Restaurants Perfect For Chronic Brunch
our suggestions
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Freemans
End of Freeman Alley, Lower East Side, NYIt’s painful going back and reading a lot of the reviews I wrote two and a half years ago, especially this one. Freemans was not only the first review ever written for this website, but my first stab at a restaurant review period. There was nothing Immaculate about my writing skills back then. Although its [...]
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Maialino
2 Lexington Ave., Gramercy, NYAbout a year and a half ago, we wrote up a less than glowing review of Danny Meyer’s then brand new Roman trattoria, Maialino. We had high expectations due to Meyer’s flawless record, but flaws were found, and verdict was levied accordingly. Steinthal actually compared the place to every great band’s worst album. Ouch. But [...]
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Gwynnett St.
312 Graham Ave., East Williamsburg, NYTwo weeks ago, we had never heard of Gwynnett St. Now we’re ready to call it one of the most exciting new restaurants in NYC. It’s amazing what a difference a couple of days can make. Believe it or not, it wasn’t the recent New York Times two-star review that led us here. It was [...]
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Café Habana
17 Prince St., Nolita, NYAn amazing little place that’s worth the wait. Quite possibly the coolest eatery in New York City.
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Colonie
127 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NYColonie is a new-ish restaurant on Atlantic Ave., on the north side of the street…so it still counts as Brooklyn Heights. That’s an important technicality, considering the restaurant is publicly declaring itself the beginning of a new restaurant era for the neighborhood. See, before Colonie, Brooklyn Heights did not have its own Frankies 457, or [...]
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Maharlika
111 1st Ave., East Village, NYWhat started as a once a week pop-up brunch has now turned into a Filipino empire in the making. The crew of friends behind this new restaurant called Maharlika felt that Filipino food was under represented in NYC. So, without much in the way of formal training or restaurant experience, they set out to showcase [...]
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Empellon Cocina
105 1st Ave., East Village, NYWe are pretty tough on Mexican food in this city. Only two restaurants have a rating of over 8.0 on Immaculate Infatuation, one being La Esquina, which is probably more about the experience than it is the food. To us, putting a couple of fancy tacos on a menu and charging twenty bucks doesn’t make [...]
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Westville East
173 Ave. A, East Village, NYWestville East is the ultimate utility spot that delivers the goods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and does it in affordable fashion.
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Nopa
560 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CAIf someone held a gun to my head and insisted I vacate NYC immediately, San Francisco would be the destination. It’s the only other city in America I could realistically see myself living pre-retirement, and I know many New Yorkers share the sentiment. There’s a lot to love about SF. In a way, it’s a [...]
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Gjelina
1429 Abbot Kinney Rd., Los Angeles, CAHere’s how a typical visit to Gjelina goes. Drive to Venice. Spend thirty minutes trying to park. Park. Walk to Gjelina. Speak to the hostess and find out there is an hour and a half wait. Debate about whether or not to eat somewhere else…maybe Tasting Kitchen down the street. Remember that Tasting Kitchen kind [...]
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