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| | | | | | The space that once held Argentine steakhouse Pampa, which closed earlier this year, has been rechristened La Rural after the annual agricultural livestock show in the Palermo neighborhood of Bu... Read More | | | | | | La Rural, an Argentine bistro, looks a lot like its predecessor, Pampa. | | | | | | The demise of Pampa, once an Upper West Side favorite for Latin-style grilled meats, was a body blow for the neighborhood’s carnivores. They’ll get over it. Pampa was succeeded a month ago by another Argentine steakhouse called La Rural, which sounds just as worthy. “From the menu to the new design ... Read More | | | | | | It's a little confusing, entering the spanking "new" La Rural, located where Pampa used to be, all of the former tenant's decor still in place, the Argentinian menu pretty much—maybe exactly?—the same. When I asked the owner about the relationship between the two restaurants, he replied &q... Read More | | | | | | I am so pleased to have La Rural in the neighborhood! The menu features the famous Argentinian cuisine: CARNE asado... beautifully prepared grilled meats. I've been very pleased with the skirt steak, the lamb chops, and the chicken breast. They also offer a Sea Bass done Sicilian style... worth a tr... Read More | | | | | | The good again: The New French, where my faith in the restaurant business is always restored — it is possible to get it exactly right right out of the starting gate. And the advantage over Pearl is that it was open Saturday for lunch when my consort and I had an errand on Bleecker Street. The tuna s... Read More | | | | | | Amy Ruth’s expands to Brooklyn, Argentine restaurant La Rural replaces Pampa on the Upper West Side, and more. | | | | | | The pretty good: Barfry, where I retreated after finding Pearl closed for Xmas break and where I had a great crab cake po’ boy but the strangest service even though only one other diner was in the joint at lunchtime. The waiter behind the bar pointed me to a table and let me sit while he did a few c... Read More | | | | | | The good: Dim Sum Go Go, where we lucked in while trekking from the South Street Seaport to Nolita on a mid-Saturday and where we had mostly splendiferous food in a reassuringly clean environment (the bathrooms were even fragrant, in a good way). I haven’t eaten in Chinatown in years, since that dev... Read More | | | | | | Really, what's better than a good grilled cheese sandwich? Or four?Photo: Noah Sheldon The theme of this week’s issue, at least that of its food content, was immediately obvious to us: ingenuity. In a city so stocked and teeming with restaurants, how can chefs find niches to fill? A noodle bar is r... Read More | | | |
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