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BEST/WORST 2009

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BEST/WORST 2009The absolute best, and the flat-out worst, places we've eaten at this Anno Domini, 2009.This blog isn't for recipes or food news. I don't speculate about what will be opening in some empty storefront next month, I don't write up a new way to smoke salmon, I don't schmoozily interview chefs or restaurant managers, I don't get paid by Oxo to shill...

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JOHNNY MACK'S

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JOHNNY MACK'S1114 Eighth AvenueBrooklyn, NY(718) 832-7961Clearly, I'm a guy who loves to eat out. But one thing that I've noticed it that there aren't too many places that don't have some gimmick to get you in the door that has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not the food's any good. Maybe it's a one way mirror in the bathroom that allows...

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CUPCAKESTOP

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CUPCAKESTOPFifth Avenue between 22nd and 23rd StreetNew York, NY 10010n/aBurger fever, cocktail fever, cupcake fever. These are but a few of the culinary fads that, like a swine flu of calories, have been spreading across NYC in the past few years. Cupcake fever, the oldest, hasn't slowed down. A buddy of mine gets his girlfriend red velvet cupcakes from a bar in Brooklyn,...

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GOODFELLA'S

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GOODFELLA'S1817 Victory BoulevardStaten Island, NY 10314(718) 815-8500Staten Island, "The Borough of Parks" according to the sign by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Staying here until relatively late the other day meant needing to find a place for dinner. The thing about dining in Staten Island is that it lacks... what's the word I'm looking for? Ah, yes, "variety". Let's put it this way, you'd...

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TONDA

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TONDA235 East 4th StreetNew York, NY 10009(212) 254-2900I killed the extra forty-five minutes nursing a Guinness at One and One. The sparsely populated bar, music, amicable bartender and a crossword puzzle helped quell my frustration at the fact that Speeds was late, yet again. A fact not helped by the rain. As I came down to the last few sips, she arrived and...

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DELHI PALACE

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DELHI PALACE37-33 74th StreetJackson Heights, NY 11372(718) 507-9571Resting on the bustling and busy road known as 74th Street in the bustling and busy neighborhood known as Jackson Heights, just mere paces from the Roosevelt Avenue megastation and just mere inches from the popular Jackson Diner, is Delhi Palace. The sign on the window and the words on the card say "Haute Cuisine of...

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'INOTECA

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'INOTECA98 Rivington StreetNew York, NY 10003(212) 614-0473'inoteca, a trio of Italian wine bar/tapas places in downtown Manhattan, has a glowing rep. Customers can't stop raving about the place, Time Out has it as a Critics' Pick... and I keep walking past it seeing happy people enjoying themselves happily. Thusly do I report, with a heavy heart, that they just weren't that good... and...

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MAMA'S EMPANADAS

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MAMA'S EMPANADAS85-05 Northern BoulevardJackson Heights, New York, 11372(718) 505-9937 / 1393About a year ago a place called Joe's Empanadas opened in Chelsea and a few months ago they closed. Damn, I thought. Now how was I gonna fill my random empanada cravings? Why empanadas? Well, dear reader, sometimes you want a fast, snacky food, served dirt cheap that you can eat on the...

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GERONIMO

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GERONIMO271 Crown StreetNew Haven, CT 06511(203) 777-7700Connecticut. For a state that is alleged to be the wealthiest in the country, its cities are... pretty bad. Let's not beat around the bush about this, they're slums. Like Waterbury and Bridgeport, New Haven's downtown is ringed by decrepit and crumbling apartment buildings, vacant lots and a depressed and depressing population of the pitiful and poor....

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