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.
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There are too many hidden gems in this city. You could spend a lifetime searching and you’ll still only uncover a handful. Church of Sweden is just that. It’s a Swedish church that’s been in the middle …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. We’ve all heard about this revival in speakeasy-type hidden bars. Well, the first to do it here in …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. When people ask me about the best pizza in New York, I always have to ask what style they want. Do they want a typical New York slice, wood-oven Neapolitan pies, thin grandma-style, Sicilian, Roman-style? We have all those styles in New York. But up …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I am so spoiled living and eating in this city. I used to be afraid to order roast chicken when going out to dinner at a nicer restaurant. Not anymore. But now I have certain expectations that …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. Restaurants come and go so quickly in this city. I never got to Five Points, which was a neighborhood favorite in Noho, but I’m pleased to see that it’s replacement, Vic’s, is more than capable of filling its shoes. Vic’s has …
SADLY, TURKISS IS NOW CLOSED. When one falafel joint closes, another opens. It doesn’t always work that way, but it almost always does in and around Bleecker Street in the West Village. Yatagan sat on Macdougal Street for years churning out doner kababs and falafel. I never made it to Yatagan, but now that it’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City You’d think by now we’ve seen every possible iteration of tacos. I can’t imagine Goa Taco is the first to re-imagine the Mexican wraps with Indian paratha bread and I can’t imagine they will be the last. …
My search for the best pickles in New York continues…. I recently met up with an old friend from college and I thought he was going to laugh at me when I said we should meet at a bar that specializes in beer and pickles. Surprisingly, he said, “That place is around the corner from …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I like to think I know about every restaurant in the city. That’s impossible, of course. But I’m pretty close to an expert on the food offerings in New York. So it’s even more shocking when …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. It’s been a long time since I’ve released a full-on webisode of Eat This. For the latest episode, I decided to hit the road. Below is the first Eat This episode outside of New York. Brian gets a call to come …
I bring my sense of food adventure with me on the road, searching for the most authentic, iconic, and delicious dishes of a different region… I knew I’d have my fair share of seafood in Boston, but I didn’t realize it would practically be my entire diet for a week. I like to eat the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve been going to the Smorgasburg in Brooklyn for years now and each time it’s more and more maddening. The crowds are frustrating, the prices are too high, and much of the food is not as good as …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. It’s been quite a while since I released a new webisode. But have no fear, a new one is on its way and this is unlike anything you’ve seen at Eat This NY before. That’s because I leave the city to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last week, I sang the praises of the burger from one of New York’s newest modern steakhouses. Today I’m going to continue my burger party by highlighting one of New York’s oldest and msot iconic steakhouses.
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. If you didn’t know, Red Hook might be the booziest neighborhood in Brooklyn. In addition to a winery, …
My search for the best corned beef/pastrami in New York continues…. Jewish delis have a certain look about them. Usually they’re bright with old photographs on the wall and lots of nostalgic kitsch. I was surprised when I walked into Loeser’s (one of two remaining delis in the Bronx). Behind the take-out counter was a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have often thought that somewhere down the line I should embark on a search for the best NY strip steak in New York. It’s certainly an iconic dish and steakhouses are both plentiful and well-respected in this …
I have the best job in the world. Every weekend through October, the tour company I work for Urban Oyster teams up with Manhattan by Sail to give the Craft Beer Harbor Sail. People get on a sailboat and cruise around Lower Manhattan while tasting samples of New York state craft beer, like Broken Bow …
My search for the best pickles in New York begins…. I was about to begin putting together my list of places to get pickles here in New York when I walked by a sign on the Upper East Side. It was like a beacon. The sign read: pickles, olives, etc. If I hadn’t looked close …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My birthday, as it does every year, just came around. And while it means I get another year older, it also means I get to have a blow out meal and hit one of the high-end restaurants …