http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-05T12:39:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Blue%20Ribbon http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/6/14181/80441 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/6Co_blue_ribbon.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>So. <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Six+Columbus+Hotel/local/25">Six Columbus</a></b>. You've been avoiding our scrutiny as of late. You've even earned some kudos for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/21/163541/957/hotels/HotelChatter_Reader_Deals_Places_to_Pass_Out_on_St_Patrick_s_Day">having really good rates</a>. But <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/30/215836/91/hotels/Blue_Ribbon_at_Six_Columbus_Is_Open">your restaurant</a>? <i>Time Out New York</i> is not impressed.<br> <p>Opened to much fan-fare, Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar &amp; Grill was supposed to bring badass downtown-style eats to the culinary wasteland of NYC's Clinton neighborhood. But TONY's critic Randall Lane says the joint is only doing that half the time:<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/8/224312/618/hotels/First_Look_at_Blue_Ribbon_Sushi_Menu_Inside_Six_Columbus">The dizzying menu</a>--two dozen appetizers, not including 8 soups and 11 types of salad, plus steaks, poultry and tempura--proves disparately hit-or-miss...For every revelation, there were disappointments.</blockquote></p><p>Lane does praise the great sushi, which we also think is terrific. And he's all for the lengthy drinks pbb 2008-03-06T14:42:01-05:00 40.767914 -73.982330 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/30/215836/91 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/6Co_blue_ribbon.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>And with that, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Six+Columbus+Hotel/local/25">Six Columbus</a></b> is complete. Everything is open, everything is working and we can finally start obsessing about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/29/12219/162/hotels/Getting_to_Know_the_Thompson_Hotels_Co_Owners">Thompson Hotels</a> co-owners instead of their eternally delayed Midtown project.<br> <p>It would be unfair to critique a restaurant that's open for its first night, so we won't do that. But the bar is open, the bar is serving the full menu and the dining room is open. Hotel guests were staking it out, as were local industry workers with time to kill. We were just looking for some dinner.<br> <p>We had six Barron Point oysters from the menu of daily specials, served with ponzu sauce. We also had the basic sushi platter: seven nigiri and pbb 2007-10-31T08:50:02-05:00 40.767914 -73.982330 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/