On the Eve of War, a Stiff Drink at the U.N.

It was March 14, three days before “the last day of diplomacy at the U.N.,” and there were no drunken diplomats to be found at the U.N. Plaza Hotel bar on East 44th Street.

“Diplomats don’t hang out in bars,” said the bartender. “You wouldn’t be allowed to talk to them anyway.”

But then Read More

Here It Is: The $500 Burger

Danilo Birch, the 32-year-old head chef at Clavichord on East 86th Street, watched in dismay as the burger wars got ever pricier-and with it, less burger-y: the $41 foie-gras-and-truffles-stuffed Kobe patty at the Old Homestead begat the $50 version at DB Bistro Moderne, which begat the $55 caviar-and-truffle burger at Rive Droit, which begat the Read More