The Asimov Chronicles

Here is a handy list of all the “starred” reviews Eric Asimov has written for The New York Times, both in his first tour (June 19–December 4, 2002) and his second tour (October 26, 2011–present).

Both tours were as an interim critic, the first time while William Grimes was on leave; the second as a fill-in between the tenures of Sam Sifton and Pete Wells.

Date	Restaurant	Rating	Comments
FIRST TOUR
06/19/2002	Blue Smoke	*	Still open
06/26/2002	Butter	*	Still open
07/03/2002	Compass	**	Closed
07/10/2002	Patroon	*	Still open
07/17/2002	Molyvos	**	Still open
07/24/2002	Teodora	*	Closed
07/31/2002	MarkJoseph Steakhouse	*	Still open
08/07/2002	The Basil	*	Closed
08/14/2002	Fresh	**	Closed
08/21/2002	ROUGE	ZERO	Closed
08/28/2002	Il Gattopardo	**	Still open
09/04/2002	Django	*	Closed
09/11/2002	Zócalo	*	Closed
09/18/2002	La Caravelle	***	Closed
09/25/2002	Noche	*	Closed
10/02/2002	F.illi Ponte	ZERO	Still open
10/09/2002	Pazo	**	Closed
10/16/2002	industry(food)	*	Closed
10/23/2002	Alfama	*	Moved to East Midtown
10/30/2002	Diwan	**	Closed
11/06/2002	RM	***	Closed
11/13/2002	Le Madri	**	Closed
11/20/2002	Dos Caminos	*	Still open
11/27/2002	Sushi Seki	**	Still open
12/04/2002	L’Impero	***	Closed
SECOND TOUR
10/26/2011	Salinas	**
11/02/2011	Saxon + Parole	*
11/09/2011	Rouge et Blanc	**
11/16/2011	Sushi Yasuda	***
11/23/2011	Isa	*
11/30/2011	Fatty ’Cue	**
12/07/2011	Monkey Bar	**
12/14/2011	Seäsonal	**
12/21/2011	Lupa	*
12/28/2011	Mas (la grillade)	**