By Alfonso Biondi, Jr. Bar Minow Ninth Street @ Seventh Avenue Brooklyn, NY 718-832-5500 Ratings: Service: B+ Quality and Taste: A- Environment: A Pricing: $15-$20 Overall Rating: A Bar Minnow is an up and coming restaurant and hang out in the heart of Park Slope. It’s a great stop and eat restaurant and bar...
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By Alfonso Biondi, Jr. La Boite en Bois 75 West 68th St New York, NY 10023 212-874 2705 Ratings: Service: A Quality and Taste: A- Environment: B+ Pricing: $15-$20 Overall Rating: A- La Boite en Bois is a great change of pace to your typical NYC cuisine. This French restaurant gives its customers hearty...
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By Alfonso Biondi Virgil’s Real BBQ 152 West 44th Street New York City, NY After hearing great reviews from so many people I finally tried Virgil’s Real BBQ. The oyster gumbo, home made biscuits and gravy, and thick juicy BBQ sauced ribs that I had proved why so many many people have raved about...
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By Alfonso Biondi Jr. Smoked Barbecue 103 2nd Avenue (6th Street) New York, NY 10003 212-388-0388 Ratings: Service: B Quality and Taste: A Environment: A Pricing: $10-$13 Entrees Overall Rating: A- HotIndieNews’ Restaurant Reviewers were at the Press Dinner for NYC’s new and acclaimed Smoked. Smoked gives a wholesome and gourmet flavor of Southern...
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By Isa Bella Banana Leaf 6814 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 718-238-5531 It was a cold and rainy Saturday, very normal for New York in May apparently, and I had been out all day doing ‘New York’ things…sample sale, waxing, trying to find the subway station in Chinatown, etc. I had a dinner appointment...
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By Alfonso Biondi 638 Bergen Street at Vanderbilt Avenue Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY (718)399-6855 Ratings: Service: B+ Quality and Taste: A+ Environment: A- Pricing: $10-$13 Entrees Overall Rating: A- Beast is unlike any restaurant you will ever attend. The light and tasty tapas and artistically arranged dishes here add a delightful twist to traditional...
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By Alfonso Biondi Cafe El Espanol 5771 College Point Blvd Flushing, NY 11355 (718) 353-5263 Ratings: Service: A+ Quality and Taste: A Environment: A- Pricing: $15-$20 Entrees Overall Rating: A If you like traditional Spanish and Mexican food-this is the spot. Cafe El Espanol gives you the best of Spain and Mexico in every...
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