Get Your Greek Grub Fix - Christos Christou and Gregori Politis bring home-style Greek cuisine to the Upper East Side with their restaurant Yefsi Estiatorio, located at 1481 York Ave, New York, NY 10075.
The Crown Sensed Its Own Fate - He's been preparing for this review since October, and working as hard as possible to avoid any sense of uptown snobbery, yet John DeLucie's The Crown still only got one star and was called out on all its chi-chi-chi stuffiness in Pete Wells's review. That said, there were a lot of positive observations too ...
Danny Meyer’s Untitled Will Forgo Prix Fixe Dinners for À La Carte Offerings - Not long ago, Danny Meyer's Untitled at the Whitney launched a $46 three-course farm-to-table dinner three nights a week. But nine months later, they're changing it up again. Instead of the fixed-price, no-additions, no-substitutions meals, chef Chris Bradley will offer an expanded dinner menu with about six appetizers and six entrees — all with a focus on what's seasonal and local.
Il Tesoro Opening - Well-known Sicilian chef A.J. Black has opened Il Tesoro Ristorante and Bar at 1578 First Ave. at East 82nd Street.
Zagat: Medina's "Toloache" Modernizes Mexican - Zagat Editor Jacqueline Wasilczyk recently visited the new Upper East Side location of Mexican bistro Toloache. Here's what chef Julian Medina had to say about it:
Butterfield Market - Butterfield Market has been serving Upper East Siders for almost a century, including such famous patrons as Brooke Astor and John Rockefeller. Long ago, before cell phones ran our lives, telephone exchanges were given names instead of numbers. This area of New York was named Butterfield 8 – from which the store’s name is derived.