Lafayette Restaurant Review:
On a prominent corner of Lafayette Street, this French restaurant from chef Andrew Carmellini is a beacon with its grand arched windows, Art Deco-tiled columns and, just past the pastry case filled with tarts and éclairs, booths as far as the eye can see. Ample patio seating comes by way of a dozen bright tables under azure awnings, the perfect place to watch NoHo stroll by. The faithfully...
13 Excellent Restaurant Salads in New York City:
Meat dishes may get a lot of attention in the press these days, but let's not forget that New York City restaurants are also home to some very fine plates of greens. Here, now, is a guide to 13 essential sit-down salads across the city. They range far beyond the usual lettuce and vinaigrette, but most are best eaten while the weather's still warm. So get on it:
Damon Wise to Leave Lafayette and NYC for New Project:
After a little over a year, chef Damon Wise is bidding adieu to Lafayette this month. Wise has been the chef de cuisine at Andrew Carmellini, Luke Ostrom, and Josh Pickard's French blockbuster since it opened in the spring of last year, but is now leaving New York "to pursue a project of his own," a rep tells Eater. The chef will cook his last servings of chicken salad and spaghetti niçoise...
Downtown outpost of UES institution spiked with slightly different, less socially subordinate crowd, yet food still screams delicious. AmEx-Black rockin', Fendi-totin' Dalton girls just out of puberty looking way too...something...for their age, discussing first Brazilian waxes. True sophistication might escape resto's patrons, but carries over to the food: truly outstanding wood-oven pizza...