A Life Worth Eating

A Collective Post of Multiple Locations 

United States & Canada Blue Hill Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, New York Husk, Charleston, South Carolina Kurumazushi, New York Masa, New York Manresa, Los Gatos, California Next, Chicago Saison, San Francisco, California Urasawa, Los Angeles, California Blue Bottle, Brooklyn, New York Café Myriade, Montréal, Québec Kesté, New York Motorino, Brooklyn, New York The Breslin, New [...]

16 West 29th Street, New York, Official Website

The Breslin is the restaurant of New York’s Ace Hotel. Part vampire’s billiard room, part dot com entrepreneurial hangout, The Breslin is a mix of well-dressed diners in a dark and cavernous space which, despite the large North-facing windows, absorbs all natural light making it seem like a perpetually rainy day. The clientele is young and almost uncomfortably homogenous, a mix of caucasian and Asian. The atmosphere is one of exclusivity — there is always a wait for a lunch table.  The young and hip staff, a little cold at first, is pleasantly warm and friendly after opening up.  They’re really good-looking, too.  There is no way that they eat from this menu daily.

Perhaps in an act of rebellion, the restaurant serves little to no healthful options. Even the weekend brunch low-fat options are sky high in sugar and refined carbohydrates. The menu, in fact, is rigidly carnivorous. An attempt to substitute or modify a dish will be met with a blank stare of disdain, but quickly followed by a tempered smile and a frown of calculated impossibility.

A Collective Post of Multiple Locations 

I present: The List.  The places below are the restaurants and food shops I’ve visited. At the top is a table of contents, click the country to jump down. This list is about 60% complete so keep checking back; it’s a work in progress. For a more refined list of my favorite restaurants in the [...]