Food: ☆☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Lady M Mille Crêpes, Gateau au Chocolat, Strawberry Mille Feuille, Gateau aux Marrons
Lady M’s Cake Boutique, Upper East Side, NYC
Author Archives: Malini Sood Horiuchi
Park Avenue Coffee, St. Louis, MO
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆½
Cost: $$
Must try: Apple Cinnamon, Red Velvet, Triple Chocolate
The city of St. Louis is famous for it’s “Gooey Butter Cake” and one of the best spots to score one (or many) of these little beauties is at Park Avenue Coffee is located in the downtown area.
This cute little café is locally owned and was featured on the Food Network for its famous cakes.
Basically a Gooey Butter Cake is like a baked bar with a crunchy bottom, and extremely gooey middle and a sugary top. It’s sweet as can be but it works. They offer several different flavors of which I though the apple cinnamon and red velvet were the best.
So if you are ever in St. Louis…. you must try one of these local favorites.
Here is some of what we ate:
Original
Apple Cinnamon
Triple Chocolate
Red Velvet
Cookies and Cream
Blueberry
Cinnamon Roll
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Park Avenue Coffee | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 1919 Park Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63104 | |
| * Phone | |
| (314) 621-4020 |
Rosalita’s Cantina, St. Louis, MO
Snarf’s, St, Louis, MO
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Snarf’s is a brightly colored, airy sandwich shop in Downtown St. Louis.
The menu offers a nice selection of meat and veggie sandwiches along with soups, salads and sides.
Snarf’s is located right by the Edward Jones dome offers a great spot for large groups to grab a decent, affordable meal with great ease.
The sandwiches here are better than your average Subway type of places and the people are really nice.
Here is some of what we ate:
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Snarf’s | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 6301 Delmar Blvd , Saint Louis, MO 63130 | |
| * Phone | |
| (314) 725-4800 |
Local Harvest Café, St. Louis, MO
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$$
Looking for a gourmet lunch spot with a difference in downtown St. Louis – look no further than Local Harvest Café. This chic café offers a farm fresh menu of breakfast and lunch delights.
The menu is eclectic and seasonal and they have daily specials. The folks behind the scenes are also the owners of Local Harvest Grocery, which prides itself on using green practices, supporting small local farmers and producers, donating to educational and environmental charities.
With such great intentions in place, the food offered at Local Harvest Café can’t be anything but wonderful.
Here is some of what we ate:
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Local Harvest Café | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 3137 Morganford Rd , Saint Louis, MO 63116 | |
| * Phone | |
| (314) 772-8815 |
The Edible Difference, St Louis, MO
Food: ☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $
Edible Difference is a deli/diner located in downtown St. Louis serving breakfast and lunch.
This is a really convenient spot for a quick lunch and it caters to the office crowd during the day.
The food here is nothing exceptional – just your average diner type food served with a huge smile!
Here is some of what we ate:
Caramel Muffin
Ham and Cheese Croissant
Ham, Egg and Cheese Sandwich
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Edible Difference | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★☆☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American New / American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 615 Pine St , Saint Louis, MO 63101 | |
| * Phone | |
| (314) 588-8432 |
Rooster, St. Louis, MO
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$
Rooster’s is a delightful creperie and sandwich café located in Downtown St. Louis.
This conscious food spot uses locally sourced organic ingredients, meats and so on. They have a wonderful breakfast and lunch menu with both sweet and savory crepes which are delicious along with many other offerings. Food Network Magazine named the Rooster’s “Rooster Slinger” as the best breakfast in Missouri.
Rooster’s is owned by by chef/restaurateur David Bailey who has other popular downtown spots such as Bridge Tap House and Bailey’s Chocolate Bar.
If you are in St. Louis, I would put Rooster’s on my “must do” list!
Here is some of what we ate:
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Rooster | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 1104 Locust St , St Louis, MO 63101 | |
| * Phone | |
| (314) 241-8118 |
Gardens Open at Jeanne and Gaston, Chelsea, NYC
The garden is open at Jeanne and Gaston and you just have to experience it!
Claude Godard, the charming Chef and owner of this little oasis on 14th street recently hosted a “Meet the Chef in the Garden” event for the press.
Chef Godard is a third-generation chef from Burgundy who is also a Maitres Cuisinier.
We spent the evening in the soothing environs of this little sanctuary as we noshed on delightful little bites and sipped on perfectly chilled rosé.
Now can you think of a better way to welcome spring?
Here is some of what we ate:
The Village Voice Choice Streets – Food Truck Event, NYC
There was more than just aircrafts and space shuttles to experience at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum last night.
Pier 86 was pulsating with colorful food trucks, fervent foodies and a general mood of revelery as everyone was having the time of their life at The Village Voice Choice Streets – The Second Annual Food Truck Event.
This event was a one-stop shop to sample offerings from over 25 of the most popular food trucks in New York City. I was thrilled to represent Voice Places where any of you can review places and experiences. Do check it out at http://www.voiceplaces.com/new-york/
Lao Dong Bei, Flushing, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆
Cost: $
Must try: Crispy Sliced Fish with Cumin, Triple Delight Vegetable, Stir Fried Mountain Root Vegetable with Pork
Yamaguchi, Port Washington, New York
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Shrimp Tempura Salad, Dragon Rolls
Molly’s Cupcakes, West Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆ ½
Service: ☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Peach Cobbler, Salted Caramel Butterscotch, Crème Brûlée, Chocolate Eclair
Babbo, Greenwich Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Gamberoni all’ “Acqua Pazza” , Crispy Branzino with Roasted Baby Carrots
Traif, Williamsburg, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: roasted portabella-truffle toast, fried egg, Dayboat Scallops , Bacon-Wrapped Blue Cheese-Stuffed Dates
Tamarind, Flatiron,NYC
Pok Pok NY, Columbia Street Waterfront District, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Yam Makheua Yao, Sai Us Samun Phrai
Mast Brothers Chocolate, Williamsburg, NYC
Table Verte, East Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$ ½
Must try: Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Yam Cake
(This meal was complimentary which did not affect my review.)
Kenmore’s 100th Anniversary Event with Chef Kari Karch, NYC
I was invited to a media event at the MPE Penthouse last night, where the Kenmore brand celebrated its 100th Anniversary.
Talde, Park Slope, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chow Fun with Braised Pork Shank, Long Island Fluke
Dominique Ansel Bakery, SoHo, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆½
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Almond Croissant , Dka “dominique’s kouign amann”
Arepas Cafe, Astoria, NYC
Yunnan Kitchen, Lower East Side, NYC
The Village Voice, 6th Annual Choice Eats Tasting Event, 2013
All the food action was at the 69th Armory last night where the Village Voice held its 6th Annual Choice Eats Tasting Event.
The space was crammed with googly eyed foodies hankering for yummy eats from over 90 restaurants which have been hand picked by food critics Robert Sietsema and Tejal Rao.
Inoteca, Lower East Side, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Bruschette, Lasagnette Di Melanzane