Adam Platt

New York Magazine food critic Adam Platt joins us to discuss his memoir, The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony.

Food editor Kate Krader and restaurant critics Pete Wells and Adam Platt talk about the trends they're seeing in restaurants and the art of reviewing restaurants. 

If budget-friendly carbohydrates are your thing, listen up. New York magazine restaurant critic Adam Platt and Grub Street editor Alan Sytsma came with hot tips.

Adam Platt, New York magazine’s restaurant critic, discusses the rising noise levels inside restaurants and they seem to be getting louder. His article “I Can’t Hear Myself Eat” appeared in the July 22 issue of New York. It can also be found on New York's Grub Street blog.

New York Magazine food critic Adam Platt was on the Lopate Show for our Food Fridays series. We talked about food trends, and he also told us about some of the books, music, and, yes, food, that he's a fan of!

Adam Platt, New York magazine's food critic, tells Leonard Lopate about food trends that come and go, and current trends he wishes would pass more quickly. → More: Check out the fir...

In today's world of restaurant reviewing, hundreds of would-be critics share their opinions on sites like Yelp and Chowhound, and obsessive food blogs like Grub Street and Eater, and chronicle every dish in almost every restaurant. What does it mean to be a critic nowadays, and which reviews matter the most? Adam Platt, restaurant critic for New York magazine, and Raphael Brion, national editor for Eater, discuss how restaurant reviewing has changed over the past decade. They'll also take a look at reviews of Del Posto from Yelp, Zagat, the New York Times, and weigh the uses—and pitfalls—of the various outlets.

Where do you go to find the best reviews? Leave a comment!

On tomorrow’s show, Leonard will be discussing the current state of restaurant reviewing with Adam Platt, the restaurant reviewer for New York magazine, and Raphael Brion, the national editor of the restaurant website Eater. But before we jump into the discussion, we wanted to hear your thoughts on what sources you find most useful when deciding where to eat.

Towards that end, we’ve decided to focus on two restaurants (for now): Del Posto, the first Italian restaurant to receive a four star review from the New York Times in decades, and Fatty ‘Cue, a new-ish Asian barbeque fusion restaurant in Williamsburg. Both have been talked about and reviewed quite a bit in the past year. We’ve posted links to the Yelp and UrbanSpoon pages, as well as to reviews from Zagat, New York and the New York Times. Read them and tell us what you think – which review gives you the best sense of the ambiance of the place? Helps you decide what to order? And, ultimately, tells you whether or not you should go?