East Village Eats

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

Taste Of 7th Street Next Week.

Taste of 7th Street returns next week from May 4th-7th.  I’m not sure when they changed from the one-day event format, but this year you can get 10 dishes from the participating restaurants for a mere $30 over the course of 4 days.  The restaurants this year are: AGAVI JUICE BAR – One Cold-pressed “Hangover […]

Food News

Casa Adela‘s rotisserie chicken gets some love from the NY Times. Friterie now open on St Mark’s Pl.  EVGrieve Fuku opens in former Momofuku space. Eater Bago opens on 1st Avenue. Bedford + Bowery Babu Ji opens on Avenue B. Eater    

Food News

Benkei Ramen now available at Hill & Dale after midnight. Bedford + Bowery Sweet Chick coming to former Max Fish space. The Lo-Down Smorgasburg alum Schnitz opens in the East Village. Gothamist Grasshoppers to feature on the menu at Black Ant.  Bedford + Bowery Honest Chops, the city’s ‘first all-natural halal meat store’ (soft) opens. […]

Food News

Joe Dough Sandwich Shop  switches to catering. Fork In The Road At the Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen. EVGrieve Seventies Sundays at Golden Cadillac. Fork In The Road Jeepney and Pig & Khao get 2 stars. NY Times Virage closes for month-long renovation. EVGrieve Bobby Flay opens Gato on Lafayette St. Tasting Table Boukiés closes after 2 […]

Mighty Quinn’s BBQ

Normally when I think of good barbecue the first thing that comes to mind is a rundown old shack down south with a potbellied pitmaster that has been smoking meat for the best part of his life, not the epicenter of the East Village.  Mighty Quinn’s BBQ (which began at Smorgasburg) hopes to change that with […]

5th Street Deli Opens On Ave. C

Last week, 5th St. Deli opened at 66 Avenue C (sharing the building with Casa Adela) so I stopped by to check it out.  I did a bit of research Googling & found out that this was the former home of Azukar Deli.  It’s basically your average deli/bodega with a counter offering breakfast, sandwiches & […]

East Village Eats Tasting Tour 2012 Recap

Well it’s that time of year again when I trying to put into words the amazing food that I’ve eaten at Fourth Arts Block’s annual tasting tour.  Superstorm Sandy put a wrench in the works, so coverage is a bit later than usual this year, but well worth the wait. As with last year, things […]

Food News

Pig & Khao set to open on Clinton St. (Grub Street) Union Market gets signage & an Oct 22nd opening date (EVGrieve) Bar On A to become yet another 7-Eleven? (NY Times Local) Pouring Ribbons opens, complete with ‘Drink Matrix’. God help us all (Zagat) Kim’s Video to open an interactive pizzeria on Avenue D […]

Post Office

I read about Post Office on Tasting Table & Immaculate Infatuation, but it wasn’t until I realized that a good friend lived around the corner that I decided to take the trip out to BK.  It was surprisingly painless to get there from the East Village (Post Office is by the Marcy Av J, M, […]

Alphabet City Beer Co. Opens

Work began in early February of this year & Alphabet City Beer Co. finally opened today.  Housed in the former CHP Hardware space, you’d hardly recognize it now.  Owners Dave & Zach opened at noon today & I arrived with a few other locals to check the place out.  The first thing that strikes you […]

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