Guest Check: The Corner Store

A new series where I review NYC's most hyped up restaurants to see if they're *really* worth the hype

The Corner Store is the newest celebrity-magnet in SoHo, taking over the cavernous space once occupied by Dos Caminos on Houston and West Broadway. With Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid recently spotted catching up here over dinner, it's become the ultimate it-spot — good luck getting a reservation now. Thanks a lot, ladies.

I'll admit, I tend to side-eye most clubstaurants, especially the ones that seem engineered to pull in a star-studded crowd, but I couldn’t help but get curious when I saw The Infatuation rate it an 8.4/10 (which, in their world, is basically glowing). My curiosity only grew when I noticed it had a lackluster 3.7 on Google Reviews — since bumped to 4.3 at time of publishing, likely the result of some frenzied troubleshooting behind the scenes. How could there be such a stark divide between critics and everyday diners? There was only one way to find out: I needed to experience The Corner Store’s buzzed-about menu of highbrow childhood throwbacks (pizza rolls! Samoa sunda…