One year ago (plus two days, it was August 6th) I moved to New York from Atlanta, GA. Having lived on Long Island until I was 11, this wasn’t a case of the country mouse moving to the big city. But it was my first time as an adult living in Manhattan and I loved every minute of it. As you’re all well aware, I ate quite a bit and documented it all for you to see and read about. What follows, then, is a comprehensive list of every place I reviewed this year (August 6th, 2004 to August 6th, 2005). Each link should take you to the appropriate review. I’m doing this all manually, so if there’s a mistake please let me know! And for the restaurants I truly loved, I’ll put stars next to them (the stars look like this: *) (that’s not a star, that’s an asterisk) (shut up!) and maybe include a picture if I ate something special there. (Also, if you see a “X2” it means I ate there twice and the “X2” will link you to the second review.) This may take a long time, so if you see this posted at 4 am please send a paramedic to my apartment! On we go!
The Amateur Gourmet’s Guide to His First Year in New York
[in alphabetical order because we’re fancy like that]
‘ino
‘Wichcraft (X2)**
2nd Ave. Deli
44 & 10
9th Street Market
Babbo (2X)****

Bali Nusa Indah
Balthazar**
Bar Americain***

Bar Room at the Modern
Beard Papa
Billy’s Bakery*
Bistro Resto Leon
BLT Steak
Blue Ribbon**

Bright Food Shop
Bubby’s
Burger Joint, The**
Cafe Edison
Caffe Reggio
Campagnola
Carnegie Deli
Charles Southern Kitchen
Chennai Garden
Chickalicious
Chickpea
Chip Shop (Bklyn)
Chocolate Haven*
City Bakery*

Cones*
Cornelia Street Café
Cupcake Café
D.B. Bistro Moderne
Daniel***

Daniele’s Piadina
David Burke & Donatella
Diner 24
Doughnut Plant*
Elmo
English Is Italian
F&B
Ferrara
Flor’s Kitchen
Four Seasons, The
GOBO
Grand Central Oyster Bar
Grand Sichuan
Green Table (Chelsea Market)
Grimaldi’s*

Hallo Berlin
Havana Chelsea*
Hearth***

Home
Il Mulino
Island Burgers & Shakes
Jean-Georges (2x)****

Joe Allen
Katz’s***

Kitchenette
Kossar’s
La Palette
Laboratorio del Gelato
Le Quinze
Le Zie
Lever House
Little Charlie’s Clam Bar
M&G Diner
Magnolia Bakery*

Market Café
Momofuku (2X)**

Murray’s Bagels*
NoHo Star
Norma’s
Omai
Otto*

Pain Quotidien, Le
Pastis
Peanut Butter & Co.
Pearl Oyster Bar***

Peep
Pepe Rosso (X2)*
Peter Luger***

Pongsri*
Prune (Brunch)**

R.U.B. (X2)
Rice and Beans
Rickshaw
Risotteria
River Café, The
Rocco’s Pastry
Sapporo (X2)*

Sarabeth’s (Central Park South)
Serendipity
Shake Shack**

Shopsin’s
Snack Taverna*
Soba Nippon
Spice Market*
Spotted Pig, The (2x)**

Sullivan Street Bakery
Tomoe Sushi**

Union Square Café
Waldy’s
Wolfgang’s
Zen Palate