The Wandering Eater

Edit (4/15/08): As per this commentor’s request, I took down the photo of looking down the bar, if you noticed any changes from the first time you’ve seen prior to this edit. You will be able to see on my Flickr photostream but not on my blog, per se. But at least you still got [...]

A few Thursdays ago, I planned a dinner with Ariel to Islero, a new tapas restaurant and bar that’s located in Midtown East. I sort of picked this place just because I wanted to try something different.
We originally started small since Ariel’s complaining that he ate a fairly heavy lunch at Adrienne’s Pizza [...]

[I know I'm supposed to write about a dinner that took place about two...almost three weeks ago but I don't feel motivated to write such a lengthy post about it yet. So, bear with me as I have a short post for you about my stop at the newly minted, The Mercury Dime.]

Exterior
I believe good [...]

UPDATE (3/13/08, 7:35 PM): Alrighty…I got enough responses (e-mail, especially) about the reservation that I even have a backups for the diners I’ll meet. Anyways, thank you everyone for taking your time to read and e-mail or comment my post. I really appreciate the feedback.
UPDATE (3/14/08, 3:43 PM): Okee, I already have 2 spots taken…a [...]

Bar Boulud
I was in the Upper West Side for lunch on Tuesday. All in the name of Bar Boulud! In case you haven’t read through blogs and press publications, it’s a huge deal since Daniel Boulud hasn’t opened any new restaurants around here and the fact that he migrated crosstown from the Upper East Side [...]

The past week, I took one of those luxurious lunch hours and went to Mia Dona. Why would I pick this place? Well, given to the fact that there’s been quite a bit of press from Alan Richman’s GQ blog, Ed Levine written a little post about it, and NY Magazine has a video about [...]