The hit-list:

• 4 Charles Prime Rib

• Il Buco

• Misi (Brooklyn)

• Lilia (Brooklyn)

• I Sodi (see full review here)

• Barbuto

• Minetta Tavern (see full review here)

• Waverly Inn

• Cote

• Carbone

• Torrisi

• Gramercy Tavern

• Rezdora

• Lucali (Brooklyn) - no reservations.

• The Four Horsemen (Brooklyn)