Wednesday Food News: Early Edition
This week in the Times, Bruni goes to Alex Ureña’s Pamploma, gives the restaurant two stars. “Pamplona is Ureña [the chef’s former restaurant] with an attitude adjustment,” he says. “His best dishes are more than memorable enough to redeem Pamplona’s shortcomings.”
In the Post, Cuozzo goes to BLT Market, where he finds “Tourondel’s first fully-composed dishes since Cello.” Says the restaurant revives the corner of Sixth Ave and Central Park South, and “What BLT Market is really about is Tourondel’s way of making all the elements mesh melodiously.”
Moira Hodgson visits Allen & Delancey for the NY Observer, finds chef Neil Ferguson Anglo/French food “a pleasure.” Loves the bone marrow, cod and pork belly; says desserts are good, too.
Ryan Sutton stops by the new Blue Ribbon Sushi, located in the boutique hotel Six Columbus, for Bloomberg News. Loves the fried chicken, calls Blue Ribbon a “franchise for tastemakers.” He also goes to Brasserie 44. Says the food is fine but nothing stands out and that “boring restaurants happen to exciting people” referring to owner John McDonald, the man behind Lever House, Lure Fishbar and Chinatown Brasserie.
In the NY Sun, Paul Adams visits upscale meatpacking taqueria Los Dados, says it “feels like a botched attempt at slumming it,” a “pseudo-taqueria.” But chef Sue Torres “does know her way around a taco.” Overall, though, the restaurant is too overpriced for what it’s offering, says Adams.
And in the Daily News, Restaurant Girl goes to Bobo in the West Village, awards the restaurant one star. She likes the bar and the cocktails, but says “Unfortunately, the food stands in striking disharmony with the attractive ambiance.” Says even mediocre dishes were “too few and far between on the menu.”
