Food News
$16 Foie Gras Burgers at Wendy’s in Japan. via Eater Alphabet City Beer Co. coming in February 2012. Xe May Sandwich opens on St Marks Place. Polonia closes its doors.
Vinegar Hill House
Named after a small, largely unknown, area near DUMBO, Vinegar Hill House can be pretty hard to find. It’s quite a walk from the York Street F stop, so I decided to take a cab. Even my driver had a tough time finding the place. Once I got there though, things got even more confusing as there’s no […]
Zoe
While I hate to see restaurants close, I guess that there’s only so much room in the city. When Satsko Eldridge shut its doors in February, it gave Chef Zoe Feigenbaum (from Bravo TV’s Chef Academy) the opportunity to take over the space. I’ll admit that I didn’t know much about the new restaurant & the chef, […]
Sunburnt Cow Closed By NYPD
Australian restaurant the Sunburnt Cow was shut by cops last night for “Criminal sale and possession of controlled substances – marijuana.” Today they released this statement: On Thursday, December 15th, The Sunburnt Cow was closed due to suspected illegal drug activity taking place on the premises. This activity comes as a shock to the entire Moo […]
The Toucan And The Lion
A few weeks ago I mentioned that a new restaurant was opening in the former Mara’s Homemade spot on 6th Street. I had a chance to check the place out last night & I’ll admit that I was very impressed. It’s really hard to believe that this is the same space, gone are the purple […]
Shelsky’s Smoked Fish
My friend Peter Shelsky opened a smoked fish store in June of this year. He took a page out of the playbooks of both Russ & Daughters and Zabar’s and set up his appetizing shop in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn. This gave people on this side of the river a place to buy […]
Upstate
If you haven’t noticed, I’m a massive fan of oysters. There’s just something about the process that has a special place in my heart. We’re blessed to have a bunch of great oyster spots in the East Village, but newcomer Upstate has jumped in feet first & made quite an impression.
Food News
Tepito opens in the East Village via The Local East Village. The East Village (10003) has the highest density of pizza places in NYC via NYCEDC. The Bean plans on reopening on Monday. Caribbean fare coming to former Holy Basil space via EVGrieve. Puddin’ set to open on St Marks Place. Image via Noah Fecks
Scanwiches At JS55 Gallery
I’ve been a massive fan of Jon Chonko’s art project & blog Scanwiches. The process seems pretty simple; buy or make a sandwich, cut it in half, lay it on a scanner, scan. Sounds easy, right, but Jon’s work is so detailed & startlingly beautiful that I’m sure it takes some time & effort. I […]
The Brooklyn Star
I don’t travel to Brooklyn that much, but dinner at The Brooklyn Star with friends seemed too good to pass up. I was busy eating junk food at home when I got a text inviting me to dinner. Obviously, I had to look at the menu online first, but once I saw Fried Pig Tail, […]
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