by Mike Hammer | Feb 20, 2017 | Dining
It’s a rare occasion for a restaurant to successfully be all things to all people, but Midtown landmark seafood restaurant Oceana is more than capable of filling that difficult bill. Located in a new massive — yet somehow intimate and warmly-welcoming —...
by Mike Hammer | Jun 14, 2014 | Dining, Downtown Eats Guides
Alfred Portale has built a reputation of excellence over three decades at Gotham Bar and Grill. By Karine Bakhoum. Photographs by Joseph Amella, Jr. The first time I ate at Gotham Bar and Grill in the 1980s, it changed the way I looked at American food. I distinctly...
by Mike Hammer | Feb 5, 2014 | Dining
[slideshow_deploy id=’42066′] What: Kanoyama Where: East Village, 175 2nd Avenue (Between 11th & 12th St) Cuisine: Japanese Keywords: Guaranteed fresh seafood, artful preparation, first-class without the rip. Just a few streets shy of ‘Little...