"Overcoming first review post shyness to shill for..."

Two things:

1) Hooray for overcoming first post shyness! Thank you for an excellent post! (I, myself, am remiss in having not gotten here yet.)

2) I know you meant it colloquially, but it's only "shilling" if you're connected to the ...

To be clear, I don't necessarily think the changes will be entirely negative. To a certain extent, they're inevitable given the economics of the moment.

No, a standard Mastro's menu will definitely be an improvement over what Durant's has been serving the past few years. That kitchen was just ...

Yeah, I think they screwed the pooch here. They're trying to shoehorn a standard-issue wannabe trendy Mastro's menu into a throwback steakhouse. I was really hoping they'd be smarter than this.

The model is the Golden Steer in Las Vegas. This is not that.

I often see the word "funk" here, but I'm not really sure I understand the meaning. For me, "funk" has two uses: 1) In music, where the connotation is thoroughly positive 2) More rarely, to describe a bad mood like depression or a bad odor like sweaty socks. The connotation is not at all positive ...

FWIW, that pretty much tracks with my experience. I went last fall not too long after they opened, and came away feeling like it was... fine.


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Solid enough somtum, if a little lightweight for my tastes. I crave the funk.


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I think Myke's peach pizza is the perhaps the strongest counterpoint to the "fruit doesn't belong on pizza" trope I've ever tasted.

Maaaaan, sad I missed that gyoza pizza though. Reminds me a little of the (ancient history here) Peking duck pizza they had at CPK waaaaaaaaay back in the early '90s.

Well, by all public accounts, leaving was her choice, though it sounds like the precise timing was not her preference.

I'm sure she won't have a difficult time finding whatever gig she wants, provided she isn't also pulling a Donny. But it *is* pretty remarkable/depressing that a place that was on ...

Welcome, Twegi!

Twegi wrote: Sun Oct 05, 2025 9:04 pmCrystal Kass is still hitting home runs!

Sadly, in a bit of unfortunate timing, it looks like she's going to be hitting them for somebody else :-/

Posted today, to Instagram.

I've been banging this drum for a while now, but Kid Sister continues to be one of my favorite additions to the scene over the past few years.

It is an excellent wine bar with a really curious and funky selection of natural wines, not to mention a whole bunch of other offbeat and unconventional ...

No thread on Noble Eatery yet, so I figure it's time to get one started.

I popped in for a quick lunch with Kid #1 today, and managed to tear myself away from the Italian to try the special of the week:


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Nice, thick, flavorful roast beef, fired in-house and stacked up with ...