August makes demands but also parcels out rewards, especially for anyone with any appetite for urban rusticity, which it pulls off about as well as any restaurant in Manhattan. - Frank Bruni
So much vibrancy and warmth issues from both Tony Liu's kitchen and the personable, passionate staff...August feels like a local taverna along the Mediterranean. - Hal Rubenstein
The tiny, rustic space,with its cork ceiling and antique-yellow stucco walls,is a little piece of the countryside in the West Village, where seasonal fare is...