October 31, 2011Sweet Revenge, the West Village shop known for pairing wine with decadent cupcakes, may be in line for a community service award. One week after Grey Dog Cafe closed its original Carmine Street location and left a void in hearty neighborhood breakfast options, Sweet Revenge plays hero and debuts a new breakfast menu today. It will [...]
Posted in MANHATTAN, Sweet Revenge, WEST VILLAGE 
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October 28, 2011The cemita is the Rolls Royce of Mexican sandwiches; no extravagance is spared. From bottom to top: black beans, mayo, meat, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion, stringy Mexican white cheese, avocado, papalo – a pungent Mexican herb whose strength puts cilantro to shame – and a spread of stewed chipotle pepper, all enclosed in a [...]
Posted in BROOKLYN, Cemita's @ Smorgasburg, WILLIAMSBURG 12 Comments »
October 27, 2011Eating on 10th Avenue near the Highline is never an easy decision. Do you go for broke on murderer’s row with Del Posto, Morimoto or Colicchio and Sons? Do you grab slices with the club kids at Artichoke? Do you pay for overpriced, overhyped American food at Cookshop? What if you just want comfort [...]
Posted in CHELSEA, MANHATTAN, The Highliner 3 Comments »
October 26, 2011French macarons have been getting a lot of attention lately. With a new shop opening weekly, it seems like they’re becoming the next cupcake craze, and quite frankly, I’m concerned. As a Jew and a coconut lover, I’m starting to feel like I’m the only person spelling “macaroons” with two o’s and expecting them [...]
Posted in DESSERT BY DELIVERY, Danny Macaroons 6 Comments »
October 24, 2011Earl’s Beer and Cheese has food that would make both Spicoli and Sifton swoon. Kimchi, fried pork belly, a fried egg, and shredded New York State cheddar on grilled Grandaisy sourdough ($8, above). Potato chips, Calabro mozzarella, dill pickles, and miso mayo on a toasted Thomas’ English muffin ($6, below).
Asian gnocchi and [...]
Posted in Earl's Beer and Cheese, UPPER EAST SIDE 7 Comments »
October 24, 2011How long have you been talking about eating in Brooklyn? A train to Williamsburg or Carroll Gardens is easy. You really want to impress your foodie friends? Hop on the B or Q train to the Sheepshead Bay stop Thursday and check out twenty local restaurants at A Taste of Sheepshead Bay. Tickets are [...]
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October 21, 2011Bacon, egg and cheese; the old reliable of breakfast sandwiches. It’s always good but rarely exciting. You wouldn’t think removing the bacon from the triumvirate would change that but when you’re replacing it with a fried potato pancake and swapping out the standard Kaiser roll for fresh-baked challah, breakfast starts to look a [...]
Posted in B&H Vegetarian, EAST VILLAGE 6 Comments »
October 20, 2011It’s not necessarily the best in Manhattan or the best in Chinatown. I don’t want to spark another comment section controversy as I did with soup dumplings. What Mei Li Wah Bakery does offer is my favorite baked pork bun. They seem perpetually fresh; I’m always handed the last bun on the [...]
Posted in CHINATOWN, Mei Li Wah Bakery 8 Comments »
October 18, 2011You would think the title of this post says it all. But in order to fully appreciate the greatness that is Jo’s Disco fries ($10 full order, $4 smaller side order), you have to understand the bacon gravy. The bacon flavor is so palpable, you’re left combing through strands of nutty, melted Gruyere looking [...]
Posted in Jo's, SOHO 9 Comments »
October 17, 2011Joe’s Shanghai (above) and Red Farm (below).
In my RedFarm post last week, I called chef Joe Ng’s steamed pork and crab soup dumpling the best in Manhattan. Stacy, a commenter on the post, asked how RedFarm’s version compares to Joe’s Shanghai, which many consider the finest steamed soup dumpling on the island. After [...]
Posted in CHINATOWN, Joe's Shanghai, RedFarm, WEST VILLAGE 23 Comments »
October 14, 2011You wouldn’t know I was having a really satisfying meal by watching me. First you’d see a look of incredulity come over my face – eyes wide then quickly narrow – as I examine my first bite with a mix of suspicion and awe. After tasting, you might wonder why I’m shaking my [...]
Posted in EAST VILLAGE, Hot Kitchen 11 Comments »
October 11, 2011All great sandwich makers hold a certain truth to be self-evident: success depends on ingredients and construction. Each layer of the sandwich must be fresh and placed in accordance with how it complements the next closest ingredient. Perfection in simplicity and creativity are equally hard to achieve but supremely valued when accomplished. [...]
Posted in BROOKLYN, CARROLL GARDENS, Court Street Grocers 4 Comments »
October 10, 2011In his best-selling book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell writes that a person needs 10,000 hours of practice in order to be called a world-class expert in anything. It’s no wonder Gladwell sauntered into Red Farm for dinner late Thursday night; chef Joe Ng and partner Ed Schoenfeld must have well over 10,000 hours of practice [...]
Posted in RedFarm, WEST VILLAGE 5 Comments »
October 6, 2011Sure, fresh fruit and vegetables are great. But let’s be honest, the best thing to come out of the recent farmer’s market surge are the fresh-baked desserts. Take the cinnamon and sugar-coated apple cider donuts from Prospect Hill Orchards. I can’t walk by without purchasing at least six of these ($4); they’re fresh, delicate [...]
Posted in Tucker Greenmarket, UPPER WEST SIDE 2 Comments »
October 5, 2011Just in case you forgot, one of New York City’s best roast beef sandwiches is alive and well in Murray Hill. Defonte’s knows that great sandwiches start with great construction. The bottom half of a Brooklyn-baked hero roll is topped with thin slices of fried eggplant, house made fresh mozzarella and rare, machine-sliced [...]
Posted in Defonte's of Brooklyn, MURRAY HILL/GRAMERCY 3 Comments »
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