The Pete Wells Thread

[Wilfrid]

I see your point, but from the photos and the review (I haven't eaten Seeger's food), it's hard to see how you could fine something to say about one and not the other. And Hergatt had some contemporary relevance.

[Neocon maudit]

I sometimes wish Mongo were here to help us assess the recent influx of more ambitious Indian restaurants. [it's interesting that they're mostly imports.]

[Lex]

I sometimes wish Mongo were here to help us assess the recent influx of more ambitious Indian restaurants. [it's interesting that they're mostly imports.]

 

He doesn't have to be here. He can do comprehensive reviews based on the pictures alone. It's a rare talent.

[Anthony Bonner]

me-ow

[Wilfrid]

Interestingly, I was probably eating Indian food before Mongo was born. But only the nasty orange stuff.

[Orik]

Surely the end of days is upon us when a location of a would be casual eatery chain by an out of town chef gets two stars.

[mongo_jones]

 

I sometimes wish Mongo were here to help us assess the recent influx of more ambitious Indian restaurants. [it's interesting that they're mostly imports.]

 

He doesn't have to be here. He can do comprehensive reviews based on the pictures alone. It's a rare talent.

 

 

yes. and based on those photos it's crap. save your money.

 

i mean, seriously, has the times cut its food photography budget?

[mitchells]

Wilf is moonlighting for them.

[GerryOlds]

A star each for Zadie's Oyster Room and Karasu: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/dining/karasu-zadies-oyster-room-review.html

 

With a reference to the review last year which included Mekelburg's.

[Sneakeater]

I thought Wells's Beatrice Inn review was strange. Strange in a good way.

 

He clearly loved the place: the only negative comment he had was that they don't pay enough attention to vegetables, which he didn't seem to mind at all. Yet, he gave the place the two stars it clearly seems to warrant, rather than three.

 

Why can Wells do this sometimes but not other times: realize that he can love a restaurant and that it can still be a two-star place?

[Lex]

Eater's going to go nuts about this. They've been carrying a torch for the Beatrice Inn for years.

[Wilfrid]

It's a bit worrying that this appears in the "Barely Cooked" section of the menu:

 

SAVORY PLUM TART / 23 Italian Prunes, Wild Arugula, Parmesan

 

But it does make me wonder whether the jam tart with shaved cheddar at Cockscomb is part of a trend.

 

Nice menu altogether. Game pie; lamb Wellington at $47 for two people. Hadn't been thinking about this place.

[Sneakeater]

It got a decent amount of buzz when Chef Mar purchased it a few months ago (and promised to make it even meatier).

[Suzanne F]

Well, he did mention some items that did not work for him, and he thought the desserts could use some work, the cocktails are "somewhat busy," and the wine list needs more bottles under $70. Maybe that's his justification for only two. But I will say that his descriptions of many of the dishes made me want to try it.

[Wilfrid]

It got a decent amount of buzz when Chef Mar purchased it a few months ago (and promised to make it even meatier).

 

I just missed that transition. No excuses.