Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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Danny Meyer

  • Union Square Café

    Union Square Café

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    When it comes to New York City restaurant institutions, there are just a few that remain as bright and shiny as they did the day that they opened and Union Square Café is one of them. It’s pretty remarkable that a restaurant that opened in 1985 can still be firing on all cylinders; can be…

  • Ci Siamo

    Ci Siamo

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    [From the 2/21/25 Amateur Gourmet Newsletter] On Wednesday night, we met up with my L.A. pals Ryan and Jonathan at another favorite NY restaurant, Ci Siamo. The food at Ci Siamo is so, so, good — it’s the Italian answer to Le V’eau d’Or. Loved having these two restaurants fight over me on my birthday.…

  • When Good Restaurants Go Bad

    When Good Restaurants Go Bad

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    The first sign was the asparagus. It’s December here in New York and on the breakfast menu at Untitled at the Whitney, a Danny Meyer restaurant which we frequent whenever we’re in the city, there’s an asparagus omelette. “Asparagus in December?” I asked and then Tweeted something about it, prompting a sarcastic response from the…

  • (Relatively) New In New York: Untitled, The John Dory & The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

    (Relatively) New In New York: Untitled, The John Dory & The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

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    I’m not one of those “where must I eat when I go back to New York?” kind of people, though I did Tweet a week before our trip something along those lines. The responses were fascinating to me–apparently Acme, which I knew as a fairly mediocre sandwich and sweet potato French fry spot near NYU,…