Holy Mole Week at La Palapa
La Palapa, a Mexican restaurant renowned (by me) for excellent Margaritas is launching a special menu next week. Chef Barbara Sibley is serving 6 dishes featuring mole (mole comes in several varieties & colors; Poblano, Oaxaca, San Pedro Actopan, see Wikipedia for more info) will be on offer for a week starting on Easter Sunday. As per […]
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Food News
Randolph Beer coming to Broome St. from Gothamist 9th St. Espresso will be taking over part of the old Life Cafe via EV Grieve Awesome ramen infographic from HackCollege Lanza’s celebrates it’s 108th birthday with special lunches via Neighborhoodr. Eater reports that Kate’s Joint might have to add meat to the menu. Edi & The Wolf expanding into […]
Back Forty Offering Chicken Dinners
Back Forty (reviews here) will be offering a 2 course dinner featuring a soup, buttermilk fried chicken (with sides) & a beer for $25. via Tasting Table: Comfort food reigns supreme on Sunday and Monday nights at Back Forty. In addition to the regular menu, the restaurant offers a special dinner of seasonal soup followed […]
San Matteo Panuozzo coming to the East Village
San Matteo’s 2nd outpost (they have a location in the UES) will be taking over the former Mõtek Crepe shop on St Marks. I didn’t know what a panuozzo was, but according to the website: “The panuozzo starts as would a pizza but results in a type of panino but with freshly baked bread. The […]
Joe’s Bar Becoming Josie’s?
After Joe’s Bar owner passed away last Thanksgiving, the future of the bar has been totally up in the air. There are rumors that Bob Corton, part of the team at nearby Sophie’s & Mona’s farther north will be taking over the space & it will be called Josie’s. According to the rumor-mill, Joe’s ‘widow’ […]
Egg Creams at Ray’s Candy Store
For some reason I got a few tweets yesterday informing me that it was ‘National Egg Cream Day’ & that I should visit Ray’s Candy Store or Gem Spa in the East Village to partake. With a name like ‘Egg Cream’, I immediately assumed that both ingredients were in the drink which completely turned me […]
Life Cafe Gutted
There has been a lot of talk on local blogs about the fate of Life Cafe (review here) that has been in limbo for quite some time. A friend passed by yesterday at 9pm & the bar has been completely dismantled. If you’re still hankering for some of their food, there’s a location in Williamsburg. […]
99 Cent Pizza Taking Over The East Village?
An article last December by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (coverage by EV Grieve) showed that the 10003 zip code had the highest concentration of pizza shops in New York with 33. Needless to say, we’re pretty spoiled for choice when it comes to pizza with excellent shops like Sal’s, Two Boots, Gruppo […]
Akter Grocery Busted Again
Akter Grocery (aka Anwar Grocery) was shut by the NYPD on New Year’s Eve for selling alcohol to minors & operating with an expired liquor license. Apparently they’re at it again & have been shuttered for the second time. I passed by yesterday around 8:30pm & there were several police officers outside shutting the gate & […]
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