Before we opened our restaurant, we made it a point to pick the brains of a lot of successful chefs and restauranteurs. Of all the advice we received, Chef Dan Barber’s (of Blue Hill in NYC and Blue Hill in Stone Barns fame) mantra “Under Promise. Over Deliver.” stuck with us. The idea of managing…
Boston
Boston: O Ya
The year was 2008 and the New York Times food critic Frank Bruni was traversing the country seeking the very best new restaurants. He sang the praises of some terrific places such as Cochon in New Orleans, Coi in San Francisco, Michael’s Food & Drink in Miami, Guy Savoy in Vegas and Ubuntu in Napa….
Boston: Uni
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…
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…
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…