Are there any words more appetizing than beer and brats? What about Seared Salmon Cakes? If your mouth isn’t watering already, I promise you it will be once you’re through with this blog from last week’s visit to Studio Kraut, an Eastern Berlin-style bar and kitchen…

I find it actually impossible while in the East Village to try and find a place to eat, as in: there seems to be a new restaurant opening every other week. But I’m one of those inevitable “judge a restaurant by its signage” (and Health…