In this week's reviews: An appalled Gael Greene is told the lack of tulips at New York's Bread & Tulips is due to their being out of season: ("'But they must be in season somewhere.' ''We try to be local.' He responds with pride and finality, as if that explains everything").
Elsewhere, Julia Kramer gives four out of five stars to suburban secret Autre Monde outside of Chicago and Victoria Pesce Elliott gives three and a half stars to Geoffrey Zakarian's new Miami restaurant, Tudor House. Also, Michael Bauer reviews the seemingly unpronounceable Txoko in San Francisco.
New York:
New York Times/Sam Sifton: The Leopard at des Artistes, 2 stars
Village Voice/Robert Sietsema: Boulud Sud
Time Out New York/Jay Cheshes: Boulud Sud, 4 out of 5 stars
Insatiable Critic/Gael Greene: Bread & Tulips
New Yorker/Ariel Levy: The Highliner
Village Voice/Lauren Shockey: Hospoda
Chicago:
Time Out Chicago/Julia Kramer: Autre Monde, 4 out of 5 stars
Miami:
Miami.com/Victoria Pesce Elliott: Tudor House, 3.5 stars
San Francisco:
SF Gate/Michael Bauer: Txoko, 2 stars
SF Weekly/Jonathan Kauffman: Capital Restaurant
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