Maison Ladurée New York: The Beloved Parisian Macaron Shop, Now On Madison Avenue
The normally placid climes of the Upper East Side were thrown into a frenzy a couple of weeks ago with the opening of the cultishly adored Parisian baker Maison Ladurée, right in the heart of Madison Avenue shopping territory. The lines were out the door and down the block; film crews and the paparazzi were […]
West Village Restaurant Red Farm: Tasty and Fun Dim Sum
It was about mid-August when former Chinatown Brasserie chef Joe Ng and “Chinese restaurant expert” Ed Schoenfeld finally opened Red Farm, their long-anticipated dim sum spot in the West Village on Hudson Street… and even during summer’s doggiest of days, the crowds have been turning the homey space into a party. Now that fall’s in […]
Chef Seamus Mullen Presents Spanish Tapas to NYC With Tertulia
Looks like Chef Seamus Mullen has another hit on his hands with Tertulia. Five years ago Mullen brought his genius for preparing and plating authentic-feeling Spanish tapas to Manhattan with Boqueria, an acclaimed, always-packed restaurant in the Flatiron District. That eatery spawned a tapas restaurant offshoot in Soho and at least a dozen imitators. Seamus […]
Legendary 2nd Ave Deli Comes to the Upper East Side
Has there ever been a neighborhood more excited about a new restaurant than the Upper East Side, and the 2nd Ave Deli? Given the big lines, packed houses (and this during what is traditionally the slowest time of the NYC restaurant year, the dogs days of August) and the exclamations of delight we heard from […]
Best Brooklyn Restaurants: Roberta’s Pizza
Roberta's might just be our new favorite restaurant. Not that we're claiming to have discovered the place: Roberta's restaurant in Brooklyn has been wowing the world with their amazing pizzas and delicious dishes since the beginning of 2008, and if you go to Roberta's restaurant today, in prime time, the wait for a table can […]
Deep Fried Kool-Aid, Sticky Buns, Best Cupcakes in NYC: Downtown Bakery News
For whatever reason, new bakeries seem to be opening up throughout New York City with about the same frequency as new ice cream parlors. Which is to say: insanely frequently. Which is to say: this is a great time to be alive, a New Yorker, and in the mood for some dessert. In fact, there's […]
Tacombi at Fonda Nolita
The somewhat awkwardly-named Tacombi at Fonda Nolita is, above all else, one of those rare super-gimmicky spots that totally works. Set amongst the precious boutiques and beautiful-people cafes of Elizabeth Street in a poured-concrete garage, Tacombi at Fonda Nolita is a (relatively) cheap taco stand that does everything it can to evoke the owners' other […]
Beecher’s Cheese: Handmade Cheese New York
Note to New York City cheese lovers: your cheese-eating options just increased by a pretty huge "one." Beecher's Handmade Cheese, a Seattle-based cheese-maker and -monger, opened up a three-level factory / cafe / shop / restaurant-and-bar a few weeks ago, right in the heart of Manhattan's Flatiron District, in a lovely landmark building on the […]
Best Ice Cream in NYC: L’Arte Del Gelato, Il Laboratorio del Gelato and more!
We eat lots of ice cream all throughout the year–at least one bowl each day, in fact–so summer's not an especially frozen-treatish time for us. But there have been a bunch of new NYC ice cream parlors and gelato stands opening up recently, so as we head into high summer, we figured it was as […]
Cocoron Soba Noodles: Best Noodles on Delancey Street New York
Soba has never captured the passions of New York City's noodle-loving masses the way, say, ramen exploded in the mid-aughts and beyond (have you tried to stop by the excellent Ippudo for a meal anywhere close to dinnertime, even after all these years? Don't bother, unless you don't mind waiting an hour…). Cocoron Soba, a […]
The normally placid climes of the Upper East Side were thrown into a frenzy a couple of weeks ago with the opening of the cultishly adored Parisian baker Maison Ladurée, right in the heart of Madison Avenue shopping territory. The lines were out the door and down the block; film crews and the paparazzi were […]
West Village Restaurant Red Farm: Tasty and Fun Dim Sum
It was about mid-August when former Chinatown Brasserie chef Joe Ng and “Chinese restaurant expert” Ed Schoenfeld finally opened Red Farm, their long-anticipated dim sum spot in the West Village on Hudson Street… and even during summer’s doggiest of days, the crowds have been turning the homey space into a party. Now that fall’s in […]
Chef Seamus Mullen Presents Spanish Tapas to NYC With Tertulia
Looks like Chef Seamus Mullen has another hit on his hands with Tertulia. Five years ago Mullen brought his genius for preparing and plating authentic-feeling Spanish tapas to Manhattan with Boqueria, an acclaimed, always-packed restaurant in the Flatiron District. That eatery spawned a tapas restaurant offshoot in Soho and at least a dozen imitators. Seamus […]
Legendary 2nd Ave Deli Comes to the Upper East Side
Has there ever been a neighborhood more excited about a new restaurant than the Upper East Side, and the 2nd Ave Deli? Given the big lines, packed houses (and this during what is traditionally the slowest time of the NYC restaurant year, the dogs days of August) and the exclamations of delight we heard from […]
Best Brooklyn Restaurants: Roberta’s Pizza
Roberta's might just be our new favorite restaurant. Not that we're claiming to have discovered the place: Roberta's restaurant in Brooklyn has been wowing the world with their amazing pizzas and delicious dishes since the beginning of 2008, and if you go to Roberta's restaurant today, in prime time, the wait for a table can […]
Deep Fried Kool-Aid, Sticky Buns, Best Cupcakes in NYC: Downtown Bakery News
For whatever reason, new bakeries seem to be opening up throughout New York City with about the same frequency as new ice cream parlors. Which is to say: insanely frequently. Which is to say: this is a great time to be alive, a New Yorker, and in the mood for some dessert. In fact, there's […]
Tacombi at Fonda Nolita
The somewhat awkwardly-named Tacombi at Fonda Nolita is, above all else, one of those rare super-gimmicky spots that totally works. Set amongst the precious boutiques and beautiful-people cafes of Elizabeth Street in a poured-concrete garage, Tacombi at Fonda Nolita is a (relatively) cheap taco stand that does everything it can to evoke the owners' other […]
Beecher’s Cheese: Handmade Cheese New York
Note to New York City cheese lovers: your cheese-eating options just increased by a pretty huge "one." Beecher's Handmade Cheese, a Seattle-based cheese-maker and -monger, opened up a three-level factory / cafe / shop / restaurant-and-bar a few weeks ago, right in the heart of Manhattan's Flatiron District, in a lovely landmark building on the […]
Best Ice Cream in NYC: L’Arte Del Gelato, Il Laboratorio del Gelato and more!
We eat lots of ice cream all throughout the year–at least one bowl each day, in fact–so summer's not an especially frozen-treatish time for us. But there have been a bunch of new NYC ice cream parlors and gelato stands opening up recently, so as we head into high summer, we figured it was as […]
Cocoron Soba Noodles: Best Noodles on Delancey Street New York
Soba has never captured the passions of New York City's noodle-loving masses the way, say, ramen exploded in the mid-aughts and beyond (have you tried to stop by the excellent Ippudo for a meal anywhere close to dinnertime, even after all these years? Don't bother, unless you don't mind waiting an hour…). Cocoron Soba, a […]