Stan Tankursley is up and running again. He is known in Williamsburg for the American-style breakfast burritos he peddled from Stan's Cafecito, a shack he operated on Havemeyer that closed last year. Now, after months of searching, Tankursley has fou...
When Huertas (107 First Avenue, 212-228-4490) opened its doors a year ago, it offered a pair of distinct concepts under one roof: Grab a table in the front room, and you'd dine via a sort of dim-sum-style service wherein servers popped by your table ...
Basterma Almayass Friday marked the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide, when 1.5 million people were killed and another 1.5 million were displaced under the Ottoman Empire, in the area that is now Turkey. To honor their ancestors, about...
Not even ten years ago, most serious wine drinkers in this city were of a pretty elite group -- they were suits with deep bank accounts who cellared Burgundy and Bordeaux and finished nights with $1,000 bottles ordered off the lists of wine meccas li...
Jon's mum and dad came to stay with us last week. They live on the Isle of Skye, where most of their view is sea and clouds and trees and streams in which otters frolic about merrily. Our view is mostly other apartment windows, a busy sidewalk, const...
Among the events at the 2015 NYC Hot Sauce Expo held at the Brooklyn Expo on Franklin Street in Greenpoint over the weekend were pizza- and taco-eating competitions, which attracted Pepto-swigging competitors, from novice first-timers to veterans. No...
A little before one in the afternoon the ponytailed emcee grabbed the mic to address the crowd. "I SAID, WHO'S READY FOR A SPICY PIZZA EATING CONTEST?!" A few hundred people, with cameras in hand, were ready to witness contestants as they tried to ea...
In most cities in this country, tacos are the ultimate street food -- they're flavorful, filling, and usually pretty cheap. But this is NYC, and as is the case with so many aspects of life (rent, groceries, coffee), what would be the most ubiquitous ...
Mimi Cheng's Dumplings (179 Second Avenue) has a homey feeling: It's a bright, open space with communal tables, walls lined with the owners' artworks, and a chalkboard showing the day's menu.That idea of home was key to the owners, sisters Hannah and...
Take a class in Roberta's garden this week. Basketball playoffs are upon us, but if that sounds boring to you, or if the thought of posting up in a bar seems less than thrilling, consider heading out to these five food and drink events.MWA Cookboo...
Filling barrels with beer at Finback Move over, Brooklyn. After years of threats and broken promises, we may finally be entering the era of Queens. You want proof? There's the Mets, of course, who are riding an eleven-game win streak to the best r...
It was just after our order had been taken that the water in my glass slowly started to ripple, like that scene in Jurassic Park. But instead of being on an island in the middle of nowhere with a large dinosaur lurching about, I was in Bushwick, abou...
The french toast sundae, Milk Sugar Love's April collaboration with Sam A.M. Milk Sugar Love (19 McWilliams Place, 201-984-0530), pastry chef Emma Taylor's year-old Hamilton Park ice cream parlor, has kicked off a six-month collaboration with a cr...
How many spicy wings can you handle? April, we hardly got the chance to know you. Here are five great food- and beverage-related ways we'd like to say goodbye.NYC Hot Sauce Expo, Brooklyn Expo Center, 79 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, Saturday and Sun...
When Top Chef Jenn Louis opened her highly acclaimed New American eatery Lincoln in 2008, she inadvertently started on a journey deep into the heart of Italian cuisine. That wasn't her initial plan, though. Louis had the goal of making everything in-...
As spring hits the Union Square Greenmarket, all eyes are on the (scant) newly green offerings, but once the broccoli rabe and lettuce are long gone ("Gotta get here early or we sell out this time of year," says JoAnn Banks of Lani's Farm Stall with ...
Soup dumplings at RedFarm Chef Josh "Shorty" Eden of August (791 Lexington Avenue; 212-935-1433) is a native New Yorker, and he's spent his life hunting down amazing local eats. He worked with Jean-Georges Vongerichten for twelve years, and spent ...
Argentina is large in every sense. It stretches from close to the Antarctic to the Tropic of Capricorn. It's geographically diverse. Coming in second only to the U.S. in terms of immigrants, it's home to a wide blend of cultural influences. The cuisi...
When we crunched the numbers on our 99 Essential Restaurants in Brooklyn, we noted that Italian food could very well be Brooklyn's official fare -- there are twenty-three Italian restaurants on the list, nine of which are pizzerias. We've since prov...
New York has long been a hotbed of successful women. Before Hillary, the state sent Geraldine Ferraro to receive the first female nomination by a major party for the White House. Edith Wharton explored social hypocrisy in her acclaimed books. Sonia "...
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