New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells gives two stars to Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's first New York restaurant, Toro, noting the quality of the food and the size of the room: "By the cozy standards of the Barcelona tapas joints that inspired Mr. Oringer and Mr. Bissonnette, Toro might as well be a Home Depot. It sells almost as many items. The beverage list alone is a major treatise on Spanish drinking. [NYT]
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