Mark Burger: Great Sliders, Fries and Shakes in the East Village
New Contender for Best Burgers in NYC & Best Fries Ever since the Shake Shack opened to huge lines and cultish adoration some five years ago, many have tried to replicate Danny Meyer’s winning formula of serving up classic American fast food–burgers, shakes and fries–made-to-order, with quality ingredients, all infused with a huge […]
Casellula Cheese and Wine Cafe
At some point this holiday season–or any other season, really–you may find yourself, as we sometimes do, taking in some Times Square, Broadway theater, or Rockefeller Center-based entertainment. And when you do, you’ll need a place to eat. And if you’re in the mood to eat lots of good cheese dishes in NYC served […]
Stuffed Artisan Cannolis NYC
Cannolis in New York City That Come in Some Extraordinary Flavors Because you can’t eat cupcakes every day (well… yes you can, but it’s nice to have variety, too), welcome, please, Stuffed Artisan Cannolis, the new “Cannoli Spot and Coffee Shop” on the Lower East Side that is fast becoming a viable option for a […]
Northern Spy Food Company East Village Restaurant
Northern Spy Food Company definitely falls into the category of “restaurants to root for.” Opened about a month ago by two San Francisco transplants with solid foodie pedigrees (Myth and A16, in the City by the Bay), this cozy, cute, general-store-ish East Village restaurant is turning out terrific, greenmarket-driven dishes. The prices at Northern Spy […]
Kolache Mama in Midtown
The Czech Pastry Kolache Comes to NYC The Czech pastry kolache is an Eastern European street-food staple, but it would be a mistake to think of midtown’s newish Kolache Mama as a dour place to grab a quick bite. In fact, this may just be the perkiest, pinkest new fast food spot we’ve seen since […]
Brinkley’s Restaurant
Brinkley’s New York restaurant–lively, cozy, and right there handy on the border between Soho and Nolita–is going to be a great place to stop in for a drink and a bite to eat on many a winter evening to come. Run by brothers Anthony and Tom Martingnetti, who have nicely transformed their eponymous Bar Martignetti […]
West Branch: Tom Valenti’s Upper West Side Restaurant
The sad thing is, Tom Valenti could have done just about anything in that big space in the heart of the Upper West Side, and the crowds would have come. Valenti, you see, is something of a culinary hero in these parts, for bringing bold flavors and expertly prepared “low cuts” of meat to a […]
The Tipsy Parson
The Tipsy Parson is definitely a restaurant to root for. For more than five years, Tasha Garcia Gibson and Julie Taras Wallach’s first restaurant, the beloved Little Giant, has been offering an excellent alternative to the general raucousness of the Lower East Side dining scene, serving simple yet sophisticated food in a lovely little room […]
Aldea Restaurant: Our New Favorite Portuguese Restaurant in NYC
The best meal we’ve had so far this year was dinner at Aldea restaurant, Chef George Mendes’s mid-priced, Portuguese restaurant in NYC, gorgeously designed space near Union Square and the Flatiron. It was smack in the middle of summer, the place had just recently opened, and from the house-made Corn and Basil Soda, through the […]
Bill’s Bar and Burger in the Meatpacking District
Bill’s Bar and Burger, the super-casual, spanking-new Meatpacking District restaurant from Steve “B.R. Guest” Hansen (Dos Caminos, Ruby Foo’s, Blue Water Grill, etc., etc.), seems like a sure thing. It’s in the former Hog Pit space, that somewhat battered but handsome old triangular brick building in the heart of the Meatpacking district party zone. The […]
New Contender for Best Burgers in NYC & Best Fries Ever since the Shake Shack opened to huge lines and cultish adoration some five years ago, many have tried to replicate Danny Meyer’s winning formula of serving up classic American fast food–burgers, shakes and fries–made-to-order, with quality ingredients, all infused with a huge […]
Casellula Cheese and Wine Cafe
At some point this holiday season–or any other season, really–you may find yourself, as we sometimes do, taking in some Times Square, Broadway theater, or Rockefeller Center-based entertainment. And when you do, you’ll need a place to eat. And if you’re in the mood to eat lots of good cheese dishes in NYC served […]
Stuffed Artisan Cannolis NYC
Cannolis in New York City That Come in Some Extraordinary Flavors Because you can’t eat cupcakes every day (well… yes you can, but it’s nice to have variety, too), welcome, please, Stuffed Artisan Cannolis, the new “Cannoli Spot and Coffee Shop” on the Lower East Side that is fast becoming a viable option for a […]
Northern Spy Food Company East Village Restaurant
Northern Spy Food Company definitely falls into the category of “restaurants to root for.” Opened about a month ago by two San Francisco transplants with solid foodie pedigrees (Myth and A16, in the City by the Bay), this cozy, cute, general-store-ish East Village restaurant is turning out terrific, greenmarket-driven dishes. The prices at Northern Spy […]
Kolache Mama in Midtown
The Czech Pastry Kolache Comes to NYC The Czech pastry kolache is an Eastern European street-food staple, but it would be a mistake to think of midtown’s newish Kolache Mama as a dour place to grab a quick bite. In fact, this may just be the perkiest, pinkest new fast food spot we’ve seen since […]
Brinkley’s Restaurant
Brinkley’s New York restaurant–lively, cozy, and right there handy on the border between Soho and Nolita–is going to be a great place to stop in for a drink and a bite to eat on many a winter evening to come. Run by brothers Anthony and Tom Martingnetti, who have nicely transformed their eponymous Bar Martignetti […]
West Branch: Tom Valenti’s Upper West Side Restaurant
The sad thing is, Tom Valenti could have done just about anything in that big space in the heart of the Upper West Side, and the crowds would have come. Valenti, you see, is something of a culinary hero in these parts, for bringing bold flavors and expertly prepared “low cuts” of meat to a […]
The Tipsy Parson
The Tipsy Parson is definitely a restaurant to root for. For more than five years, Tasha Garcia Gibson and Julie Taras Wallach’s first restaurant, the beloved Little Giant, has been offering an excellent alternative to the general raucousness of the Lower East Side dining scene, serving simple yet sophisticated food in a lovely little room […]
Aldea Restaurant: Our New Favorite Portuguese Restaurant in NYC
The best meal we’ve had so far this year was dinner at Aldea restaurant, Chef George Mendes’s mid-priced, Portuguese restaurant in NYC, gorgeously designed space near Union Square and the Flatiron. It was smack in the middle of summer, the place had just recently opened, and from the house-made Corn and Basil Soda, through the […]
Bill’s Bar and Burger in the Meatpacking District
Bill’s Bar and Burger, the super-casual, spanking-new Meatpacking District restaurant from Steve “B.R. Guest” Hansen (Dos Caminos, Ruby Foo’s, Blue Water Grill, etc., etc.), seems like a sure thing. It’s in the former Hog Pit space, that somewhat battered but handsome old triangular brick building in the heart of the Meatpacking district party zone. The […]
