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Marcus Samuelsson

  • Brunch at Red Rooster & Craig’s Birthday Dinner at Soto

    Brunch at Red Rooster & Craig’s Birthday Dinner at Soto

    Some new restaurants deserve their buzz, others not so much. Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster in Harlem deserves its buzz. It’s not really about the food, though the food is very good; it’s about the concept, the location, the community-mindedness of the enterprise.

  • Merkato 55

    Merkato 55

    At a party recently, I was chatting with Amanda from Eater about how disconnected I feel from the world of New York dining; how I rarely know what’s new, what’s not, what’s worth eating at and what’s worth avoiding. How does the Eater gang stay so informed? And how do the throngs of savvy New…