Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Welcome to the Fauxdeon

    Welcome to the Fauxdeon

    Cecchi’s took over the former Café Loup space this summer. Photo: Hugo Yu There’s a nicotine light — a warm, dim, dangerous flicker — that suffuses a certain kind of brasserie. Bad decisions are made here gladly. It’s been years since anyone smoked in New York restaurants, but bathe in that luminescence and you can…

  • Not Your Grandpa’s Boîte

    Not Your Grandpa’s Boîte

    Restaurant Review: Coquette Is Not Your Grandpa’s Nightclub IN THIS SECTION

  • Review: Welcome the onset of Sydney summer with cocktails and pho’s sexier, spicy cousin

    Review: Welcome the onset of Sydney summer with cocktails and pho’s sexier, spicy cousin

    Advertisement There are plenty of bun bo destinations worth crossing town for, but at Cash Only Diner you can temper the rice noodle soup’s building heat with a cold margarita. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add…

  • Review: Can Lakewood’s Solstice Fill the Big Shoes Left By Deagan’s?

    Review: Can Lakewood’s Solstice Fill the Big Shoes Left By Deagan’s?

    Few restaurants this year were as hyped as Solstice. When Deagan’s Kitchen and Bar closed in June after 13 years, West Side diners mourned the loss of a happy hour hot spot that managed to do what so few restaurants can: appeal to the masses. Soon, that sadness was replaced with celebration at the news…

  • The sauce speaks for itself: Authentic new Italian restaurant opens in Daytona Beach

    The sauce speaks for itself: Authentic new Italian restaurant opens in Daytona Beach

    Volusia County welcomed a brand-new Italian restaurant this month, one whose secret sauce and scratch-made pizza is new to Daytona Beach but familiar to New Yorkers. Sergio’s Pizza Kitchen and Italian Restaurant opened its doors last week, after having teased the eatery’s opening on Facebook since early November. Located within The Shoppes at Beville Road,…

  • New modern American restaurant debuts at Mercato. Should you go? What to know

    New modern American restaurant debuts at Mercato. Should you go? What to know

    The formidable Brooke Kravetz is a busy gal. In 2023, as managing director and partner alongside Jon Ellms and Rick Taranto, she opened two restaurants: Old Vines Supper Club in March, and Old Vines Naples at Mercato Shops on Nov. 11, taking over a long-closed TooJay’s Deli. How do her two spots compare? The Mercato…

  • Restaurant review: Los Chiringuitos

    Restaurant review: Los Chiringuitos

    Place de la Liberté 9 What’s hot: From the warm welcome, to the choice of music and serving sizes, Los Chiringuitos does not disappoint. According to the owner, Xavier, tapas-style dishes from around the world are the inspiration, so you can be sure to find a range of options. On the menu are well-executed Spanish…

  • Shun serves some of metro Detroit’s finest ramen in Madison Heights

    Shun serves some of metro Detroit’s finest ramen in Madison Heights

    <a href="https://media1.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/34811186/shun-web.jpg" rel="contentImg_gal-34811182" title="Shoyu ramen from Shun in Madison heights. – Tom Perkins" data-caption="Shoyu ramen from Shun in Madison heights.   Tom Perkins” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Tom Perkins Shoyu ramen from Shun in Madison heights. For the most part, chefs at restaurants Metro Times reviews grew up cooking in kitchens at their parents’…

  • REVIEW: The Best Counter Service Restaurant at Disney Springs? The NEW eet by Maneet Chauhan Becomes an Immediate Favorite

    REVIEW: The Best Counter Service Restaurant at Disney Springs? The NEW eet by Maneet Chauhan Becomes an Immediate Favorite

    Disney Springs’ newest restaurant, eet by Maneet Chauhan, has officially opened at Walt Disney World. We were there on opening day to check out the space and the food. eet by Maneet Chauhan Tour Exterior This “modern, fun, Indian-inspired” restaurant was first announced in July 2023. The new enterprise is owned by Chauhan and her…

  • Review: Mambow restaurant in Clapton

    Review: Mambow restaurant in Clapton

    Mambow has been on a proper journey these past few years (I know, I know, haven’t we all?) Honing her skills during two years in Puglia, founder Abby Lee started out cooking Italian food, and opened up Mambow as a bowl food pop-up on Commercial Street in 2020. It was only open a month before…