"There are nice big fireplaces, circular staircases, all kinds of nice features," he said, standing in the cozy eat-in kitchen, the only room without the original wide-plank flooring.
This cozy eating spot, subtitled "an American bistro," is a terrific addition to the northwest side of the county, where there is a paucity of fun, informal places serving thoughtfully prepared food.
For a family of four, dining in the former ballroom might feel about as cozy as eating in Grand Central Terminal after the crowds have gone.
But as my fellow reporters and critics from the Dining section discovered, a few hours' drive from New York can land you in a cozy dining room, eating local fruits prepared with skilled hands at a pace you may hardly recognize.
(And if that scarf isn't an allusion to Penelope's shroud in that other odyssey — the Odyssey — I'll eat my rifle cozy).
Now they're ready to eat, or to cozy up to creamy polenta, pureed beans (try favas, chickpeas or cannellini in the style of Puglia), or succulent pork sausages.
Spacious but cozy, it's as nice a room to eat a pizza or calzone in as there is anywhere in the city.
Other salamanders, however, will cozy right up to their new home and will eat heartily on day one.
Spacious but cozy, it's as nice a room in which to eat a pizza or calzone as there is anywhere in the city.
The result is a casual, cozy nook where your beer glass is a Mason jar and you pay before you eat.
If a restaurant is declaring itself as tasty and cozy, and presents the insignia and symbols of tastiness and coziness, then people who visited the restaurant in meatspace will declare it tasty and cozy in cyberspace no matter what the food tasted like or how it felt to eat there.
