I often hear friends sheepishly admit that they make wine choices largely on the basis of a pretty label. What they—as well as snooty wine purists—might not consciously realize, is that you learn a surprising amount about what’s inside a bottle just by looking at its getup.
Read MoreJean-Michel would stop by during set up, before they were open, and sit at Randy’s bar with no one else around. By the time the doors opened at four o’clock in the afternoon, he’d be gone.
Read MoreYou asked your server to bring you to the cold room walk-in, give you a shot of whiskey and close the door for you to scream your lungs out into the frozen void, after which you’d return to your table for dinner.
Read MoreThis year’s closures fell victim to a raving pandemic that made our favorite boozy, shoulder-to-shoulder, kiss-the-chef go-tos into potential superspreader ground zeroes, and by government inaction and indifference to their plight.
Read MoreWe don’t love Alison Roman simply because she’ll “give you the food your people want” (her words). She’s also blessed with the personality we all wish we had.
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