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First Taste: Sixteen
Sixteen occupies Chicago’s new Trump International Hotel and Tower, and the view is exhilarating. But the food wasn’t meant to be the main attraction.
03.20.08
- Keywords
- david tamarkin,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- restaurants
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First Taste: City House
I just had a damn fine dinner at City House, the kind of dinner that makes you believe that dining after dark in Nashville has a bright future.
03.10.08
- Keywords
- john t. edge,
- first taste,
- nashville,
- southern u.s.
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First Taste: Momofuku Ko
Halfway through dinner at the new Momofuku Ko it hits you: You will never eat dinner here again. “No phone. No favorites. No exceptions,” vows David Chang.
03.04.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- asian,
- david chang
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First Taste: Sergi Arola Gastro
This is the first restaurant that the Adrià-trained rocker-turned-chef has actually owned, and it’s very, very hot.
02.28.08
- Keywords
- lisa abend,
- first taste,
- madrid,
- sergi arola
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First Taste: LAMILL Coffee Boutique
On paper, LAMILL Coffee Boutique sounds like a send-up of Los Angeles chic as imagined by a Saturday Night Live sketch writer. The truth is, the vibe is full-on enthusiastic coffee geek....
02.20.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- margy rochlin,
- beverage,
- los angeles
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First Taste: Let’s Be Frank
With their virtuous heritage, the juicy, snappy, flavorful hot dogs at Let’s Be Frank have the added benefit of being very low-guilt.
02.19.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- james cameron,
- meat,
- beef,
- los angeles
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First Re-taste: HotChocolate
An old haunt still offers some of the best pastry around—if the morning hordes haven’t snapped it up.
02.14.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- david tamarkin,
- dessert,
- chicago
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First Taste: Adour Alain Ducasse
No matter how you look at it, Adour is not what you expect. If you’re anticipating a replay of Alain Ducasse’s last New York venture, this old-fashioned menu is a surprise....
02.12.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- alain ducasse
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First Taste: Carnevino
The latest addition to the Mario Batali-Joe Bastianich restaurant empire is Carnevino, an “Italian steakhouse” set in a hotel on the Vegas Strip.
02.11.08
- Keywords
- las vegas,
- first taste,
- max jacobson,
- beef,
- mario batali
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First Taste: Blue Bottle Café
Blue Bottle Coffee has a radical cult following. Its beans (which are organic, pesticide-free, and shade-grown) are superbly roasted in small batches.
02.07.08
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- first taste,
- san francisco,
- beverage