Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert knew he was in for it shortly after John McEnroe walked onto the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater. On Feb. 27, Mr. McEnroe stood in for the shingles-afflicted David Letterman on CBS’ Late Show, and as Mr. Ripert watched on a monitor in the Green Room, the former tennis Read More
D’Artagnan is the last sort of restaurant you’d expect to find in this dour, businesslike part of town, right near Grand Central Terminal. It’s the kind of authentic bistro you picture in a French village, steeped in centuries of tradition, where no one in the kitchen has heard of a frothed sauce or fusion cuisine. Read More
Michael Ginor was being plied with rich mouthful after rich mouthful.
As he stood in the dining room of Roy’s New York, a Euro-Asian restaurant which opened near Wall Street on Feb. 18, waiters shoved trays loaded with bites of fusion-style cuisine under his nose at regular intervals. But something was fouling Mr. Ginor’s appetite. Read More
