Re: Union Pacific being panned. Not true. I just did a quick search and found that Ruth Reichl, NY Times restaurant critic at that time, awarded three stars. And I don’t think she was alone in her assessment vis-a-vis other critics. We certainly concurred as our first dinner there was seriously delicious. A couple of subsequent dinners weren’t as stellar. My recollection is that it was later on, after he opened the Italian restaurant on 22nd Street, that he began getting negative reviews and press.
We loved L’Impero. Ate there many times as well as at Chef Scott Conant’s next restaurant, Alto. In fact, we’ve always made it our business to dine at all the restaurants he’s helmed because we loved his food.
