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Two for Eight

6/25/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Chanterelle and Gilt; River Café Fully Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Romantic.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Annisa, Chanterelle, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, River Cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

6/11/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Annisa and Gilt; River Café Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Annisa, Chanterelle, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, River Cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

5/28/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at 5 Ninth and Rainbow Room; Annisa and River Café Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Annisa, Chanterelle, Danube, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, Rainbow Room, River Cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

5/ 8/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Danube and Chanterelle; Rainbow Room and Wallsé Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Annisa, Chanterelle, Danube, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, Rainbow Room, River Cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

4/22/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Bobo and Peasant; Allen & Delancey Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Allen & Delancey, Annisa, Bobo, Chanterelle, Danube, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, River Cafe

Two for Eight

4/ 4/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Chanterelle and Gilt; Allen & Delancey and Peasant Fully Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 Ninth, Allen & Delancey, Annisa, Bobo, Chanterelle, Danube, Gilt, one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea, Peasant, River Cafe

Two for Eight

12/19/07

4:05 PM

Tables Available at Wallsé; Bobo Fully Booked; The Grocery Mostly Booked

It’s 4:05 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, Bobo, chanterelle, danube, gilt, one if by land two if by sea, River Café, The Grocery, wallse

Two for Eight

11/30/07

4:00 PM

Danube and 5 Ninth Mostly Booked; Rainbow Room Fully Booked

It’s 4:15 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, chanterelle, danube, gilt, one if by land two if by sea, peasant, rainbow room, river cafe, wallse

In the Magazine

11/26/07

9:30 AM

A Respite From Gluttony in This Week's Magazine

One perfect black espresso and excellent pastries.Photo: Jeremy Liebman

So you enjoyed your immense Thanksgiving meal and then indulged in logy reveries the next few days — standing in front of the refrigerator eating stuffing with a serving spoon, building turkey BLTs to watch the game with on Saturday. By now you're thinking, Enough with the big meals already! We're here to accommodate. In this week's issue, the Underground Gourmet determines what makes a quality coffee bar (tapas and no wi-fi, for starters) and then introduces us to a new wine bar in the West Village and a new entry in Mike Jaramillo's Williamsburg empire. Also: 5 Ninth's Daniel "Chino" Parilla provides a highly digestible turnip recipe and a panel of star sommeliers make mincemeat out of the advice given by wine-store clerks. It's all easy going down, and just what you need after the exertions of the past few days.

More: In the Magazine »5 ninth, abraco, daniel perilla, wine

The Other Critics

11/21/07

10:48 AM

Bruni Closes the Book on Tailor; Allen & Delancey Gets Good, Not Great, Notices

Bruni waited to be the last one to pronounce on Tailor, and his review pretty much recapitulates, albeit in wittier prose and with some much-appreciated Grub Street love, what everyone else has said: erratic brilliance, wee portions, and a killer cocktail program. The result: one star. [NYT]

Allen & Delancey keeps impressing the critics, at least with chef Neil Ferguson's meat mastery. His fish, though, is strictly from hunger, according to Restaurant Girl. [NYDN]

Randall Lane offers one of his most thoughtful and precise reviews of Allen & Delancey, finding fault only in flavor balances and the fact that the place has to close up at midnight. [TONY]

Two for Eight

11/ 8/07

4:15 PM

Tables Available at 5 Ninth and Rainbow Room; River Café Nearly Booked

It’s 4:15 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, chanterelle, danube, gilt, one if by land two if by sea, peasant, Rainbow Room, River Café, wallse

Two for Eight

10/23/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at the River Café and One If by Land, Two If by Sea; Annisa Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, chanterelle, danube, gilt, one if by land two if by sea, peasant, rainbow room, the river cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

10/ 4/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rainbow Room and Danube; 5 Ninth Fully Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, chanterelle, danube, gilt, one if by land two if by sea, peasant, rainbow room, the river cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

8/15/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Danube and Rainbow Room; River Café Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

7/31/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Café des Artistes and River Café; Kittichai Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

7/13/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Danube and Gilt; River Café Fully Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

6/28/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Annisa and One If By Land, Two If By Sea; River Cafe Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

6/13/07

4:00 PM

Tables available at 5 Ninth and Danube; River Café Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

5/29/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at One if by Land, Two if by Sea and 5 Ninth; Peasant Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Romantic restaurants.

More: Two for Eight »5 ninth, annisa, chanterelle, danube, mas (farmhouse), one if by land two if by sea, peasant, rainbow grill, the river cafe, wallse

Two for Eight

4/27/07

4:07 PM

Tables Available at 360; Annisa and 5 Ninth Fully Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

The New York Diet

4/27/07

9:00 AM

Actor Josh Hamilton Plays a Clam Digger, Doesn't Eat Shellfish

"Manganaro’s is one of my favorite places — an oasis in the ever depressing mall-ification of New York."Photo: Melissa Hom

Josh Hamilton has appeared in everything from indie classics such as Noah Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming to studio flicks such as The Bourne Supremacy to TV shows such as Sex and the City. In Diggers, out today, he plays a Long Island clam harvester. Ironically, Hamilton wasn’t eating any shellfish at the premiere party, since he’s a “don’t-ask-don’t-tell vegetarian”: “I’m sure I eat chicken stock sometimes,” he says, “because I just don’t bother to ask. I know that must sound wildly hedonistic.” As it turns out, Hamilton’s latest week of eating was rather indulgent — even as he was performing in Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia, he somehow found time to hit more restaurants than most of us do in a month.

Two for Eight

4/12/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Chanterelle and Rainbow Grill; Kittichai Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Two for Eight

3/28/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at 5 Ninth and River Café; No Answer at 360

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

NewsFeed

3/22/07

5:39 PM

5 Ninth’s Interim Chef de Cuisine Just Wasn’t Management Material

5 Ninth’s interim chef de cuisine Richard Sterling is now 5 Ninth’s former interim chef de cuisine. The cook, previously of SushiSamba, took over from Mary Ellen Heavner on an extended trial when Heavner headed uptown to Amalia. He apparently did some brilliant work in his short time there, but executive chef Zak Pelaccio tells us that Sterling’s problem wasn’t behind the stove: Chef de cuisines have to do a lot more than cook, and it seems he wasn’t up to the administrative duties. Pelaccio’s back from London and running the kitchen until a permanent replacement is hired. That lucky person will then implement a revamped menu, which we’re told will have less of an emphasis on Asian ingredients and techniques.

More: NewsFeed »5 ninth, amalia, mary ellen heavner, meatpacking district, richard sterling, sushisamba, zak pelaccio

Back of the House

3/16/07

1:55 PM

Time to Fill Out Our James Beard Brackets

Wylie Dufresne: Beard-bound, says us.Photo: Patrick McMullan

The nominations for the James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars of the restaurant industry, will be announced Monday morning. We’ll report on that as it happens, but for now, here are picks for the main categories from Adam Platt, Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld, and Josh Ozersky. Our choices are admittedly New York–centric (the awards go to restaurants across the country), but the ceremony is held here, and the city always looms large in the proceedings.

Two for Eight

3/14/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Kittichai and Chanterelle; Mas Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Restaurants for romance.

Back of the House

3/12/07

9:00 AM

The Great Chef Crisis

"Psst … what's 'al dente' mean again?"Photo: Rene Sheret/Stone Collection

Recently, apropos nothing much, a prominent young chef we were chatting with launched into a tirade about the restaurant world’s “labor problem.” “None of us can get enough good cooks!” he exclaimed, by way of explanation. Between 2000 and 2006, only a handful of high-end restaurants — Lespinasse, Meigas, Quilty’s — have closed, and there has been an avalanche of major openings: Robuchon, Ramsay, Per Se, Masa, Craft, Del Posto, Morimoto, A Voce, the Modern, Lever House, Buddakan, Cafe Gray, Alto — the list goes on and on. “And it’s not just the massive boom of restaurants,” Adam Platt tells us. “They also have to be either bigger, or chefs have to open multiple places, so that they can enjoy the economies of scale they need to compete.”

Two for Eight

2/26/07

2:42 PM

Tables Available at 5 Ninth and River Café; Mas (farmhouse) Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romantic.

Mediavore

2/21/07

9:56 AM

Pelaccio Opens in London; Hotel Gansevoort Boycotted

Zak Pelaccio’s new London restaurant (first announced here) finally opens and issues a press release with a menu. [Snack]

In a recent post, we called Michael Ruhlman a mandarin and critiqued his hauteur. Count us wrong on both counts: This response, titled “Grub Street Wankers,” and the vitriol that follows in the comment section, isn’t exactly high-minded. [Ruhlman]
Related: In Defense of Rachael Ray and the Food Network [Grub Street]

The big billboards erected on Hudson Street by the Hotel Gansevoort are so ugly that Pastis’ Keith McNally and 5 Ninth’s Joel Michel are refusing to take hotel reservations in protest. [NYP]

Two for Eight

2/ 7/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Danube and Gilt; Annisa Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romantic.

User's Guide

1/31/07

6:19 PM

How Not to Have a Soul-Crushing Valentine’s Day

A table for ... three? You kinky thing!Photo: Jennifer MacFarlane

Valentine’s Day is typically the busiest restaurant night of the year, so of course it sucks. But the food, rendered an afterthought, suffers most of all: The restaurateurs are busy counting their money, not watching the kitchen, and the couples, well, they’re wondering why they’re participating in this charade in the first place, seeing as how the flame flickered out years ago, and … what were we saying? Oh, right. We understand why Valentine’s dates might not seem to be worth the trouble, so we thought long and hard about which holiday recommendations to make.

More: User's Guide »5 ninth, french, little owl, orsay, the monday room

Two for Eight

1/17/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Danube and 5 Ninth; Gilt Totally Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Romantic.

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