Exciting news for all the people that complain about the lack of hip restaurants on the Upper East Side: tonight, Ruairi Curtin will open his Irish gastropub The Penrose on 2nd Avenue between 82nd and 83rd streets. This is the sister establishment to downtown hot spots The Wren, Wilfie & Nell, and Bua. The crowning jewel of head chef David Mawhinney's 14-item menu is the spiced beef sandwich which is cured for 40 days, spiced in house for four days, then slow roasted for six hours. Read More