Sam Ashworth

With Finals Around the Corner, Takeout Looks Tastier Than Ever

With finals approaching, the time is nigh for a regular eating schedule no longer to appear on your list of daily necessities.

By Sam Ashworth and Stella Tan | Apr 24 11:40 pm ET

Newcomer Food and Juice a Developing Member of the Morningside Community

Morningside Heights is not noted for its culinary delights. By and large, we at Columbia are left with a choice of dreadful mediocrities, ranging from the lame to the truly regrettable.

By Sam Ashworth | Feb 27 11:07 pm ET

First-Rate Dining at Third-Rate Prices

The cruel paradox of living in the restaurant capital of the United States is that the vast majority of those restaurants are far too expensive for most New Yorkers to enjoy.

By Sam Ashworth | Jan 22 12:37 am ET

Shrimp's No Lightweight

I thought the shrimp was dead. It had arrived at our table (a great round one in a restaurant in Dalian, a seaside town in northern China) gray, whole, and unmoving.

By Sam Ashworth | Dec 6 01:37 am ET

Something Actually Smells Good On The East River

Barricaded as we are in the fortress Morningside Heights, we tend to develop a kind of Stockholm Syndrome when it comes to our local dining options, with restaurants like Le Monde playing “good kid

By Sam Ashworth | Nov 12 11:01 pm ET

Tastes of Chinatown, But Not of China

Inevitably, anyone who has traveled to China finds upon his return to America that Chinese food has mysteriously gone from flavorful to criminally tasteless.

By Sam Ashworth | Apr 27 12:00 am ET

Run to the Shake Shack and Don't Forget the Good Burger

New Yorkers are not known for their patience.

By Sam Ashworth | Mar 27 12:00 am ET

Sippin' on More Than Alcohol at 109th

Few here at Columbia will deny that the single most significant criterion for any restaurant is its price.

By Sam Ashworth | Jan 29 12:00 am ET

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