Good restaurant names are apparently getting harder to come by. When I told my dining companion we were hitting Watty & Meg, a new bistro in Cobble Hill, she replied, "It sounds like a pair of storm-tossed orphans in a Truffaut film."
"The...
By Robert Sietsema
Wednesday, July 08
Good restaurant names are apparently getting harder to come by. When I told my dining companion we were hitting Watty & Meg, a new bistro in... More >>
In which we dine (and pass out) with the Wet Towels
The 12th monthly meeting of the Wet Towel Club was about to commence. The dining group had been named spontaneously at the first gathering, when a member looked down at the table after a meal in a Chinese restaurant and spied one of those packaged...
By Robert Sietsema
Wednesday, July 01
The 12th monthly meeting of the Wet Towel Club was about to commence. The dining group had been named spontaneously at the first gathering, when... More >>
As I stood in An Choi's entranceway waiting for my sandwich, I couldn't help but admire the décor: warm wall treatments quizzically stenciled with phone numbers (bicycle repairmen? Prostitutes?), small square tables surrounded by low stools,...
By Robert Sietsema
Wednesday, June 24
As I stood in An Choi's entranceway waiting for my sandwich, I couldn't help but admire the décor: warm wall treatments quizzically... More >>
Chef Michael "Bao" Huynh does not let the opportunity for a pun pass him by. He dubbed his new chain of banh mi joints "Baoguette," a play on... More>>
Tim Hagans Quintet
Fetchingly situated between Brownian blasts and Milesian murmurs, the trumpeter's lines cover... More>> Birdland,
Daily from Wed., July 8 until Sat., July 11, 8:30pmDaily from Wed., July 8 until Sat., July 11, 11:00pm,
$30-$40
'10 for $10 Tour'
For all of hardcore's puffed-chest posturing, expectorating 'singing,' and one-note,... More>> Terminal 5,
Fri., July 10, 4:00pm,
$10
Gregg August Trio
The wily bassist has made his name leading mid-sized ensembles; his writing can seem both simple... More>> Fat Cat,
Sat., July 11, 7:00pm,
Cover charge at door
'Summer Broadway Festival'
Broadway tunes associated with the Tonys, the Oscars, and the Grammys are trumpeted in this... More>> Town Hall,
Mon., July 13, 8:00pm,
$40-$115
Aimee Mann
An upscale wine bar (with seats) is definitely the way to hear Aimee Mann these days: Though... More>> City Winery,
Mon., July 13, 8:00pm,
$30-$60