Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Khe-Yo’s new lunch menu

 The lemongrass chicken “bowl”, with spicy bang-bang, roasted mushrooms, and charred egg plant Updated May 29, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I have wanted to return to Khe-You for more than a year, ever since I ate there way back … Continue reading

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Pour-over coffee at Le District

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Review: Le District’s La Boucherie (meat counter and grill)

April 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I tried out the steak grill adjacent to the meat counter at Le District in Brookfield Place. (more…)

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Parm to open “within two weeks”

Update May 19, 2015- We spoke with the chef who was on the construction site, and Parm will open (more…)

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The NY Times reviews Blue Smoke and North End Grill

March 14, 2015- We are hearing that a new “corporate chef” is hovering over Blue Smoke (more…)

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In search of ice cream Downtown

The awesome ice cream at Parm on Mulberry Street May 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Tonight, I went in search for some ice cream. I first tried Battery Place Market but they had (more…)

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Beaubourg at Le District: BPC’s second fine dining restaurant

April 25, 2015- By Steven E. Greer In the restaurant section of Le District sits Beaubourg. It is Battery Park’s second (more…)

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The beef stew tour of 2015

March 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I like to tour Downtown to find the best of a particular type of food that is not commonly found on (more…)

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Review: El Vez Burrito Bar

March 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I have eaten the best chicken burrito in town at El Vez. I have also just eaten the most disappointing (more…)

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How Mighty Quinn’s destroys good meat

December 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer After my enjoyable delivery of a half chicken the week before, I walked to the Mighty Quinn’s for a brisket dinner to avoid the $8 delivery fee. The meat was (more…)

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Bâtard takes home the big prize at the Oscars of food

May 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer My favorite chef and restaurant, Marcus Glocker and Bâtard, won the Best New (more…)

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Chipotle gets off to a bad start in BPC

May 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer When the Chipotle district manager and local store manager presented before the CB1 last month (more…)

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Le District bakery

April 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I know a thing or two about baking: enough to know that bread makes or breaks a sandwich, (more…)

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Review: The Blackberry Passport works well as a mini laptop in your pocket

April 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I have been testing the new Blackberry Passport smartphone for the last month. (more…)

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Review: Sleep No More

March 8, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Last year at about this time, I enjoyed going to the interactive dinner at the Paramount Hotel (more…)

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Man-whores of the 50’s

April 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was watching the HBO documentary about Frank Sinatra and learned quite a bit. (more…)

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Blue Smoke resorts to PR-placed story in the WSJ

April 18, 2015- The struggling Blue Smoke, now on its second or third senior chef, has managed to get (more…)

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Review: “Lost on the River” by The New Basement Tapes is damn fine listening

December 1, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD I am a simple man. Most material things are of little interest to me. What gives me great pleasure is genuine music with good lyrics (more…)

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The NYT food reviewer Pete Wells again points out that food is too expensive in Manhattan

April 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I am warming up to Pete Wells, the NYT food critic. He and I have seen eye to eye on many (more…)

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Review: Benvenuti on South End Ave is horrible

March 29, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was scratching my head trying to think of a cheap place for lunch. Nothing at Hudson Eats seemed (more…)

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