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Prospect Heights

  • Pasta Night

    Pasta Night

    I first met Renato Poliafito on April 22nd, 2009. I know that because I wrote a post about it when my friend Josh and I trekked out to Red Hook to visit the beloved bakery, Baked, that he ran with his pal Matt Lewis. We immediately hit it off: not just because we both love…

  • Café Mado

    Café Mado

    [From the 1/16/25 newsletter] Last night I had dinner at the bar of Café Mado in Brooklyn which Melissa Clark raved about in The New York Times. The Caesar salad was terrific, as was the Negroni I had with it: It was presented like flowers coming out of a vase, with each piece of romaine…