I used to live around the corner from Maffei, but never visited because every time I walked by after work, the place was empty; however, every time I walked by late at night, the place was PACKED. I figured that their pizza wasn’t very good, but read on Seriouseats.com that their grandma slices were amazing. […]
A while back, Chris and I tried out Craft, Tom Colicchio’s restaurant. I really like him on Top Chef because he seems very calm, cool, and collected. I was even lucky enough to meet up at the James Beard awards show last year. My picture with Tom: We were both excited for dinner and started […]
A couple weeks ago, a marketing company contacted me regarding a new steakhouse, Ben and Jack’s, that recently opened. I was slightly intrigued because I love steak (see my reviews of Peter Luger’s, Dylan Prime, The Capital Grille, Del Frisco’s and Striphouse) and the two owners, Ben and Jack, used to work at Peter Luger’s. […]
The end of February/March have been really busy; I’ve been looking for an apartment for quite some time and have been neglecting gracenotesnyc (so sorry!) I still haven’t found my perfect apartment, but I’ve taken some time this afternoon to write up an entry on Mesa Grill. I’ve been meaning to check out Mesa Grill, […]
Let’s take a break from California updates and go back to New York life for a minute. The other day, I had the pleasure of meeting Jacques Torres, also known as “Mr. Chocolate”: I am a huge fan of Jacques Torres’ chocolates and Chris surprised me with some a while back: When Jacques Torres had […]
