After Hours with Daniel

Blue Ribbon (Brooklyn) has been voted "Best Restaurant in Brooklyn" and "best kid friendly restaurant in NY" by New York Magazine. Blue Ribbon continues the tradition of establishing top notch, high quality, restaurants atop the local and national restaurant scene.

The Syracuse-based barbecue phenomenon, Dinosaur BBQ, plunked a sprawling roadhouse with all the familiar back-road accoutrements into an abandoned meat factory. Unfinished wood-beamed ceiling, burlap bag curtains, scattered country bric-a-brac, and an enthusiastic greeting feel worlds away from the city.

The menu at wd~50 utilizes the produce of each season, elements from a wide array of cuisines, and techniques from a variety of cooking traditions. The dishes celebrate the spectrum of flavor.

Maremma Trattoria Toscana is Chef Cesare Casella's tribute to the country cooking of Maremma, the wild and beautiful coastal region of his native Tuscany. The bold flavors of Chef Casella's unique take on classic Italian cuisine are enhanced by his use of seasonal and organic ingredients raised specifically for the restaurant.

Fresh off the successful opening of BLT Steak, which Esquire Magazine named one of "the best new restaurants in America" in 2004 and BLT Fish, which earned three stars from the New York Times, celebrated Chef Laurent Tourondel opens BLT Prime in New York City's Gramercy Park neighborhood.

The elegant and serene dining room is the perfect setting to enjoy Chef Shea Gallante's modern European menu. Rich, sensuous cuisine gives equal attention to texture and presentation as to taste. This is a wine lover's ultimate destination with a portfolio of 65,000 wine bottles to choose from.

Named for a popular icy neutral spirit (which the restaurant serves in a variety of flavored incarnations), Aquavit showcases the culinary creations of Chef Samuelsson. Born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, and schooled in culinary institutes aboard cruise ships, Samuelsson brings a world of influences and a remarkable talent to his bustling kitchen.

Daniel Boulud's namesake restaurant features contemporary, seasonal French cuisine, served in the Renaissance splendor of the main dining room or in the casually elegant bar and lounge.