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Located right around the corner from #rockefellercenter, @rosieogradysnewyork is the perfect respite from the cold. Offering a spacious bar and elegant dining room, it’s a great option for groups both large and small and there’s something on the menu for everyone! The seafood and steaks are the highlight here, but no meal is complete without dessert…

🍖 Lamb Chops
🦀 Crab Mac & Cheese
🦑 Calamari
🍍 Pineapple Upside Down Cake
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#seafoodrestaurant #seafoodlovers #steakhouse #mediumrare #lambchops #frenchfries #meatlover #calamari #squid #deepfried #macandcheese #cheesy #meltedcheese #crab #pineappleupsidedowncake #icecreamlover Less

Just in time for the holidays, @sanpatriciosnj is all decked out for Las Posadas - and with a new menu! The team from @thedeadrabbitny has brought their experience in developing an unmatched cocktail menu, and offering a unique food menu featuring Irish-Mexican dishes. It’s well worth the trip - and definitely save room for dessert!

🌮 Birria Tacos
🐟 Fish & Chips
🥧 Shepherd’s Pie
🍰 Très Leches
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#jerseycity #cocktailbar #irishfood #mexicanfoodlover #birriatacos #braised #taco #cilantro #salsaverde #shepherdspie #chorizo #mashedpotato #fishandchips #deepfried #cod #frenchfries #treslechescake Less

Stopped by the newly opened @leslie_newyorkcity in #murrayhill and wasn’t disappointed with their delicious New American menu! We loved the concise yet diverse plates, featuring Mediterranean and European influences - and don’t leave without dessert!

🐟 Tuna Tartare
🧀 Burrata
🍝 Agnolotti
🍗 Chicken Piccata
🍖 Braised Short Rib
🥧 Apple Pie
🍰 San Sebastián
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#newamerican #tunatartare #seafoodlover #burrata #cheesy #zucchini #hummus #deepfried #braised #shortribs #pasta #chickenpiccata #spaghetti #agnolotti #capers #applepie #cheesecake Less

Tucked in #GreenwichVillage, @chadanyc offers a modern take on classic Thai cuisine, in a svelte and sleek interior. We loved the bold flavors and spice (especially on the Short Rib Curry) but would happily eat the whole menu - and definitely don’t skip dessert!

🦑 Salted Egg Calamari
🥟 Surf & Turf Dumplings
🍖 Short Rib Penang Curry
🍜 Shrimp Pad Thai
🍚 Beef Tallow Steak Fried Rice
🍨 Thai Iced Tea Ice Cream over Toast
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#thaifood #thaicooking #westvillage #calamari #dumplings #surfandturf #padthai #ricenoodles #noodlelover #shortrib #braised #spicyfood #currylover #thaiicedtea #milkbread #friedrice #steaklover #meatlover Less

Dinner at the Strudel House in Budpest - the type of restaurant that seems to attract wide eyed tourists and seasoned locals in equal measure. I was obviously a tourist, having spent a total of three hours walking around the freezing city, regretting my choice in clothes.

However, I want to write about this little table in the corner. Because when it comes to restaurants, I am definitely a seasoned local.

And this little table worked hard tonight. When we arrived, it played host to a couple drinking coffee and playing cards. Then it lay empty for a few minutes, until a tourist couple temporarily stayed, sharing a strudel and a few moments respite from the biting cold outside. Then, finally a solo diner sat there – a local man enjoying a late night steaming bowl of goulash soup and sour cabbage.

And I was suddenly struck by a sense of how the stories and humanity imbued in an inanimate object can seemingly bring it to life. It transcends wood and glue.

I’ve become a little obsessed with these special demarcations of privacy in semi public spaces. A temporary space that holds so many iterations of life.

And there must be tens of thousands of these tables across the city.

Cities express themselves not just in plazas or grand cafes, but in these tiny, adaptable squares of surface area - where strangers become temporary owners for a few minutes. The table’s loyalty is indiscriminate.

The city flows, people pass, plates are served and cleared, coats shift from hooks to shoulders to hooks again. But the table remains - as infrastructure for connection, as basic and essential as a doorhandle or a bench.

Tables like this don’t change the city, but they let the city change around them. They are indiscrimate - they don’t really create the moments, as such, but let them happen.

Their only philosophy is availability. And that’s probably enough. Less

Hidden behind a wall, behind another set of walls to a sister restaurant called Sümac, Chef Thrainn Freyr Vigfusson's Restaurant ÓX is Reykjavik'e most exclusive eatery at just 16 seats. Styled around the original cabinetry of Vigfusson’s grandmother's old farmhouse guests are invited to enjoy a 20 course tasting complete with beverages featuring thoughtful and nuanced flavors. Fully engaging, Chefs acting as servers throughout, diners are immersed in dialogue about topics both culinary and otherwise while the food far outpaces the single Michelin star.

Priced at $525 USD all-in with pairings I admit I was skeptical, but overall I cannot recommend ÓX any more highly. This is the sort of experience worth hopping a plane for.

@ox.reykjavik #iceland #michelin Less