marxim

Oct 27 '09

Cracking the De Fincsi Code at the "Historic" Leonardo Pizzeria

It has been a pleasure, over the years, to watch the short, picturesque District VIII street - Krúdy Gyula, named after the writer known as the "Hungarian Proust" - transform from a rutty, pockmarked side-street, to the macadam, chic...

Aug 27 '07

Budget Budapest: Feeding the Party Animals at Marxim

When I was a teenager in Chicago, there was a restaurant called Ed Debevic's, which was a 50's-themed burger diner with sock-hopping waitresses, jukeboxes and enough 50's paraphernalia to outfit Grease III. As a kid, I got a subversive...