Despite a Few Dull Moments, Jungsik Manages Two Stars From Pete Wells

Chanterelle was open at 2 Harrison Street for 20 years, and for 10 years in Soho before that.  The 30 year run came to an end in the summer of 2009. 

Jung Sik Yim took over the space, opened Jungsik, and started serving fancy Korean food to New Yorkers.  His efforts received a dull two stars from Pete Wells today.

I'll Have a Shack Burger and a Star, Please

It sounds like Pete Wells got up on the wrong side of the bed before he wrote the  Shake Shack review.  He left the house with a star in his pocket and decided he'd give it to the Danny Meyer chain.

The Shake Shack empire has brought hundreds of jobs to NYC.  Positions that are filled mostly by the city's youth, a point that has worked for and against the burger chain as Pete Wells marks inconsistency as the recurring theme.

Pete Wells Awards Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria 3 Stars

Pete Wells heads to Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria for this weeks review and leaves quite happy.  While the 3 stars put the restaurant at the same caliber as Babbo, Craft, Marea, and Gramercy Tavern, it also leaves many a bit concerned.

Gefilte Fish Fetches a Star

Pete Wells gives one star to the 4-month-old Kutshers, where chef Mark Spangenthal serves a modern take on the cuisine of Eastern European Jews.

Crown's Crown is Short a Few Stars

Between traveling to Philly and visiting the newest edition to UES food brothels, Pete Wells had a busy week.  In this week's review, he crowns Crown with one star.

"...Mr. DeLucie, the chef and proprietor, has cheerfully called his cooking here 'comfort food for millionaires.' (And for their pets; the kitchen once prepared a côte de boeuf for a regular’s dog.)"