Veal with sweetbreads at SD26 (Photograph: Virginia Rollison)
San Domenico’s Tony May has passed the family torch to his daughter Marisa at the new SD26, writes Jay Cheshes, who awards the restaurant four stars. It’s “enormous, modern and frenetic—the opposite of its stuffy forerunner.” [TONY]
Three-star Russian chain Mari Vanna “trades in both pre- and post-Soviet kitsch,” but “you pay for the spectacle as much as for the food.” [TONY]
Lobster Thermidor at Monkey Bar. Photograph: Donna Alberico/The New York Times/Redux
Jay Cheshes awards three stars to Graydon Carter’s exclusive Monkey Bar, writing that while “the food under [chef Larry] Forgione is much improved…the coddled clientele doesn’t come here for a dining adventure.” [TONY]
Bark Hot Dogs is a four-star neighborhood favorite, serving a wiener that’s “everything a hot dog should be.” [TONY]
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