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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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Spring Pizza Crawl
Pizza is trendier than ever. If it weren’t such a genius combination of flavors and textures, it probably would’ve seen its fifteen minutes long ago. But tangy tomato sauce, gooey cheese and warm, crusty dough is a foolproof formula for satisfying a universal craving for comfort food. And in New York, pizza just keeps getting better. New pizza joints open every week — some with charcoal ovens or brick, some with thin crust or thick crust pies, and some...
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Kyo-Ya Reviewed
Kyo-Ya *** Stars (Out of Four) Address: 94 East 7th St., nr First Avenue Phone: (212)982-4140 Cuisine: Eclectic Japanese with Kaiseki Tasting Vibe: Serene , Subterranean Oasis Occasion: Intimate date, tranquil escape, or craving Japan Drink: Seasonal Sakes Don’t Miss: Grilled magret duck, chawan mushi, braised daikon in broth, & green tea creme brulee. Don’t Bother: Seasonal Tsukemono (Seasonal Pickles) We spend so much time chasing after new restaurants we often forget about the ones that have managed to...
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Best Waterfront Dining in New York
In the restaurant business, location can make or break you. Unfortunately, the food doesn’t always live up to the setting it’s served in. We want to seize the warm weather this season, so we’ve rounded up our favorite waterfront spots with not just a great view, but great food. For starters, there’s Tom Colicchio’s Riverpark with a charming terrace overlooking the East River, along with the smart, seasonal cuisine he’s famous for. If you’re craving something laid-back, try Rockaway...
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Cutting Board 2.0
Don’t you hate chasing just-washed tomatoes or peppers around your cutting board? Slippery produce is not only difficult to work with, but also a little dangerous. Thankfully, someone came up with a cutting board that allows you to wash and cut food on the same board. And when you’ve lost more than your fair share of perfectly good food down the drain, this is a valuable kitchen tool. This bamboo cutting board (pictured right) has a built-in strainer, so...
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Q & A With 10 Downing's Chef Jonnathan Leiva
If you haven’t eaten dinner at 10 Downing in the past few months, you might want to revisit. Jonnatan Leiva earned three stars cooking at Jack Falstaff in San Francisco, which shuttered last May. But San Francisco’s loss is New York’s gain because Leiva moved East to head up the kitchen at 10 Downing. While this restaurant has seen more than its fair share of chefs, including Jason Neroni, this may be its best hire yet. Jonnatan describes...
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New York's Best Brasseries & Bistros
It used to be that you had to travel to Paris for good brasserie or bistro cooking. But nowadays, the lines between the bistro and brasserie have blurred and we have plenty of both stateside with top notch food. Whether you’re craving the timeless brasserie setting or something as classic as escargots on a Williamsburg rooftop, the city is your oyster. Bon appétit! Juliette Address: 135 N 5th St between Berry St and Bedford Ave, Brooklyn Phone: (718) 388-9222...
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Mother's Day Reservations
One day a year, you have to get your mom out of the kitchen and treat her to a great meal, cooked by someone other than herself. Considering Mother’s Day is less than three days away, you might want to make a reservation quickly. But where to go? Whether your mom is fond of fondue or dim sum, or a fan of Top Chef Masters, we’ve got a few ideas that will impress her this Mother’s Day… Ai Fiori...
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Imperial No. 9 – Not Just Another Pretty Face
I always thought that the “scene” didn’t matter, at least where dinner is concerned. I’d rather eat amazing food in a dismal room than dismal food in an amazing room. But when I stepped into the garden room at Imperial No. 9, I abandoned my philosophy before I even opened the menu. What the restaurant refers to as the garden room looks more like an opulent greenhouse with crystal chandeliers, dangling from a glass ceiling and potted plants scattered...
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Q & A With Ciano's Shea Gallante
Chef Shea Gallante got a pretty early start in the restaurant business. In fact, he opened his first restaurant -a pizzeria named Augustino’s in his hometown in upstate New York -at the age of nineteen. “I thought that I was going to be the big shot,” Gallante says. “But I realized how little I actually knew and how much I wanted to learn.” That same year, he was accepted in the Culinary Institute of America, so he made the tough...
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Spring Fling – Ten To Try 2012
After a long, harsh winter, New Yorkers finally have a chance to embrace a new dining season and, best of all, dine outdoors. This spring, it’s time for all of us to get out and discover new ingredients, neighborhoods, restaurants, and potential spring flings. The five boroughs offer plenty of both, though we can only guarantee the promise of food. While Eataly readies a rooftop beer garden, David Bouley just unveiled Brushstroke, a long-awaited homage to traditional Japanese cooking. ...
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Eating Events
The first half of May is packed with some terrific food events. From an Asian Street Food Festival to the annual James Beard Awards, this coming month is shaping up to be a busy one for chefs and foodies alike. We’ve got the details on a few happenings that we’re most excited about. See you there… Luckyrice Southeast Asia is at the top of my to-do travel list, but in the meantime, I’m excited for the Luckyrice Night Market....
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Ingenious Microplane Herb Mill
As you probably know by now, we’re obsessed with the best, new kitchen gadgets. (Our drawers are crowded with tools to prove it.) And now that spring is here, we want to make the most of fresh herbs from the Greenmarket or grocery store. But unless you’re a professional cook or Martha Stewart, chopping herbs finely and evenly (without tearing them) isn’t as easy as it looks. That’s where an herb mill comes in handy. We don’t want...
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Q & A With Porsena's Sara Jenkins
Chef Sara Jenkins has successfully pulled off a hat trick in the East Village. She runs three wildly popular restaurants, all located within just a few block radius Veloce, Porchetta, and Porsena, her newest, pasta-centric venture, which opened in November. Each of her eateries specializes in a different Italian staple pizza, roast suckling pig sandwiches, and noodles. The single concept focus has paid off for the chef: “It wasn’t a conscious decision to do these types of restaurants, but...
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Trend Watch: The New Asian Fusion
There are few food words that hold a worse connotation than Asian Fusion. Asian fusion evokes images of diners lounging on Chinoiserie red banquettes, while nibbling on Chinese chicken salads and desserts artfully garnished with chocolate sauce drawings. But maybe it’s time to put this prejudice behind us because a new tide of Asian Fusion cuisine seems to be upon us and frankly, it’s exciting. Case in point: Los Angeles’ famed Kogi Bbq Trucks. In fact, you might say...
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Q & A with Chef Masaharu Morimoto
It’s fair to say that no one in America (and perhaps the world) can cook Japanese food quite like Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The original Iron Chef & former Nobu chef is just as skilled at turning out traditional sushi and kaiseki meals as he is at Asian fusion. (And it takes a lot for a chef to convince me of the merits of fusion.) And yet, somehow whimsical creations, such as sashimi with burrata or a foie gras croissant...
Read MoreA Few Of Our Favorite Links
Though we wander the internet all day reading about new trends, restaurants, “chefscapades,” and other news, we realize you may not have quite as much time on your hands, so we’ve decided to compile a list of our favorite stories each week, posted on every food-centric site from Eater, Grub Street, Village Voice Serious Eats, to the New York Times. After all, the food world is just as exciting and turbulent (if not more) than the real world. This week, we especially loved Elle...
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Greatest Garlic Chopper
Over the years, we’ve bought, tested and tossed (in the garbage) quite a few tools that claim to ease the burden of chopping garlic and eliminate the lingering smell it leaves on our hands. Apparently, garlic has stumped a lot of inventors. While some worked to magically remove the smell, they didn’t chop. While others chopped, they left us with the task of getting the garlic into to the saute pan or pot by, well, using our hands. ...
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Antonucci's Cafe – Reviewed
While the Upper East Side is a perfectly lovely place to live — with plenty of great grocery stores, delivery options and old school Italian joints — it isn’t exactly a dining destination. After all, dining out is entertainment, and like anything else, we all want to see the new hit movie, broadway show, or eat at the new, hot restaurant. With the opening of Jean Georges’ The Mark and Cascabel Taqueria, the Upper East Side has certainly gotten...
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