Review
"A lively and insightful read." --
Rose Kim, Newsday, 11/27/98"Everything a chowhound could have wished for...if you've heard of even a quarter of the places he mentions, you're way ahead of the curve...There's nothing even a little bit like it on the market." --
Jonathan Gold, Los Angeles Weekly columnist, in Chowhound.com, 10/27/98"His taste is of the highest order. If Jim says take a subway, bus, and cab, then walk 10 blocks, I do." --
Arthur Schwartz, WOR radio, 12/2/98"Jim has applied a cardiac defibrillator to a moribund genre--the restaurant guide--and zapped it back to life...What Jim does--and brilliantly--is to redefine eating out from a passive, put-good-things-in-your-mouth, touristic experience into an active, risk-taking, intellectually and, yes, even morally demanding adventure...Very few books of any sort offer their readers so much to chew." --
John Thorne, Simple Cooking, 12/98"My favorite new guidebook...If you have an appetite for the unusual, you have to have this book." --
Ruth Reichl, New York Times, broadcasting on her WQXR radio show, 11/23/98"Perhaps the finest catalogue ever of our off-beat dining potential...it's marvelous! The handiest thing since the heyday of the
Underground Gourmet books and written in more detail...this invaluable paperback is full of places I never heard of to get the best this or that, with ratings for food, value, service, friendliness, and travel tips...It's the new laser pointer for unusual, out-of-the-way eats." --
Bob Lape, WCBS Newsradio 1/8/99Everything a chowhound could wish for...Theres nothing even a bit like it on the market...Buy or Die. --
Arthur Schwartz, restaurant critic, cookbook author, radio host.Its marvelous! The best thing since the hey day of the Underground Gourmet books and written in more detail...Its the new laser pointer for unusual, out -of -way eats. --
Bob Lape, broadcasting on his WCBS radio show Bob Lapes Dining Diary.My favorite new guidebook...If you have an appetite for the unusual, you have to have this book. --
Ruth Reichl, NY Times/WQXR radio
From the Back Cover
The creators of the popular, no-holds-barred Unofficial Guides now take locals and travelers out on the town with The Eclectic Gourmet, their new dining-guide series. The Eclectic Gourmet Guide to Greater New York City helps you avoid dining disappointments and overpriced restaurants and points you directly to the best-quality dining for the price. New York's many suburbs and ethnic influences offer a wide variety of dining experiences for even the most seasoned connoisseurs. Whether you're looking for the most sumptuous Moroccan Feast, a slice of serious old-fashioned pizza, a Harlem church basement supper, a Jewish deli or a swanky Midtown sashimi club, this guide has a recommendation for you. Inside you'll find New York's top restaurants rated and ranked. In-depth profiles of each restaurant reflect the expertise of Jim Leff, an acknowledged culinary expert and critic. A full page is devoted to each establishment, and the reviews discuss each restaurant's best dishes, atmosphere, and service. You'll also find easy-to-read ratings for quality and value, restaurants indexed by cuisine, quality, value, and location, hours, reservation, credit card, dress, and parking information, recommendations for what to order, and what not to order and a favorite-picks section that tells you where to find the 'Best Burgers,' 'Best Desserts,' 'Best Delis,' and more. Best of all, with The Eclectic Gourmet, you'll find the same honest observations and accurate information that made The Unofficial Guides the ultimate insider's guide. With this dependable resource, you'll have the city's best dining at your fingertips. (5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 208 pages)
