East Village Eats

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

Brunch at JoeDoe

I’m not really that big on traditional ‘bacon & egg’ brunches, but when a friend mentioned that JoeDoe (45 East 1st Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues) served duck eggs & not your typical bacon, I jumped at the chance to check it out.  Started 2 years ago by Chef Joe Dobias & partner Jill […]

Site News

You may have noticed the lack of posts recently, but I’ve been in the process from moving from the WordPress.com platform, to the self-hosted WordPress.org.  This will allow me to use Javascript, add videos & use other, more robust features.  All in all, this should improve the experience here at East Village Eats.  Hopefully I’ll […]

Casa Adela Shuttered by DOH

The Department of Health has continued their ‘onslaught’ of the East Village  & shuttered Pueroto Rican mainstay Casa Adela (66 Avenue C near 5th Street) two days ago.  As the sign indicates, the fridges were not at the proper temperature.  Hopefully they’ll sort this out soon & return to do what they do best; serving […]

Marco Polo Cafe (Closed)

After the folks @SaintDelivery mentioned the amazing $1 Sliders at Marco Polo Cafe (102 St. Marks, near 1st Avenue) I decided that I had to try them out for myself.  Needless to say, I’ve been there 3 times in the last 4 days; AMAZING.  Named after the famed Venetian explorer that opened up the Chinese […]

6th St. Kitchen Unveils New Fall Menu

6th Street Kitchen (507 East 6th Street between Avenue A & B) has unvieled their fall dinner menu (click picture to enlarge) & it’s looking pretty damn tasty!  I’ve reviewed them berore (here) & have had nothing but good things to say about my dining experience there.  Also noteworthy is that they will be hosting a […]

Arcane Turns 2!

Arcane, the French-Caribbean restaurant,  is celebrating it’s second birthday today.  I just passed by & it looked pretty packed, with party-goers sharing the sidewalk with people drinking at Zum Schneider next door.  I did review the brunch there back in May (not very favorably), but I have as yet to have dinner.  Anyway; Happy Birthday […]

6th Street Kitch Fall Preview Tasting

From 6th Street Kitchen‘s blog (review here); On Friday, September 17th, 6th Street Kitchen will be serving a Fall Preview Tasting before the fall menu debuts on September 22nd. For $45 per person, Chef Gregory Torrech will be serving 7 dishes from the fall menu including Duck Raviolo with Swiss Chard & Raisins, Sweet & […]

Back Forty

I reviewed the brunch at Back Forty (190 Avenue B @ 12th Street) back in March, so I decided that it was time for me to get some dinner there.  I went with my Mom midweek, so we luckily didn’t have to wait for a table even though the place was busy.  We got the […]

Esperanto Revisited

So after my last review of brunch at Esperanto (review here) where I complained about the Huevos Loisada, I decided to post about the great brunch food there, namely the cheeseburger.  It was my birthday (Yay Me!) so I went with my mother & brother & got a pretty choice seat by the entrance.

More Content Coming Soon

With NYU students coming back to the hood in massive throngs (have you seen Third Avenue?  It’s a gigantic clusterfuck!  No, really…), I’ve decided to start reviewing bars as well.  What goes better with food than booze?  If there’s anything I know better than where to eat, it’s where to get hammered. Obviously this is […]