The Payoff: Craftbar and Craftsteak
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 06:11AM
Marc Shepherd in BruniBetting, Craftbar, Craftsteak, Tom Colicchio

Today’s review is a bit of a snoozer, confirming our hypothesis that Frank Bruni is bored. He arrives at the correct ratings for Craftbar and Craftsteak (one and two stars, respectively), but he doesn’t have much passion for either restaurant. Maybe he banged it out on his laptop in between naps on his long flight back from Los Angeles, where he recently traveled to review a pizzeria. With apparently no NYC restaurants remaining that interest him, perhaps we can persuade Frank to take his discerning palate to the opposite coast, where no doubt they are hungering for a parade of Italian restaurant and steakhouse reviews.

Eater and I both placed identical $1 winning bets on Craftbar (2–1 odds) and Craftsteak (3–1 odds), netting each of us a total of $5 for the week.

         Eater      NYJ
Bankroll$23.00 $25.67
Gain/Loss+$5.00 +$5.00
Total$28.00 $30.67
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Won–Lost11–2 10–3

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