Two Stars For NYC's Tertulia; Morso in Chicago

Sam Sifton's second-to-last review for The New York Times gives two stars to Seamus Mullen's Tertulia; next week, he declares the much-hyped Best Restaurant in New York. Julia Kramer shares some "real talk" about boring old scallops in her review of Morso in Chicago. Michael Bauer discovers where to get Negronis on tap in San Francisco (Jasper's Corner). Here are the mid-week reviews:

New York:
New York Times/Sam Sifton: Tertulia, 2 stars
Village Voice/Robert Sietsema: Rosarito Fish Shack
New York/Adam Platt: Tertulia, 3 out of 5 stars
Time Out New York/Jay Cheshes: Café de La Esquina at Wythe Diner, 3 out of 5 stars
Insatiable Critic/Gael Greene: Crown
New Yorker/Nick Paumgarten: Earl’s Beer & Cheese
Village Voice/Lauren Shockey: Maharlika
New York Post/Steve Cuozzo: Lincoln, 3 stars

Chicago:
Time Out Chicago/Julia Kramer: Masa Azul, 2 stars
Time Out Chicago/Julia Kramer: Morso, 3 out of 5 stars

San Francisco:
SF Gate/Michael Bauer: Jasper's Corner, 2 stars
SF Weekly/Jonathan Kauffman: 2G Japanese Brasserie

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