cupcakequeen

has anyone heard of...or made a visit to Crush? i just happened on it yesterday walking up madison. it's in a former house on east madison and 23rd. the menu looks great, the staff was very personable. they've only been open about a week. i definitely plan to check it out. does anyone know who the chef is? who's involved?

Rover's can do a vegan tasting menu if you're up for something really special.

hi, been lurking for awhile, and finally decided i can't hold my tongue anymore! i have a few friends that work at the hopvine, so i hate to discourage anyone from going there. without fail, i have had terrible food every single visit. i had the pumpkin soup...it didn't even taste like pumpkins...much less anything else. the roasted pepper soup was _extremely_ hot. and i'm no pansy when it comes to spice. most of the food is terribly underseasoned. i had a pear and blue cheese salad that was fairly good, but the pears were unripe and hard as rocks. it's really too bad, because the book does look great. i saw one recipe that added an entire block of philly cream cheese to the soup. ewwww, IMP. hopefully someone else will have better luck there!