In what might have been the fastest restaurant renovation in history, the new Uni reopened a mere four weeks after Clio served its last meal in that space. Gone are the white table clothes and hushed, formal atmosphere. Walk into Uni and you feel like you just walked into a happening party. A sushi bar lines…
Archives for February 2016
Saint Barthélemy: Sand Bar with Jean-Georges
The last lunch of the trip. While walking on Saline that morning we made a command decision that were we going to give The Hideaway the honors. In fairness, we were never a big fan of the Hideaway for lunch back when it was possibly our favorite place on the island and we just called…
Boston: T.W. Food
A great restaurant meal is so much more than the food. It is the service. It is the room. It is the company you keep. It is the mood you are in that day. It is wonderful when all the pieces come together but it is not hard for something to go amiss. A recent…
Saint Barthélemy: Pipiri Palace
“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.” -Victor Hugo, Les Misérables Perhaps even better than laughter for chasing winter from the face is laughter + St. Barts with old friends. The combination is positively summery! We decided to meet up at Pipiri Palace. Might I suggest that when you are feeling that…
Boston: Gordon’s in DTX & jm Curley
Have to shout out a great new wine store in Boston. After attending an open house of a “modernized” brownstone in Beacon Hill, we wandered into Gordon’s in Downtown Crossing on Temple Place yesterday and fell in love. The space is beautiful. The folks that renovated the property in Beacon Hill should have given Gordon’s…