Caracas Arepa Bar and Roneria
I’ve never eaten in the overly popular Caracas Arepa Bar 93 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 in the East Village. My club days are over and I don’t enjoy squeezing up against people as beer spills...
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Over twitter, James Boo (of The Eaten Path) asked where he could find 82% butter near Union Square. I sent him to East Village Cheese Shop 40 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10003, and that’s it, we were...
View ArticleSan & Deul Restaurant
I haven’t been satisfied with the Korean food in Manhattan lately (as you can see from my reviews of Pocha 32 and Arirang) so I asked my Korean friend Scott to help me out. I needed to rectify this...
View ArticleEleven Madison Park
Funny how my birthday is on May 11th (I’m 30!) and I ended up at Eleven Madison Park 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Perhaps this should be a birthday tradition. Yes, as long as James Beard...
View ArticleSandro’s
Most of the time, we choose a restaurant of my long wish list. This time, we didn’t want to wait for a seat at plan A, so we chose chose one near by. We lucked out having spotted the little yellow...
View ArticlePeter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop
I’ve had Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop 727 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 on my radar for a while and when I finally got there, I was surprised to see that it was a no frills, old-fashioned...
View ArticleSalt & Fat
Salt & Fat 41-16 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, NY 11104, a small plates restaurant that is bold in flavor and cholesterol, has hit Sunnyside and I am ever so grateful. (Sunnyside is very close to...
View ArticleTulcingo
Back in November of 2010, I was desperately looking for poblanos to make my favorite black beans recipe. None of the supermarkets near me were selling them. At least five places were hit that day; some...
View ArticleFat Goose: Chef Jennifer Cole
Sometimes sous chefs at fancy, expensive restaurants decide to become executive chefs at smaller, more casual restaurants. It’s a choice for life-style and freedom. When it happens, we (the customers)...
View ArticleBrasserie 292
Lon and I headed up to Poughkeepsie, NY for a nearly impromptu press trip this past Sunday. The plan was really to begin our tour on Monday morning and since we wanted to avoid Monday morning traffic...
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