The Times' lame duck critic Sam Sifton sticks to Brooklyn this week for a one-star review of St. Anslem in Williamsburg (he calls it "Keens for the millennial set, a Bar Americain for the riders of fixed-gear bikes."). The place has its problems ("St. Anselm is, finally and most of all, a Williamsburg restaurant, with all that this entails") but nothing a solid saddle chop won't cure. So, if you prefer your restaurant reviews to be straight up slams, well, look no further than Bloomberg, where Ryan Sutton rips the Gossip Girl-loving restaurant Gilt a new one. more ›

Sam Sifton may be stepping down as the Times' food critic but he's still got a few more reports to file first. So today we get a pleasant one-star review of the Pilsner Urquell-friendly Czech restaurant Hospoda that lives beneath the Consulate General of the Czech Republic. The food is good, the beer is remarkable considering there is only one type and "everything is prepared delicately, stylishly, the big flavors made demure by featherweight sizes, emphasizing modern presentation over traditional ones." more ›

It is August and with so few big new openings of late can you blame restaurant critics for not having much to criticize? Still, they aren't all off loafing. The Times's Sam Sifton, for instance, is on this week, bringing the world his two-star take on Daniel Boulud's latest, Boulud Sud. more ›

Chelsea has a new addition to its roster of tapas joints (see also: Txikito, Tia Pol and Boqueria) with the opening of Luis Bollo's Salinas, a new Spanish restaurant on 9th Ave. Bollo, a San Sebastian native late of groundbreaking Spanish restaurant Meigas, returns to New York kitchens after a stint in New Jersey with a menu of hot and cold tapas, plus larger homestyle Spanish favorites. more ›