Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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SoHo

  • Raoul’s

    Raoul’s

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    There’s forced cool and there’s real cool. Raoul’s in SoHo, which has been around for fifty years, is the real deal. I grabbed a five PM reservation yesterday before seeing a show at The SoHo Playhouse, not really knowing much about what to expect except that Raoul’s always shows up on lists of SoHo’s best…

  • La Mercerie

    La Mercerie

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    [From the 9/18/23 newsletter] I met my friend Diana for lunch on Friday at La Mercerie in SoHo, a chic/store restaurant where Ina Garten is said to eat lunch. We sat outside on a perfect fall day and ate daintily and exquisitely, like the ladies that we are. Diana had the quiche (would you believe…

  • The Burger at Lure Fishbar

    The Burger at Lure Fishbar

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    For years, I’ve walked past Lure Fishbar in SoHo. You can’t miss it, really: there are portholes for windows and the restaurant, which is below ground, is styled like a yacht. I can’t say I was dying to eat there, but then word on the street was that their burger was one of the best…