- bar-centric, boerum hill, cobble hill, good for groups, great for dates, jeans-appropriate, mediterranean, restaurant reviews, vegetarian-friendly
Boutros Review – Mediterranean Food – Brooklyn, NY
Dinner last night at Boutros, which we passed on our way to another restaurant but couldn't resist once we read the menu! The first photo is of their version of a tiramisu, but I started with the Thistle and Smoke cocktail with mezcal, Cynar, lemon, and honey. Then we had the house bread with za'atar herbs. All of the small plates on the menu looked so good to us that we shared a bunch instead of ordering an entree: roasted beet hummus, labneh crudité with vegetables and za’atar, burrata with figs and hazelnut/vinegar spread, fried rice with beef sausage, Brussels sprouts, egg, and enoki mushrooms, and grilled octopus with potato…
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Speedy Romeo Pizza Review – New York – Lower East Side
Dinner last night Speedy Romeo, and my friends and I could not stop talking about how good it was! I've heard good things about this pizzeria for years but didn't have a reason to visit until we went to the @dvnny1 gallery opening and needed something for second dinner. We started with the mozzarella appetizer with wood-fired butternut squash, raisins, brown butter, and toast. Then we had the St. Louie pie with pepperoni, sausage, and pickled chilis, and the Kind Brother with bechamel sauce, wild mushroom, smoked mozzarella, egg, and sage. We still weren't full, so we had the Dangerfield with bechamel sauce, pork-veal meatballs, ricotta, basil, and garlic chips.…
- american (southern), cheap eats, downtown brooklyn, good for groups, jeans-appropriate, restaurant reviews, vegetarian-friendly
Hill Country Food Park Review
Tried out the new Hill Country Food Park in Downtown Brooklyn! Hill Country BBQ was always our go-to neighborhood spot, so life was ROUGH while it was closed down for renovations, but I absolutely love the new food stall concept. I can get all of my favorite sausages and brisket at the Hill Country stall, then grab a grilled cheese and tomato soup from Bluebonnets, have a spicy slice with Kreuz sausage, onions, and roasted red pepper from Austino's, and finish up the night with a scoop of my favorite NYC ice cream from Van Leeuwen. The space is huge and airy and open with plenty of seating, and it's…
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Bombas at Cervecería Trébol in Toledo, Spain
Cervecería Trébol in Toledo, Spain, is known for its bombas: potato stuffed with beef and peppers with aioli and spicy tomato sauce. After a morning of walking the narrow alleys of Toledo, sitting on the cobblestoned street with a plate of these, some croquettes, and a BUNCH of tinto de verano was the perfect break.
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Cocido Madrileño Soup at La Cruzada in Madrid
I read that while in Madrid, you have to try the cocido Madrileño soup, and La Cruzada is known for having one of the best. It's a chickpea and meat stew that came about during the Middle Ages and is served in courses. At La Cruzada, you get a giant vat of noodle soup to start, the chickpeas and vegetables next, then all of the meats (beef knuckle, chorizo, blood sausage, chicken, ham, bacon, and bone marrow), followed by dessert and a shot of alcohol. It was a SHOCKING AMOUNT OF FOOD. And such a great experience.
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My #1 Spain Travel Tip
Here’s the most important travel tip anyone will ever give you about Spain. You heard it here first, folks. Order the tinto de verano (“red wine of summer”). Order it everywhere. Does everyone already know this? I had never heard of it before we landed in Madrid. We found that sangria wasn’t nearly as popular in Spain as we thought it would be, but EVERY restaurant can make you a tinto de verano, because it’s just red wine mixed with some sort of soda, usually a lemon-flavored one. It’s like the dive bar version of sangria, and everyone makes it a little bit differently.
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Paella at Arrocería Marina Ventura in Madrid
Our first paella in Spain! Dinner at Arrocería Marina Ventura, which was delicious as it was cute, with a live plant wall on one side and pretty white distressed wood everywhere. This was the señoret paella with shrimp, squid, mussels, pork, and chicken, croquettes, and the complimentary bread with a seafood dip I would buy by the jar.
- american (new), flatiron, good for groups, great for dates, michelin-starred, nomad, restaurant reviews, tasting menu, vegetarian-friendly, wine-paired menu
Eleven Madison Park, Redesigned
Before we visited the new Eleven Madison Park, I read the best article about the most earnest things about the redesign, and they’re just adorable. My favorite is the stairstep leading up into the dining room, which is made of all of the old kitchen’s steel appliances, melted down into an inch-high plank. They paid an artist to make that for them. And you have to read Chef Daniel Humm’s Instagram post about it. Like, come on! You’ve never seen anything more earnest. And earnest really is the best way to describe it. I honestly just don’t think these Eleven Madison Park guys are doing anything more than trying to…
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The Tasting Menu at Le Cinq, Four Seasons Hotel, Paris
I read aaaaall about the ten restaurants in Paris with three Michelin stars before my fiancé and I visited with the hope that one would stand out to me. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée was the most beautiful one. Astrance was the hardest to get into. Arpège was the vegetable-focused one. And then I read the review that opened the heavens and shone a light on the perfect three-star for me: Jay Rayner’s takedown of Le Cinq in The Guardian. It’s not worth your time to bother with the actual review–it reads like it’s written by someone who won’t go to a fine dining restaurant because they won’t let him…
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Tower of Macarons in Paris
Peeking through a Paris shop window at a literal tower of macarons, giant chocolate eggs, and edible cars! Is that a little camera in the corner so they can see how many people press their faces to the glass and drool?
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