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At this East Village restaurant, farm-to-table feels less like a philosophy than a literal description. Whitewashed brick walls and green patterned wallpaper have the spare beauty of a homestead. Anticipatory [...]

THE WRONG BLOOD By Manuel de Lope Translated by John Cullen 288 pp. Other Press. Paper, $14.95 This absorbing novel -- the first from the distinguished Spanish author to be [...]

The mission of this small restaurant--along with its older sibling in the East Village--seems to be to take the lobster-roll mass market. Note its relatively low price point--fourteen dollars, compared [...]

If any neighborhood is in need of a morale boost, it's the stretch between Flatbush and Vanderbilt Avenues, bordering the Atlantic Yards site. The last tenant took a multimillion-dollar payout, [...]

The concept of small plates is a nice one: you get to share a bunch of things and maybe spend a little less money. In practice, you rarely get the [...]

This new restaurant may have the name of a strumpet, but it has the mien of a prim maiden aunt, with its marble-topped tables, dusky pink seats, cut-glass lustres, and [...]

Tom Colicchio closed his Craftsteak flagship in New York earlier this fall and vowed to make its revamp personal: he'd be there, behind the stove, doing what he loves to [...]

After the Spotted Pig débuted, in the West Village, with its crowded bar scene, ambitious menu, and coveted burger, a fever for its formula seemed to infect restaurateurs. Every neighborhood [...]

This new Italian restaurant in SoHo lives up to its name, and, with only a handful of tables and just two waiters taking orders and tending bar, things get cozy [...]

This new restaurant takes the pose of a shabby-chic apartment: it's furnished with distressed bookshelves stocked with weathered volumes, a vintage typewriter, a blue seltzer bottle, and beat-up suitcases with [...]

The name of this new Prospect Heights restaurant implies synonymy with its neighborhood, which, when you are opening up not far from several well-established joints, could easily misfire. Luckily, the [...]

Officially, this new spot is a sports bar, but if you want to catch the Jets game, you'd be better off at Mudville 9, a few blocks away, where, no [...]

Given that Austria's most visible ambassador these days is Bruno, it seemed only sporting to give equal time to a more sedate representative. Seasonal, a tiny wedge of a restaurant, [...]

The other evening at Gottino, Jody Williams's West Village enoteca, as patrons stacked up in the cramped space between the barstools and the wall, the manager got to work: 'We'll [...]

On a recent evening at this narrow, dimly lit restaurant, where the bar was more crowded than the dining area, a pair of young women discussed seasonal cupcakes: 'I mean, [...]

This is a restaurant determined to be of and for its neighborhood. Its name refers to the stretch of water between Governors Island and Brooklyn (there's a helpful map on [...]

The Braeburn apple sprang from a chance seedling, but the Braeburn in the West Village exudes careful cultivation. The restaurant's lines are both modern and rustic--sleek teardrop light fixtures appeal [...]

The General Greene is a restaurant of lowered expectations, in the best possible way. The walls are largely unadorned, most of the tables line up along a (not uncomfortable) wooden [...]

It's easy to walk straight past this unassuming Thai eatery, which is set deep in the heart of the N.Y.U.-occupied Village and shares a commercial strip with a liquor store, [...]

On a recent night at this West Village spot, a young woman--blond hair, petite, ebulliently extolling her recent wine-tasting course--sampled a glass of red. 'Is it a Californian Syrah?' she [...]

Mia Dona's failures are minor, but the accretion of them can feel major. The staff seems perpetually harried; one night, the hostess couldn't find a waiting party and exclaimed, when [...]

This is a tale of two restaurants. Bobo on a Tuesday: chic and laid-back, Harvey Weinstein holding court in one corner, Adrien Brody canoodling with a young woman in another, [...]

Set amid the restaurant equivalents of garishly bloated Broadway musicals, Omido appears more akin to an Off Broadway production of Beckett. (Or, given its proximity to the Ed Sullivan Theatre, […]

At BarFry, the gleaming white tiles, metallic accents, numerous mirrors, and faint oleaginous odor can give one the sensation of being immersed in a giant cooking vat. The name is [...]

The ever-popular wine bar poses something of a categorical conundrum. Many wine bars relegate their foodstuffs to the side--a composed cheese plate here, slender panini there--and seem to be little […]

The other night at this tiny tapas bar in Chelsea, diners crowded in at the elegantly curved marble bar, most of them tapping away at iPhones. El Quinto Pino, the […]

This new restaurant, set in a boutique hotel along an avenue once better known for flophouses than for fashionistas, has the feel of a soundstage. Among the melodramatic accoutrements--cascades of […]

Long known in the U.S. merely as a staple of dorm-room hot plates, ramen has now risen high enough in culinary estimation to have its own battles of braggadocio. When […]

In these increasingly urban times, restaurateurs seem to be leading a back-to-the-land revival. Greenmarket produce and locally sourced meats have become so commonplace that it's nearly impossible to simply enjoy […]

On a recent evening, a waiter took it upon himself to explain the restaurant's name: 'It comes from the Latin diminutive for house, and it kind of sounds like the […]

Tucked in the middle of a mostly residential block in Park Slope, this polished new restaurant feels so of a piece with its neighborhood it's as though it sprang up […]

This new tapas restaurant suffered a delay prior to its debut, so, on a recent evening, not long after its doors finally opened, it seemed like a celebration in the […]

This new restaurant, in the East Village, seems an improbable underdog. When plans for the restaurant were announced, it appeared likely to be an instant success. Its owners, Bob Giraldi [...]

Amorina is a study in contradictions. The bright lights, set in mismatched fixtures, the neon sign in the window, and the takeout service seem to indicate a neighborhood pizza joint, [...]

CENTOVINI -- 25 W. Houston St. (212-219-2113)--The unceasing traffic of Houston Street and the construction pylons and plastic netting along the sidewalk might distract an unwary passerby from this whimsically [...]

BRIDGE CAFE -- 279 Water St., at Dover St. (212-227-3344)--This restaurant, housed in a red painted wooden building in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, has a lively history: the [...]

TIDES -- 102 Norfolk St. (212-254-8855)--Tides may seem like just another symptom of the Lower East Side's loss of local color, with its sleekly elegant interior and sophisticated seafood. But [...]

MERCADITO -- 179 Avenue B, between 11th and 12th Sts. (212-529-6490)--'Three's the perfect number,' a waitress at this East Village spot told a trio of diners recently. 'That way you [...]

BLT PRIME -- 111 E. 22nd St. (212-995-8500)--Laurent Tourondel's burgeoning chain (the name doesn't stand for 'bacon, lettuce, and tomato'--it's an acronym of 'bistro' plus his name) makes dependable, high-quality [...]

The article discusses a study conducted by Benjamin Strauss published in the journal "Nature Communications" to calculate greenhouse gas–driven warming and damage costs of climate change for any past or future flooding event.

An interview with Jackie Wilson, the executive director of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration is presented. She talks about the importance of building her own capacity as an educator in order to effectively build the capacity of others. She further discusses how sharing goals and passions with her family has helped her navigate the challenges and receive their support.

The circus has long been a refuge for society's misfits; for some, it is the inherent danger of the acts that offers a welcome escape from reality. Faith--the heroine of [...]

Belle Epoque Paris may have greeted John Singer Sargent's portrait of Madame X with derision, but the luminously pale model he captured has become an icon. Deborah Davis sets out [...]

'It's hard to understand how something that tastes sweet in one person's mouth, in another person's mouth can taste so bitter,' a friend tells Abe Opincar, whose memoir, Fried Butter [...]