Gray Kunz won four stars at Lespinasse, then disappeared. Café Gray is his welcome return.

It's the attention to detail -- in its curry nage, in its wine list, in its air-conditioning duct -- that makes Scott Bryan's Veritas such an instant success.

Quince suffers because it's haunted by the specter of the old Quilted Giraffe; Icon is simply bedeviled by spirits from the bar next door.

Danny Emerman brings his unfussy Italian fare, and bubbling crowd, back to New York. Miss Barocco? You’ll love Bivio.

Belgian cooking is New York's unlikeliest new foreign fad since the work of Jacques Derrida. Will it catch on? Stranger things have happened.

Lotus offers trend-seekers high-style ambience with a menu to match -- if you can locate it. Tja! is also hard to find -- not that you'd want to.

Bayard's
One Hanover Square

Matthew Kenney’s Pure Food and Wine aims to make “raw food” lovers of us all. He may be on to something.

The food at Pampano is enough to set you cheering. So why is the atmosphere so quiet?

Chow Bar
230 West 4th Street (212-633-2212). Dinner, Sunday through Wednesday 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Thursday through Saturday 5:30 p.m. to midnight. Appetizers, $4 to $10; entrées, $14 to $20. A.E., M.C., V.