If you fall in love with—or even get just a little crush on—The General Greene, feel free to confess to a few close friends. Just don’t tell too many of them. This is meant mainly as a neighborhood restaurant (it even has the word Greene in the name), and Fort Greenians wouldn’t take too kindly to an invasion by bands of outsiders. Also, the restaurant isn’t designed to meet the unrealistic expectations of neurotic, impatient types who’ve traveled all the way from Tribeca or the Upper West or Astoria to get here—even if the food absolutely nails it. The retro-regional-American menu [...]

Best reasons to hit Fort Greene’s No. 7 Restaurant: You want to eat in a cozy, woodsy room (on a weeknight). You want to eat in a sexy, raucous room (on a weekend). You’re with a big-ish group and need a restaurant that can deal. If they [...]

Waiting half an hour or more for a table at this barbecue joint isn’t such a drag when you can taste your way around the impressively serious bourbon list (which includes cult favorites like Elijah Craig and Pappy Van Winkle, and roughly two dozen more well-curated, often hard-to-find bourbons, plus a dozen rye and American whiskeys). If you’re headed to BAM and about to run late, you can always skip the table and order your meat at the bar. As NYC barbecue places go, The Smoke Joint is [...]