Waverly Inn

Full of waif like fashion assistants all vying for Vanity Fair’s top spot and the who’s who of the foodie world, the exclusivity of Graydon Carter’s Waverly Inn & Garden resto has reached mammoth proportions. Slated to to the public open in the Fall 2007, the resto presently operates as a hang-out for New York’s philistines (i.e. the foodie and fashion crowd) by barring out the plebeians until the elites have exhausted the venue or the floor has collapsed of the adjoined double town house dining room – which could be a good thing for fashionistas looking to eliminate the competition.



Until then, you can gain entry by begging/groveling at the feet of your well-heeled contacts to search their Blackberry for that exclusive contact number. Those without connects (or personal limo & driver combos) are S.O. L. and will have to wait until the fall for the West Village leftovers. -E.J.

I am stingy with my four stars. I don't just give them away, like they're falling out of trees. So over the weekend I visited The Waverly Inn, one of the latest hard-to-get-in places. I heard about this place time when I lived in the outer area. And upon my revisit, it reminded me how much I used to LOVE this place, in an earlier incarnation. And it is absolutely rocking now - with unusually high-grade faces. So, it definitely deserves the four star treatment!

We had been anxiously awaiting the opening of this restaurant because we live relatively close to it and the decor is sleek and beautiful. Last night we decided to bring a couple of friends with us. We were not disappointed with the the restaurant, but the food portions were miniscule and the prices were unusually large. We all agreed that if the food was of the highest quality, it may have been worth it. Unfortunately, it was more on the average side.