East Village Eats

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

Time Out For Hunger 2014

From the Inbox: On Sunday, March 30th, 2014, Time Out New York and Food Bank For New York City are teaming up for the 11th annual Time Out For Hunger campaign! On March 30th, participating restaurants in the five boroughs will be donating 10% of their daily proceeds to Food Bank For New York City, so dine out for a […]

Boulton & Watt

Like many other East Villagers I was sad to see Nice Guy Eddies close.  The KISS mural outside was a bit of a neighborhood landmark, the food wasn’t the best (I was a fan of the wings) and the place was pretty dingy, but it was a chill place to get a beer & watch […]

Food News

The East Village gets another porchetta option, via Local East Village. Zaitzeff closes on Avenue B, via EVGrieve. Vandaag calls in quits, via Eater. Full refund available for disgruntled Extra Mooga ticket buyers. Russ & Daughters is hiring. The Meatball Factory re-invents itself. link.

Cinco de Mayo Derby at Idle Hands Bar

If you haven’t been able to deduct from the title, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and also the Kentucky Derby.  Cinco de Mayo is normally seen as a celebration of Mexican pride & heritage or the anniversary of the unlikely win at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.  For a non-Mexican like myself, it’s normally […]

New Deals At The Sunburnt Cow

Sunburnt Cow (brunch review here), an Australian bar & restaurant in the East Village most commonly know for insane burgers & all you can drink brunches has come up with some new specials just in time for the summer.  Per the press release: “The Sunburnt Cow is back!  Closed late last year, the Cow is […]

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.

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 […]

Food News

Upstate opens in the East Village, via Grub Street. Dov Charney gets into the restaurant biz. Via Village Voice. The secret to The Brindle Room‘s amazing burgers; Deckle Fat. Via Food Curated. Dwindling vegetable viarieties via National Geographic. Roberta’s is coming to the East Village. Via Village Voice. Got any news? email me (see ‘About […]

Lunch At The Brindle Room

Lunch can be somewhat boring in the East Village since there aren’t really that many good places that open & serve food before 4pm (I often find myself returning to the same places over & over again) which is why I was excited that The Brindle Room is open for lunch. I had recently watched […]

Goat Town Puts The Backyard To Work

I went back to Goat Town (further coverage here) recently & asked about what they planned to do with the backyard. I had thought that they might offer outdoor seating, but turns out that they decided to grow herbs out there. I’m not exactly sure what is growing there, but from the picture, I can […]

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