January 2012
5 posts
My Quest for the Eater 38: Benoit
I’m torn on whether Benoit, the New York bistro outpost of the Ducasse empire, belongs on the Eater 38. On one hand, the food is not head and shoulders above the French bistro fare you can get elsewhere. It’s still pretty good; the cassoulet is fatty and earthy and soaked with gravy and the hangar steak is succulent (but its steak frites are pretty average). The rillettes and pied de...
My Quest For The Eater 38 Part 2: Eater Drops The...
I was six away from getting all 38 of the Eater 38. Moreover, two of the eateries that I had not yet patronized (Sripraphai and Le Bilboquet) were either closed or on the verge of closing. Really, I was four away. So I didn’t mind when, the night before the new 38 was released, I had to cancel my Chin Chin reservations. Hell, maybe I could even pad my total when the new list came out...
My quest for the Eater 38
After my infamous Summer in Sandwiches, I needed a new eating quest. It’s in my DNA; if you did some oddball personality test on me my “must complete lists” and “likes food” traits would be off the charts. After a few minutes of wandering across the Internet desert, I came across the Eater 38, a list of the 38 most relevant restaurants of the moment. One of the...
From Management
Hey guys, I was going to post another Top Chef recap but some problems arose:
1. Busy work day
2. I was kind of drunk when I watched it. That’s happened the past few weeks, and it makes the recaps suffer.
3. I’m kind of sick of doing TV recaps. So I’m not doing Top Chef recaps any more.
WAIT DON’T GO. That’s not the end of food writing on here. Starting...
