East Village Eats

Food & Drink recommendations straight from the East Village, New York City

Food News

Benkei Ramen now available at Hill & Dale after midnight. Bedford + Bowery Sweet Chick coming to former Max Fish space. The Lo-Down Smorgasburg alum Schnitz opens in the East Village. Gothamist Grasshoppers to feature on the menu at Black Ant.  Bedford + Bowery Honest Chops, the city’s ‘first all-natural halal meat store’ (soft) opens. […]

Food News

Brooklyn Piggies opens on Avenue A. EVGrieve ‘Inoteca needs help getting rid of 1,300 bottles of wine. The Braiser 7A Closes. Grub Street Ray (of Ray’s Candy Store) turns 81. EVGrieve 15% off at S’MAC for twitter followers ends tomorrow. Essex Street Market to hold tasting event. Bowery Boogie Bar Food Blowout hosted by the […]

Station Diner

I’m adding this entry because I carry my camera everywhere & insist on taking pictures of any food that I do eat.  I rang in 20011 in Carroll Gardens at Brooklyn Social, a few hours after my epic first meal at Goat Town.  After a lot of booze & a bar crawl through the Gowanus […]

Village Yokocho

It’s funny how a bit of misfortune can turn into a good thing.  I had hoped to take my Mom to Ippudo on 4th avenue for some ramen, but the place was packed to the gills, so we headed east & wound up eating at Village Yokocho.  Not ramen, but we ended up enjoying ourselves.