NYC Best Meaty Eats: Great Steaks In Brooklyn
Whether it's a new, trendy hotspot or a classic, old-fashioned staple, a truly great steakhouse compliments juicy, sizzling slabs with the perfect setting, creating the backdrop for an unforgettable experience. When deciding which restaurants to feature this week we found two. Strikingly different in their approaches, there's no doubt that the delectable, mouth-watering hunks of meat invite an almost cult-like following of regulars, and enough staying power or innovation to draw crowds the world over. Find out what we picked!

Cult-Favorite Han Dynasty Brings The Heat To The UWS
The wildly popular Sichuan mini-chain Han Dynasty recently opened its doors in the Upper West Side. Owner Han Chiang brings his chef Mei da Liu from the Philly mother ship to get things started in the kitchen. The menu, similiar to the one available in the Village, has everything from noodles to delicious lamb - all served wtith that spicy flavor.

Why Is Javelina Tex-Mex NYC’s Hottest Restaurant Right Now?
While much of New York is currently obsessed with finding the latest expression of "authentic" Mexican food, Javelina is here to completely buck the trend. Billing itself as unabashedly Tex-Mex, the restaurant specializes in chile rellenos, enchiladas, chicken fried steak, and frozen margaritas. he restaurant is named after a wild pig and incase you don't know what they look like, the restaurant's mascot (Javier the Javelina) has been stuffed and mounted, and now watches over the bar. Come get a little piece of Texas right here in NYC.

Paulaner: The Big, Bold Beer Hall on The Bowery
If you like the idea of drinking beer outdoor or at big tables - this is for you. Paulaner Brauhaus on the Bowery no only makes its own beer and only sells it has amazing food too. Plenty of schnitzel, sauerkraut and salmon and other good ol' German favorites that are both very good and very heavy fill the menu. If German food does one thing well, it soaks up beer so you can have another round. The interior is large, but not cavernous, with a bar area occupying one half of the restaurant and a dining area with a massive single table smack in the middle of it occupying the other half. Definitely worth checking out!

It’s Summer All Year At The Upper East Side’s Pizza Beach
Brothers Tom and Anthony Martignetti, the guys best known for spots like The East Pole, Brinkleyʼs Broome St., and Southside, have opened Pizza Beach, a new beachside cafe-style pizza joint on the Upper East Side that aims to "reinterpret everyone's favorite food". If pizza grew in fields, it would look something like the pies at Pizza Beach.With a location that is well situated near The Met and Central Park, this is a place to know about and remember. See you at the Beach!

Introducing City Kitchen, NYC’s Newest Giant Food Hall
Looking for a quick bite before a show? Want options for lunch? Are you looking for a place that has Lobster rolls, tacos, cheese steak, doughnuts, & shaved snow all in under one roof? City Kitchen brings New York’s most desired and hyped food concepts to the bull’s eye of NYC:, Times Square. With nine permanent food vendors plus seasonal pop-up surprises, The food court-style affair provides options for local pencil pushers to foodies who come from afar.

A Foodie’s Guide To The Best NYC Food Events in April
Mmm..Bacon. (and beer, and Bloody Mary's, and Fried Chicken, and all other sorts of delicious treats!) As the warm weather rolls around, so do NYC's awesome food festivals. To make your job easier, we listed the best ones happening this month. Which means all you need to do is read the list, show up with an appetite and do what everyone loves best - eat!

Who Will Win NYC’s Battle of The Babkas?!
New York City is home to lots of outstanding bakeries. While it may not be the birthplace of babka, we can guarantee that you won’t get a sweeter taste of one anywhere else. If for some reason we lost you at babka, lets start here. Babka, often described as a “yeast cake” or a “sweet loaf,” is a popular Jewish pastry that looks like bread twisted with ribbons of chocolate or cinnamon. Delicious, right? Well, find out where you can score the best babka in NYC.

Rossopomodoro’s Great Pizza Now Available Outside of Italy (and Eataly)
You can take the pizzeria out of Eataly, but you can’t take Eataly out of the pizzeria. That’s why when Rossopomodoro, the international chain with 120 locations, including Eataly in Chicago and New York, opens its second Manhattan. The tasty menu includes everything from winter caprese salad to rigatoni with short-rib ragù. But pizza is the star, made with naturally leavened dough and baked in a gold-mosaic-tiled wood-burning oven. Hungry yet??? We are.

Earth Day Special! 8 Great Eco-Friendly Restaurants
With Earth Day coming around again on April 22, one of these easiest ways to make a tiny difference as you go about your daily routine is to patronize eco-friendly NYC restaurants, those places committed, to varying degrees, with sustainable farming practices, organic products, repurposed materials, renewable energy, waste composting... anything that lessens their ecological footprint on our well-trod home. Check out this great list of our favorite NYC eco-friendly restaurants.