The Red Hook-ish corner plot where Hamilton Avenue meets Summit Street in Brooklyn has long been commanded by an old industrial shed made o...

Readers have been urging me to make Villa Berulia in Murray Hill the subject of a "Who Goes There?" for more than a year. I final...

Why is the McDonald's on Canal Street paint pitch black? A subtle message to those who would consider eating there?

The Clover Grill, in the French Quarter, looks the kind of new diner that intentionally tries to look older than it is. The details just se...

Randazzo's Clam Bar is one New York eating institution that hasn't become a caricature of itself. It's talks like a Brooklyn c...

A couple months ago, I expressed concern that Shoolbred's, the bar that occupies that space long held by old-school, East Village Chine...

Found this page of ads in an old theatre magazine from the late 1940s. My choice? As much as I like me some frogs legs Provencal, I want to...

From Chelsea to Riverdale. It's what it's all about, man. Or, it was.

Es' Shoe Repair. You expect shoe repair shops to be small. But this one in Riverdale also has a small name. Es? What kinda name is that...

Caught sight of this extraordinary sign as I was driving out of Philadelphia. It's actually not in Philly, but across the Delaware Rive...