When I learned that the Russian Tea Room was about to reopen earlier this month after four years as a darkened stage, I hoped for the best and expected the worst.
The six-story former brownstone on West 57th Street, wedged between Carnegie Tower and Metropolitan Tower, was purchased in 2004 for a reported $19 million Read More
When I learned that the Russian Tea Room was about to reopen earlier this month after four years as a darkened stage, I hoped for the best and expected the worst.
The six-story former brownstone on West 57th Street, wedged between Carnegie Tower and Metropolitan Tower, was purchased in 2004 for a reported $19 Read More
Woody Allen (and his hat) are now welcome back
After four dormant years, the festive Russian Tea Room reopens this week under new ownership.
Gerald Lieblich, who bought the showy West 57th Street restaurant from Tavern On The Green heiress Jennifer Oz LeRoy for a reported $19 million, tells the NY Post that Read More
Stunning Biltmore Room’s Got
Something Old, Something New A grungy block opposite a Chelsea housing development on Eighth Avenue is the last place you’d expect to find a restaurant like this. The Biltmore Room evokes an era when women wore strapless gowns with long gloves to dinner, the men were dressed in black tie, and Read More
How fast should you eat your food? Like Henry James, my grandfather believed in “fletcherizing” his meals, chewing every mouthful 30 times. (A house guest of James once described the ghastly experience of coming down to breakfast one Sunday with a hangover and having to watch the great man fletcherize a bowl of cereal topped Read More
Given what has happened lately in Far East markets, only the most robust Wall Street executives are in the mood for Asian food these days, not to mention caviar. At Match Uptown, the latter comes in a martini glass, spooned onto clear, chilled consommé that looks like Jell-O. Instead of artificial strawberry or raspberry, however, Read More
