Red Hook Lobster Pound
If you enjoy vistas of deserted industrial streets and dramatic harbor skies, Red Hook is the hood for you. Now that Red Hook Lobster Pound has opened shop, lobster-lovers in particular have been finding the trek worthwhile.
Gramercy Tavern
I believe there’s a therapeutic value to having your water unobtrusively refilled, without needing to ask anyone. The knife you dropped that is swiftly replaced; the napkin that is neatly refolded when you return from the restroom; the single beam…
Dirt Candy
Update: Dirt Candy is reopening on the Lower East Side in January 2015. Usually I’m not eager to try vegetarian restaurants, so my excitement leading up to dinner at Dirt Candy was pretty much unprecedented. By “vegetarian restaurants,” I’m not…