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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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Lucky Bee is Really Cooking With Gas
The Lower East Side’s Lucky Bee is really cooking with gas; and we mean that literally. After launching three months ago, and operating solely with induction and butane stoves, the family style, farm-to-table Southeast Asian spot (from philanthropist and sneaker designer, Rupert Noffs and his husband and former Fat Radish chef, Matty Bennett) finally has access to a gas-powered cooktop, oven and grill.
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New York’s Tastiest Spring Cocktails
Now that we’ve abandoned cloistered, fireplace-warmed saloons for breezy rooftop bars, it’s time freshen up our go-drink orders as well. So think beyond rose this spring, by sipping your way through NYC’s newest spate of creative, highly seasonal cocktails, from Amada and its customizable Gin & Tonics, to Brooklyn’s Grand Army, and it’s all-pink tipple menu.
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Know It All Pan
We admit it: Sometimes, technology is totally over our heads these days. While we love a good hack or anything that improves the flavor of our food, we’re old school when it comes to the actual cooking. So when we say we’ve fallen for something techy, you might want to listen up…
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Gourmet Gossip: May 2016
In this great dining city of ours, barely a day passes without news of an exciting restaurant opening, a devastating closing, a shocking chef shuffle, or a groundbreaking, must-try dish. From an upcoming, healthy French boite from a famous Parisian restaurateur, to another shot in the arm for New York’s flourishing Indian cuisine scene…
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Eataly’s Rooftop Transforms into Italian Seaside-Themed Sabbia
Eataly is at it again. Not content to maintain their rooftop beer hall, Birriera, as a single, unchanging concept, they’ve taken to transforming it season by season; starting with the Alpine ski lodge, Baita, last winter, and turning it into a breezy seaside haven this spring…
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Where to Dine Al Fresco in NYC
Now that it’s spring, there’s little to keep us from the long-awaited enjoyment of eating and drinking outside! So here are eight great spots for sipping rose in the sun the whole season through — from the High Line Hotel’s Alta Linea, inspired by a chic Italian piazza, to the oyster bar on a boat, Grand Banks, gently bobbing astride the Hudson River…
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Edible Events: May 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 now…
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Our Favorite Food-Focused Mother’s Day Gifts
We’ve got the perfect food-focused gifts for Mother’s Day! From cooking classes at Brooklyn Kitchen to homecooked meals & handcrafted houseware from Blue Hill at Stone Barns…
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Our Guide to NYC’s Top Kentucky Derby Parties
New Yorkers may not have an actual horse in the race, but lord knows, we never miss an excuse to party, especially when said Kentucky Derby celebrations include Deep South-inspired snacks and bourbon-based beverages. So don your freshly-pressed seersucker suits and gaily-colored, over-the-top hats this coming Saturday, May 7th, and head to one of these reliably ebullient fetes…
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Chow Down at NYC’s Annual Burger Week
If there’s any foodstuff that deserves its own holiday, it’s definitely burgers, and May just happens to be national Burger Month. Yep! Right about NOW, Schweid & Sons sponsors NYC’s annual Burger Week; seven days full of dinners and special programming, commemorating the almighty meat patty. So you’d be well advised to start fasting now in anticipation of the following gluttonous celebrations…
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at NYC’s Best Mexican Joints
We all have plenty of reason to celebrate the abundance of stellar Mexican cuisine in NYC better known as Cinco De Mayo. We’ve rounded up the most delicious spots to celebrate this Thursday! From Cosme, with its award-winning chefs and incredible Corn Husk Meringue to the sleeper hit & Michelin-starred Casa Enrique in Long Island City, Queens…
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TEISUI Serves NYC’s First Yakitori Omakase
New York has its share of both posh and pricey omakase restaurants, as well as cool & casual Japanese izakayas, and they both tend to exist as totally disparate concepts. But Tempura Matsui blurred the borders last year, when it designed a $200 per person progression around fried and battered meats and veggies, and now TEISUI has done the same, making the grilled and skewered chicken known as yakitori…
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Mother’s Day Dining Guide: 2016
If you’re angling to express just how much you appreciate your mom, through conspicuous consumption of top shelf alcohol and food, you’ve come to the right place; as we’ve got eight, great suggestions for that all-important reservation — from a upper crust tasting at Gabriel Kreuther, to a classic French prix fixe (complete with all-American Bloody Mary bar!) at Rebelle…
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Nix – First Bite
Me, I don’t do meatless Mondays. In fact, I don’t do meatless any day. I’m a carnivore through and through. If it’s not meat, I crave poultry or fish… or eggs. If I don’t have one of the above, I feel like I haven’t really eaten. It’s still fascinating (at least to me!) to walk into a vegetarian eatery, like Nix, on a Friday night, and find every table and bar seat taken, with a noticeably fashionable crowd no less. But there’s nothing “granola” or hippy about Nix…
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Go Green this Earth Day with NYC’s Eco-Friendly Events & Eateries
When it comes to eating out on Earth Day, seek out spots that have truly taken going green to the next level, such as Birdbith, Café Habana and The Cynical Schnauzer, along with eateries holding eco-friendly promotions and events, such as Eataly, Kosaka and Fair Weather Brooklyn.
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John DeLucie Breaks Free of The Crown Group With Bedford & Co.
It’s been quite the drama-frilled year for John DeLucie, one of New York’s first real (non-television) celeb chefs. After a steady series of shutters — including Crown, The Lion, The Windsor and Bill’s Food & Drink — it was finally revealed that he was in the middle of a legal battle, due to murky financial dealings involving his former partner…
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Inside Turnstyle, Columbus Circle’s Subterranean Food Hall
Not that we need any more proof how radically times have changed, but we never could have conceived of the day that the subterranean, 59th Street-strip would become home to the city’s most happening new Food Court, dubbed Turnstyle…
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Ramps are All The Rage
Start your engines, ladies and gentleman, as ramp season has officially begun! Obtained only through foraging, the young wild leek (adored for their seductive perfume and flavor) are the prize of any chefs produce section, so take advantage of these seasonal menu additions while you still can!
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