East Village Eats

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

Kambi Ramen House Revisited

With the weather being so hellishly cold recently (don’t get me started on the snow), I thought it would be a good idea to take another look at Kambi Ramen House.  I know that Minca is much more centrally placed in the East Village & that the menus are basically the same, but Kambi does […]

The Meatball Factory (Closed)

Meatballs seem to be ‘trending’ right now, so when I got an invite from McKenzie of MMMGuide to sample some of the food at The Meatball Factory, she didn’t have to ask me twice.  The ‘Factory’  opened about 3 months ago & serves salad, pizzas, fettuccine & obviously meatballs.

Food News

Goat Town cooking up Tex-Mex on Mondays.  Via Grub Street Sons of Essex release a NYE video.  Via Bowery Boogie East Village Eats: Culture Nosh coming to Whole Foods on Jan 26th. Only 3 East Village & LES spots represented in Restaurant Week. Cafetasia is now the Lantern.  Via EVGrieve Need the perfect wine to go with […]

Bobwhite Counter

I tend to keep my ears open about new restaurants whenever possible, so after the closure of Singa’s Famous Pizza a few months ago, I was hoping that something would quickly take it’s place.  It took 10 months, but now we have a new lunch & supper spot (brunch in the works) on Avenue C.  […]

Akter Grocery Busted On New Year’s Eve

Akter Grocery, a relatively new bodega in the East Village was raided by cops on New Year’s Eve.  I passed by around 10:30 & there were several squad cars on the block & cops were confiscating beer.  Apparently they were selling to minors and also operating with an expired beer license.  They had just received a beer delivery that […]