First Week Staging with Chef John Tesar

It's necessary to cut to the chef shoe chase. I'm almost positive chef John Tesar wears Prada chef shoes. This is how I feel after spending three nights staging at Spoon Bar & Kitchen this week. I thought about taking a muscle relaxer the first day, but responsibly realized taking pills on the job might be frowned upon. Instead, I ran four miles earlier that day in order to relax before...

Studio Movie Grill

Serving food and drinks at a movie theater is nothing more than a minimal bonus that should not excite anyone. Do not get your hopes in a tizzy thinking this movie theater's food will ever exceed a concession stand status. The odds simply do not exist. There's this red button movie people are supposed to push on their movie seat tray whenever they are ready to order. Our button turned red and...

Belly & Trumpet

Belly & Trumpet's interior design will send even the busiest mind spiraling into the darkest part of the unknown. Complete painting drama, filled with an explosion of heartbroken girls, adorn every wall. Maybe these sadly depressed girls appear sadly depressed because some kind of controlling woman-hater-painter decided their painting fate would be a life nailed speechless to a wall. Even...

Pop Diner

Eater Dallas has a very important Heatmap which helps everyone in Dallas feel at ease about the ins and outs of dining. It was really weird when Pop Diner was listed last week. Even more interesting was realizing this place is located next door to Max's Wine Dive in the West Village. A diner beside a fancy dive has to be doing something right. The first thing people need to know is Pop Diner is...

Cindi’s NY Delicatessen

Do not park your car in any of the casket store's spots located next door to Cindi's. This clearly upsets the casket store owner. The casket store owner probably paid hard earned money, from numerous casket sales, to purchase several towing signs. These signs warn people to prepare for towing if they aren't parking because someone is dead. Most casket sellers should be cheerful. It's not like...