retro Metro theme that recalls the monumentality so beloved by the mustachioed tyrant. continue reading »
Wieners and Dicks
The search for a good hot dog has taken us to the outer edges of New York City, the liminal swathes of urbanity abutting the vast Atlantic Ocean. It has taken us uptown, downtown, dressed up and dressed down. The other day we continued our search at Crif Dogs on St. Marks. continue reading »
Florent: Genuine Flavor in MePa
As exceptional a breeding ground for hell spawn it is, the Meatpacking District is still marbled with pockets of genuine flavor and history. Florent, a 24 hour diner on Gansevoort Street, has been around for nigh on 20 years. continue reading »
Walk On Waterkant Village
Cape Town's De Waterkant Village is, according to Conde Nast, the "Greenwich Village of South Africa." The quarter is home to some of the "edgiest cafes" and the city's gay community. continue reading »
Vienna's Oesterriecher im MAK
Like New York's Neue Galerie, a gallery specializing in Austrian art that houses a restaurant by a famous Austrian chef, Vienna's Museums of Applied Arts (MAK) can boast a restaurant whose food is as much a draw as the art on the walls. continue reading »
Cafe Condesa: Meh So So
On a recent Friday night I found myself alone, in the West Village, in the mood for a quiet meal and a good place to read. Finding a place to eat solo is a difficult task. Some restaurants are too datey, places like Tartine or Little Owl. Some are too small and crowded, a la 'ino. continue reading »Read more: food, los angeles, omri ceren
Cannataros Italian Restaurant
Cannataros Italian Restaurant - a mom and pop hole in the wall off the 60 on Mountain - is buried in the back of a not entirely promising strip mall. But once inside, the outlook improves. continue reading »Read more: austin, food, omri ceren, sandra bullock
Speed Right Over To Sandra Bullock's New Bistro
Celebrity restaurants run hot and cold. Sometimes they're quite good. Other times they charge $15 for a basket of mediocre fries *cough* Hard Rock *cough*. continue reading »
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Store Mitosis in Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens and Park Slope are separated by a twenty-minute walk during which the fetid Gowanus Canal must be traversed and, car lots full of jugular-attacking Rotweilers scurried by. But once in either neighborhood, you'd be forgiven for a creeping--and increasing--feeling of déjà vu. continue reading »Read more: buenos aires, food, ian mount
The (No Longer) All Beef Diet
Currently wallowing in tryptophan-enhanced bloat, I'd like to note that Buenos Aires is doing what it can to make sure that Argentines and tourists alike remain lovely and lithe. continue reading »
Jerk Chicken and Asshole Beef
Jamaican Flavors's $4.22 jerk chicken sandwich used to cost $3 back when I was an NYU frosh. With this rate of price increase, I'd say it'll still be a bargain for another couples years. Succulent jerk chicken, surrounded by gooey sweet jerk sauce on a yielding soft coco bun. continue reading »Read more: food, new york times, thanksgiving
Getting the Holiday Spirit
Clearly for turkeys, Thanksgiving is a shitty holiday. But wariness exhibited by our knobbly-headed feathered friends is mirrored by most other living things as well. continue reading »Read more: burger, food, los angeles, omri ceren
Carl's Jr's: Fast Food n' Beer
Blogdowntown has spent a decent part of November mapping the distribution of liquor licenses in downtown LA. Fair enough, one might opine, but not exactly earth-shattering: there are already Happy Hour-locating mashups to guide intrepid refreshment seekers. continue reading »Read more: bangalore, food, john rambow, thanksgiving
The Only Place Ready for a Yankee Invasion
When it comes to Old-Guard Bangalore, you don't get much older or guardier than The Only Place. On a quiet street about 15 minutes south of the main drag of M.G. Road, The Only Place is where expats and long-standing Bangaloreans alike come to chow down on steaks, cheeseburgers, pie, and just about... continue reading »Read more: food, john rambow, madison
