### At Red Hook Tavern, the Burger Is the Boss William Durney is the owner of Red Hook Tavern, the popular Brooklyn homage to New York tavern culture. And Bun… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) September 9, 2022 ### An Impossible Dream Comes True: El Quijote Gets a New Life There’s customer loyalty. And then there’s El Quijote customer loyalty. When the new partners behind the rebirth of the classic… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) March 15, 2022 ### At Miller’s Pub, It’s Tom & Jerry Time Again (And Again) Any December night for the past 60 years or so, there has been a reliably warming beacon of hope for… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) December 15, 2021 ### Everything You Need to Know About Panorama Room, Now Open on Roosevelt Island Before you go to a restaurant, what do you want — or need — to know most? In our series, The… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) October 25, 2021 ### The Long Road to Gage & Tollner’s Once-and-Again Return Historically, there are no second acts for famous New York restaurants. Rector’s, Mama Leone’s, The Colony, The Quilted Giraffe’s, Maxwell’s… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) August 12, 2021 ### The White Horse Tavern Evolves, But Dylan Thomas Is Always Watching The psychic center of the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village — still, even after decades of changes — is… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) January 22, 2021 ### Christmas Cocktails Run Hot and Cold, but Warm You Either Way Contrary to popular belief, COVID has not cancelled Christmas — not if the ever-resilient restaurants and bars across the nation… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) December 18, 2020 ### Holiday Cocktails Are All About Warmth (Also: It’s Toddy Season) With the holidays approaching, it is definitely hot toddy time in the United States. And restaurants and bars across the… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) November 9, 2020 ### Even 135 Years After Opening, There’s No Dining Room Quite Like Keens The Martini was perfect — cold, strong, and large. The shrimp cocktail was textbook, the shrimp big and firm, the cocktail… By [Robert Simonson](https://blog.resy.com/author/robert-simonson/) Updated: March 6, 2023