At North End Grill (104 North End Avenue, 646-747-1600), chef Eric Korsh serves up incredibly fresh fish and a French-inspired menu in one of the most welcoming dining rooms in Battery Park City. But when he was recently caught in a rainstorm with hi...
This is a view. Possibly The View. Empire State soaring into the sunset, the city spread out below in a sparkling patchwork. A mere five stories above, tourists have paid $30 to admire this vista, and here you are, on the 65th floor, no cover charge ...
Tacos el Bronco II Headed up to the Bronx Zoo or the New York Botanical Garden? Just need a new neighborhood to explore for food? Check out Pelham Gardens, where, with an interwoven web of cultures and ethnicities, there's a grand assortment of th...
Trader Vic's Mai Tai It doesn't always hold that a bartender's favorite drink directly correlates to the bar he or she trains in, but it's certainly a pattern in this column -- perhaps, as with romances, you never forget your first love. And Colin...
Roast chicken smrrebrd After taking over the space of a Second Avenue Hot and Crusty franchise, Brd Kitchen (1201 Second Avenue, 212-600-5202) is stepping up Midtown East's sandwich game. Monette de Botton, creative director of the five-month-o...
New Mex Deli (5914 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn; 718-492-7492) is a long walk from Sunset Park -- it's at the southern end of the neighborhood and across from the imposing Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; it's close enough to Bay Ridge that you can ...
Antiguan pepper pot with fungi New York City has long had a large population that can trace its roots to various islands in the Caribbean, and so it's possible to find restaurants from many of those nations within the city limits. For years, Antig...
I've written before about my deep love for Stage Restaurant, where regulars feast on Ukrainian specialties and greasy-spoon classics -- and the best egg on a roll in New York City. It's a beloved mainstay of the East Village, and last year, the Voice...
It took Bara (58 East 1st Street, 917-639-3197) chef Ian Alvarez until he was working at Momofuku Noodle Bar to realize he'd been trained as a French chef. He'd gone to culinary school in his early twenties, then spent time in kitchens in Los Angeles...
Drawing on the success of Battery Park's Pier A, restaurateur Peter Poulakakos and his business partner Paul Lamos are back with a new venture, Le District(Le District at Brookfield Place, 225 Liberty Street, 212-981-8589), housed off the Winter Gard...
Don't you just want to be friends with someone with a balcony and go sit on it and snack on roasted asparagus? I know, it's an oddly specific fantasy, but it hits all the right notes for me, now that spring seems to have finally dug in. Actually, asp...
At the Brisket Sessions, conversation compares with slowly cooked brisket. Pop by Hill Country Barbecue Market in Brooklyn (345 Adams Street, Brooklyn; 718-885-4608) tonight, April 13, 2015, and you can have a drink with New York Times Magazine ed...
Flatbread When he was sixteen years old, chef Alex Urea left the Dominican Republic for a post at the River Cafe in Brooklyn. Since then, he's worked in local places like Blue Hill and Bouley, and he's been behind burners in France, the Bahamas, ...
Boneless wings from Buffalo Boss When the Barclays Center opened in the autumn of 2012, it promised to be a boon to local business. To deliver on that vow, it launched Brooklyn Taste -- a collection of no fewer than 55 Brooklyn-based food vendors ...
Specialty cheese shops abound in NYC, selling pounds upon pounds of dairy from nearby farms and far-off corners of the world. Some of these are monstrous showcases of nearly every variety under the sun. Others are small and curated, with staff that o...
Learn all about beekeeping this week at BLDG 92. This week, you can learn the secrets to being a beekeeper or explore a museum while tasting sake. Check out our five best food and drink events in NYC. The Brisket Sessions with Jake Silverstein, ed...
Inside Jimmy's No. 43 The East Village explosion that leveled Sushi Park and Pommes Frites also temporarily shuttered a number of surrounding businesses, including a pair of our favorite diners, B&H; Dairy and Stage Restaurant, and craft-beer stalw...
The Village Voice has an opening for a full-time editor to manage our food section. The food editor works with the editor-in-chief to set the tone of the Voice's coverage, then carries out that vision by recruiting and managing freelance writers, ass...
Hop Showers in the can As spring slowly but steadily announces its presence across the city, beer drinkers in New York ready themselves for one of the best times to knock back pints of craft brew. Spring sees the return of baseball, a sport that m...
Uma Temakeria Back in January of 2014, just after Top Chef Franklin Becker had opened up his quick-service, seasonally inspired, gluten-free restaurant the Little Beet, he told the Voice that he was opening a fast-casual restaurant, despite his fi...
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