- Alinea on Twitter . . . again
“Next is one of our country’s great restaurants and Dave Beran is one of our country’s finest chefs,” says Ryan Sutton at Bloomberg.com. The bad news is everything else he says in what might just be the first major publication negative review that Next has ever gotten. Like “So what’s the verdict? The service is outstanding. The drinks are stunning. And the food is often well-executed. But boring.” Will local reviewers follow suit with our hometown fave? (Besides bloggers like this one or this one, I mean.) Is anyone still reviewing every move Next makes? Stay tuned and we’ll find out, I guess.
• Bistronomic will offer a crepes Suzette special on Candelmas, or in French, la Chandeleur. The tradition is, you toss the crepe and catch it with one hand in a pan while clutching a gold coin in the other, and if you succeed you will strike it rich that year. Two crepes for $8 at either brunch or dinner; pan and gold coin sold separately.
