Food Adventuring Around NYC
Brian Hoffman is a classically trained actor who is now a full-time tour guide, blogger, and food obsessive. He leads food and drink tours around New York City, which not only introduce tour-goers to delicious food, but gives them a historical context. He has written food articles for Gothamist and Midtown Lunch in addition to overseeing this blog and a few food video series, including Eat This, Locals Know, and Around the World in One City. His latest series is an international cooking show with his son which can be found on this site.
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. As you may know, one of the many essential businesses that has continued to operate during the pandemic are breweries. I am very grateful for this. It means that I’ve still managed to find freshly made local beer. And what’s crazy is that somehow during this …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m pretty much at that point now where my well of backlogged meals from pre-COVID has pretty much dried up. There are definitely some more interesting dishes to write about but the obvious ones in my …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City People would often ask me how I knew about all these restaurants, bars, and cafés. Some, of course, I learned about through social media and other food blogs, but many I literally discovered as I was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Summer has officially started and while many of us are still in the comfort of our apartment air conditioning, soup is not usually what I crave (or write about) this time of year. However, this soup is …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Originally this post was intended to be an official ice cream review. But I had not yet gotten around to posting it and since I really enjoyed my experience, I figured I would switch it over …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Wow! I’m not sure how I’ve never posted a review of one of the city’s most interesting breweries. I’ve known Transmitter and the guys who run …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, ZÖÖBA IS NOW CLOSED. When is a falafel not a falafel? When it’s a ta’ameya. Late last year an Egyptian fast food chain opened in Nolita, in the space of a former favorite neighborhood falafel …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I was recently fortunate enough to spend a few days n Mexico City. While there, I experienced an incredible taco tour that took us to all these local joints. I tasted tacos and fillings that blew …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Katana Kitten was shaping up to be one of my favorite cocktail bars. It was somewhat under-the-radar despite winning the award for Best New American Bar at Tales of the Cocktail. The Japanese-inspired drinks and food were …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It is still unknown when and how New York will start re-opening restaurants. There will obviously be major changes to operation to ensure safety and health. But when they finally do start coming back, I imagine …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I’ve been confused and a bit dismayed by this new drink I discovered at local shop Stinky Brooklyn. My wife is gluten free so I was excited to see a brand new alcoholic beer-like product without gluten that I can share with her. Carrie’s Beer …
SADLY, DILLER IS NOW CLOSED. So Diller is unlike any of the other pickle shops I’ve reviewed. And really unlike anywhere else in the city. It’s more of a pickle restaurant than a pickle producer. The closest place to it that I’ve discovered in the city is Jacob’s Pickles which is really a Southern comfort bar …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Coffee and cookies. It’s not the immediate food combination that comes to mind, but it should be. Seriously, why don’t more people think to order a cookie with their coffee? I mean, scones and muffins are fair …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Literally days before this current reality of social distancing and quarantining began, I was in Mexico City with a group of people (for the Urban Adventures guide conference). But unfortunately, I had to cut my Mexico …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Months ago as I made my way to Di an Di for a weekend brunch, I was amazed at how quickly this neighborhood of Greenpoint had changed. It had probably been over a year since I …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, THE BANTY ROOSTER IS NOW CLOSED. My heart is breaking for restaurant owners and employees during this unimaginable pandemic. From the most high end to the smallest mom-and-pop immigrant run joint, they are all suffering right …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City One of the few cuisines to not fully hit the mainstream in the New York dining scene is Russian. We have hip chef-driven Laotian, Filipino, Austrian, Ethiopian, and more. But I can’t really think of a cool …
There has been a very close relationship between Jewish pastrami sandwiches and Texas-style brisket. They’re not so different from each other. Both come from the chest or breast of a cow. Both are smoked and sliced to maintain the fatty goodness. Both make me (and similar eaters) salivate. The big difference is that pastrami is usually cured …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Before the world turned upside down, I was lucky enough to eat at Addã on three separate occasions. It’s a surprising restaurant on the outskirts of Long Island City that has won all sorts of acclaim, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I don’t need to point out that we are living in crazy times. I was supposed to be drinking chocolate in Oaxaca, Mexico right now but the global health concerns, of course, changed those plans. COVID-19 …