Restaurants Perfect For Wasting Your Time and Money
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Sagaponack
4 West 22nd St., Flatiron, NYAfter a recommendation from an Immaculate Board Member (since put on probation, sorry Fred), we headed to Sagaponak, a new-ish restaurant that’s flown under the radar and free of much online buzz or chatter. With an empty stomach and open mind, we went in hoping to find a diamond in the rough. Unfortunately, Sagaponak turned [...]
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Home Restaurant
20 Cornelia St., West Village, NYYou can’t make the right call all the time, and while we don’t necessarily enjoy trashing a place, we don’t want you making the same mistake we did. Home is bland, unimpressive and expensive eating – and what’s worse – it’s a “critics’ pick” in NY Mag.
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Sotto
9575 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CASotto was one of Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurants in America last year. I know that because it’s printed on the cover of their menu. Too bad you wouldn’t know it from the food. We’re not sure who turns to Esquire for dining advice these days, but the harsh reality is that Sotto isn’t even [...]
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Porchetta
110 E. 7th St., East Village, NYThe hype on Porchetta is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. In our humble opinion, that sandwich is absurdly overrated.
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La Paella
214 E 9th St., East Village, NYWe’ve walked by this place a million times and based on looks alone, never considered it for a meal. We’re sorry we did. Skip La Paella.
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Bar Breton
254 5th Ave., Flatiron, NYBar Breton earns itself the dubious honor of being one of the few restaurants he have tagged as “Perfect For” Wasting Your Time and Money on this site. We don’t throw that around lightly but unfortunately, this place makes L’Express look like Le Bernardin.
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ink.
8360 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CAIf you’re a super fan of Top Chef Season 6 winner and chef heartthrob Michael Voltaggio, you might want to look away. This isn’t going to be pretty. ink. is the restaurant Voltaggio opened in LA with the help of his Top Chef winnings. Unfortunately, it’s also a restaurant that doesn’t deserve your money. Voltaggio [...]
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Hecho En Dumbo
354 Bowery, NoHo, NYLong waits, bad service, and food that doesn’t live up to the unexplainable hype. Pass on Hecho En Dumbo.
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Corkbuzz Wine Bar
13 E. 13th St., Union Square, NYYou know what, it’s our fault. We should have known that we were going to hate this, and skipped the place all together. Warning signs that should have been heeded: 1) cutesy wine bar name. 2) confounding mission statement. 3) the fact that there is a mission statement. 4) $35 glasses of wine on the [...]
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Travertine
19 Kenmare St., Nolita, NYPicture yourself on set of Bravo’s hypothetical new show Americas Next Top Masseuse. Are two Amazon women going to come out from behind the curtain and give me the massage of a lifetime? Nope, I’m about to get dinner at Travertine. Bummer.
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