7 Delicious Local Easter Brunch Options
• April 14, 2025

Easter is just around the corner—six days to be exact! Here are seven options around town to book your Easter brunch reservation with family and/or friends. Blue Duck Tavern 1201 […]

Cocktail of the Month: The Malbec Margarita  
• April 9, 2025

When you think of wine and Argentina, one word comes to mind: malbec. Even though the grape has a long history in France, it’s most often associated with the land […]

Danny Lledó’s Xiquet: A Clean, Minimalistic Aesthetic
• March 27, 2025

At an intimate space on Wisconsin, Chef Danny Lledó explores, innovates, and beguiles in his evocative journey through Valencian cuisine: first at his Michelin-starred prix-fixe restaurant Xiquet and now at […]

Via Sophia’s Cherry Blossom Dinner Delights
• March 25, 2025

Right now, at the Hamilton Hotel’s Via Sophia restaurant, the theme is Hanami — meaning “flower viewing” — part of the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers. […]

A Firsthand Try at Baking Blue Duck Tavern’s Famous Apple Pie
• March 20, 2025

By Zoe Howard-Barr Earlier this month, in honor of Pi Day, Blue Duck Tavern held an intimate pie baking class led by Executive Pastry Chef Colleen Murphy. Murphy has been […]

Celebrating Chef Jacques Pépin at 90 at L’Avant Garde
• March 16, 2025

One of America’s beloved chefs, Jacques Pépin, turns 90 this year. Known for cooking with Julia Child in the 1990s or being French President Charles de Gaulle’s personal chef, the […]

The Latest Dish: More Japanese, Peruvian, Filipino and Chinese Eateries   
• March 11, 2025

Bar Japonais owners Dean Mosones and Mark Minicucci welcomed Michelin-starred chef Masaaki “Uchi” Uchino as the restaurant’s new executive chef. Previously executive chef at Sushi Nakazawa and at his own venture, […]

Cocktail of the Month: Zimplex’s ‘The Trip’ 
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Is it a cocktail? An art installation? A science experiment? What is this glowing, psychedelic, lava-lamp-looking illumination in front of me?    These are a few of the questions I asked […]

Cherry Blossom Tea at the Waldorf Astoria  
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By Zoe Howard-Barr  Cherry blossom season is almost upon us. With it comes the Cherry Blossom Afternoon Tea at Peacock Alley at the Waldorf Astoria.    Located in the hotel’s atrium […]

Cocktail of the Month: The Snoopy  
• February 18, 2025

The new year hasn’t gotten off to a very promising start. It kicked off with the area’s biggest snowfall in years, then limped into the inauguration of a convicted felon. […]