On a recent afternoon in SoHo (NYC), I was looking to get lunch at about 2 PM after wrapping up some meetings (whatever happened to brown bag lunches that day?).  I was very thrilled to see on Yelp, that a Tarallucci e Vino location was just a couple of blocks from where I was standing. […]

This post is no longer valid.  GastroArte closed as of Dec 2012.  RIP GastroArte…. ———————- Gastroarte (formerly Graffit) is a restaurant in NYC that often serves food that is apparently too beautiful to eat.  Chef Jesus Nunez apparently pursued a culinary career in tandem to his work as a graffiti artist.   No wonder then that […]

Veggie Panini with a side of fries

Or rather, does a Diner become a Cafe because it calls itself so, even if it’s a Diner in reality?  In my opinion “NO” (and I learned this in a way that I would never make the same mistake again – i.e., the hard way) Sometime last week, a friend of mine visited NYC from […]