Frank Bruni on New York piano bars by Alex Carter Alex Carter Alex has written for Vanity Fair, Barrons, Bloomberg and Condé… Frank Bruni, a former restaurant critic for The New York Times, heads to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to check out an update to an old classic: New York piano bars. Tags New York Alex Carter Alex has written for Vanity Fair, Barrons, Bloomberg and Condé Nast Traveler.