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Air’s Champagne Parlor is All About the Bubbly
Beer, wine and even cider bars abound in NYC, but Air’s Champagne Parlor is one of the few area drinkeries devoted to bubbly. To be fair, the Riddling Widow briefly preceded it, but owner Ariel Arce was actually beverage director during its tenure, as well as Birds & Bubbles before that, and Chicago’s Pops for Champagne (not to mention Grant Achatz’s exclusive, original The Office) before that. Meaning her reputation as queen of Cuvèe absolutely proceeds her.
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Where to Celebrate Oktoberfest 2017
If you’re already mourning the loss of summer, Oktoberfest is a reliable way to get you over the hump. Essentially spanning the duration of fall (kicking off on September 16th this year & extending all the way to October 31st, allowing revelers to seamlessly transition to Halloween), the 16 to 18-day festival is a giddy saturnalia of German culture…
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Spotlight on the Finalists for the 2017 Vendy Awards
As a fun challenge to the James Beard Awards, the Vendy ceremony — now in its 13th year — is dedicated to honoring the very best in street food. So here’s who’s in the running during the September 16th event at Governors Island; from an artisanal twinkie baker to an upstart french toast sandwich maker, to a Chinese meat skewer purveyor, whose been tapped for the Vendy Cup…
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Guide to Valrhona’s Hot Chocolate Festival
Hard to remember as we sip iced coffee during this bizarrely balmy winter, but the season’s traditional, primary beverage is supposed to be hot chocolate. Thankfully, Valrhona has remained utterly undeterred by the lack of wind and snow — launching a full-out Hot Chocolate Festival, from January 23rd through the 31st…
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Shockingly Good Vegan Eats at Avant Garden
Considering seminal bar owner Ravi DeRossi’s especially indulgent projects, like Death & Co. & Mayahuel, you’d hardly finger him to eventually open a refined, vegan restaurant. And yet, that’s precisely what he did this past fall, launching the critically-acclaimed Avant Garden…
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Where to Dine During NYC Restaurant Week: Winter 2016
New York City Restaurant Week is traditionally hit-or-miss. Sure, three courses for $25 at lunch or $38 during dinner seems an absolute steal, but very few top-tier eateries actually participate. Well not this year — from Jean-Georges Vongerichten to Andrew Carmellini & Daniel Boulud, the city’s most esteemed restaurateurs are taking part in the promotion. And since you only have from January 18th-February 5th to take advantage, what are you waiting for?
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Wildair – Review
I’ve never been a fan of sharing communal tables with strangers, straddling backless stools in bare bones dining rooms… with no reservation policies; the hipster way of dining. Of course, that doesn’t mean I didn’t make sacrifices. Afterall, I love great food, above all else and over the years, there have been a slurry of exciting eateries worth surrendering creature comforts for. Wildair falls into that category, especially right about now…
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The Most Influential Chefs & Restaurateurs of 2015
For the most part, we much prefer to bring attention to rising star and underdog chefs. But there was no denying that hardened vets hogged the dining spotlight in 2015, opening game-changing establishments that ran the gamut, from unreservedly high-end like Gabriel Kreuther to unapologetically low, the likes of Brooks Headley’s veggie burger faceoff. So here are six restaurateurs whose names (and food) were constantly in our mouths last year…
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An Ode to Our Favorite Dishes of 2015
Just because we recently named our 10 favorite restaurants of 2015, doesn’t mean we didn’t have tons of memorable meals, at places that didn’t quite make the list. So before we get ready for a year’s worth of new food memories, we’re looking back at some of our very favorite bites of 2015, from Harry & Ida’s singular pastrami sandwich, to the desserts (yes, all of them), at Kat & Theo…
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Gourmet Gossip: January 2016
In this great dining city of ours, barely a day passes without news of an exciting new restaurant opening, a devastating closing, a shocking chef shuffle, or a groundbreaking, must-try dish. From a major about-face at the tony Eleven Madison Park to a hot midtown opening with a female cast of culinary stars…
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Edible Events: January 2016
There are all manner of fun food events taking place in New York on a daily basis, but unless you have the time and money to party seven days a week, you’ll have to be somewhat discerning about what goes onto your calendar. So here are just a few worthy food celebrations we recommend getting tickets (or making reservations) for now…
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Food Trends to Watch For in 2016
From a tasty wave of Hawaiian Poke to a tech-driven delivery takeover and African spices cropping up around the country, here’s the hottest food trends for 2016…
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve (& Day) With These Delicious, Oyster-centric Recipes
If you’re partying at home on New Year’s Eve (and then sleeping off your hangover on New Year’s Day), you have two, very different meals to plan. Leading up to midnight, you’ll need to supply your guests with elegant appetizers, and oysters are always your best bet; which is why we’re sharing our favorite recipe for delicious, bite-sized Oyster Vol-au-vents…
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A Look Back at the Best Restaurants of 2015
With new and noteworthy restaurants opening by the day, it takes a fair amount of doing to stand out in New York. Which is why we’re honoring the ten, incredible eateries that somehow managed to cut through the considerable noise this year, from Gabriel Kreuther, which gave a much needed shot in the arm to the floundering fine dining scene, to Wildair and Bruno, serving food so inspired and yet approachable…
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Q & A with Kat & Theo’s Executive Chef, Paras Shah
The industry is full of up-and-coming chefs looking to take the short path to success nowadays; hoping to leap from reality TV show competitions to immediately owning and running their own restaurant. But Paras Shah has gone the traditional, slow and steady route, earning his degree, followed by an externship at Per Se, a stint at Momofuku Noodle Bar even working at the world-renowned El Bulli…
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Say “Feliz Navidad” with this Festive Mexican Xmas Recipe
We tend to get caught up in the same old culinary traditions come Christmas, but instead of preparing that tried-and-true ham (or turkey, or goose, or lasagna or what have you), why not take a page from Mexico, by adding one of their most festive dishes to your holiday table?
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Inside Baita: An Italian Alps Pop-Up At Eataly
We never thought we’d say this, but a string of 60-degree days in December sort of has us wishing for snow. According to the forecast, that doesn’t appear to be in the cards anytime soon — but even if we had a sudden, surprise blizzard, relentlessly urban Manhattan is still a far cry from rustic-chic Aspen. Unless you head to Eataly in the Flatiron District that is — where they’ve recently transformed their rooftop restaurant, Birreria, into a winter-long, Italian Alps-inspired pop-up called Baita; the Piedmontese term for a small ski lodge.
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Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2015
Another year is drawing to a close, and you know what that means — it’s time to party hearty! And it seems that the entire city feels exactly the same way, as almost every bar and restaurant is readying to throw some sort of massive, New Year’s Eve bash. But if you’re going to ring in 2016 right, you might as well do it at one of the top-tier spots in town, from Toro and its Spanish masquerade, to lush Le Bernardin’s extravagant sit-down dinner…
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How Sweet It Is: New York’s Top Holiday Treats
Thanksgiving and Hanukkah over-indulgences may have left you desperate to start a diet, but isn’t that’s what New Year’s resolutions are for? Until then, you might as well embrace the season by gorging yourself silly on extra-festive sweets, from The Meatball Shop and Ovenly’s “Boozy Rudolph” Sundae, to Dominique Ansel Kitchen’s shimmery Christmas Tree Cake…
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The Best Holiday Gifts for Foodies: 2015
Finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list can be tricky, but if any of your family or friends are rabid foodies, it should actually be a breeze. That’s because New York is flooded with original, artisanal products, sure to wow your gastronomically inclined loved ones this Christmas, from the ultimate at-home chefs knife, to a DIY crack pie…
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Sadelle’s – Review
Smoked fish with a schmear on bagels and babka. Doesn’t exactly sound sexy, right? That’s what I was thinking when I contemplated venturing to Sadelle’s on a recent Saturday night. But the lure of dinnertime caviar service at a cool, new downtown spot was just too strong a pull to turn down. Because while it may sound surprising, caviar options are few and far between. Afterall, caviar’s not exactly lowbrow…
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