Stay hungry, be smart
Attention LIRR commuters! I have exciting news: you can finally get decent chow in the immediate area surrounding the dirty sinkhole that is Penn Station! Hard to believe aint it? This is my struggle as a food writer and food eater of NYC. When someone asks me where to eat […]
Due to the holiday craziness, I haven’t had much time to be Skinny Pigging around town, but I DID house a Beast on a hero from Cherry Valley and wings from Press 195. Queens’ finest grub! I also have a few places I’m hitting up in the city this week […]
One great thing about working in the Flatiron district: proximity to No. 7 Sub, Hill Country, and my latest discovery, The John Dory Oyster Bar. I can see people enjoying their meal at The John Dory from the window in my office, and I always think to myself, “damn I […]
Want to know what one of my many regrets in life is? Never taking a trip to the south. New Orleans, the Carolinas, Atlanta…never once have I ventured there. It makes no sense. I love deep frying! And biscuits! And grits and gravy! This is why I really enjoy trying […]
Last night’s episode of Top Chef got me thinking about all things pig. You know what goes great with bacon? I’m going to let you in on a little secret…everything. Perhaps that isn’t a secret, and Traif knows it too. This small and semi-controversial restaurant in the south side of […]
This is one of those restaurants that catches you off guard. The name could mean a number of things, and the execution has a lot more heart behind it than you would think. I was most impressed with the dedication to organic, sustainable, home-made cooking in here, yet it’s not […]
Now this is the type of flexing I can get down with. Flex Mussels on the UES had me in a food coma for a little bit, but it was well worth it. Everything was so fresh and delicious, and the menu boasts so many variations of mussels that everyone […]
Creative, beautiful, delicious. These are all words I would use to describe David Burke’s cooking in general, but more specifically, it describes my brunch at David Burke Kitchen on Saturday. Following some unnecessary (but enjoyable) spending at the Bloomingdale’s friends and family sale with my friend Alex, we had a […]
