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Purposely Eating at Olive Garden in New York City

Ashli Michelle August 3, 2015 0 Comments
We took a walk to Times Square soon after checking into our hotel. Standing as high as the sky was none other than a gigantic Olive Garden. If not being held at gunpoint, there's really no way to fully explain eating at Olive Garden while visiting New York City. Sometimes it's fine to do things that boggle the mind. Things that make you second guess your purpose in life. Make you shake your...

Faces & Names

Ashli Michelle July 1, 2015 0 Comments
Woe. I've been going to Faces & Names every single time I've visited New York City since 1997. Located beside the London Hotel, everything about this place is an explosion of super secret fun. Or maybe I was having more fun than local New York people have because being a tourist forces a certain hyperness to happen. It's a non-club that feels like a mini-club after dark. It's a bar where no...

Cosme

Ashli Michelle June 30, 2015 0 Comments
Located in the Flatiron District of New York City, Cosme is in the same neighborhood as none other than Eleven Madison Park. This information must excite everyone. To not be excited would mean the person who isn't excited probably never becomes excited about anything, which is a dining downer. Cosme's cuisine is contemporary Mexican and has been brought to life by executive chef Enrique Olvera,...

Who Knew Eataly Was a Grocery Store?

Ashli Michelle June 29, 2015 0 Comments
Holy cow. Who knew Eataly was a grocery store and restaurant? What is up with that? This is crazy tourist talk because every single New York City local knew this secret a long time ago. Mom and I met a real live New Yorker for dinner who found a spot serving none other than a seafood tasting menu. It does not get any better than this, minus eating at Eleven Madison Park without a reservation....

Restaurant Review: Eleven Madison Park (no, seriously)

Ashli Michelle June 26, 2015 0 Comments
Wait. How can one begin to review the 5th best restaurant in the world? A restaurant with not one, not two, but three Michelin stars. My expectations didn't exist. Zilch. All I ever wanted was to enter New York City's Eleven Madison Park, dash past the host stand into the bar, and maybe grab a couple of bites with a few drinks. Surprisingly, our reality in the end was the best restaurant...