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 bagels in New York continues…. There’s not usually much hoopla surrounding the opening of a new bagel shop. If I discover a new one, it’s usually by walking by or a friend tells me about a new shop in their neighborhood. It’s a bit different for pizza and ice cream …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There is such a thing as a cursed space in New York. There are certain storefronts that just can’t seem to contain a restaurant – maybe the rents are too hire or the location is undesirable …
My search for the best cheesecake in New York continues…. I could have chosen many NY-centric dishes for my next food journey, but I quickly decided on the classic cheesecake. And it’s not because I wanted to put on some weight for the summer. No, it’s really because I had never been to Junior’s and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City House of Small Wonder sounds less like the name of a coffee and brunch spot and more like a specialty glass store where I am afraid to enter in the fear of breaking everything. But in …
SADLY, BAPCHA IS NOW CLOSED. There are lots of hipster food trucks selling fusion Korean-style food in the city, but it’s harder to find legitimate and authentic Korean food from a cart. Bapcha has been feeding Midtown for close to 10 years with their kimchi, bulgogi, and mouthwatering galbi.
My search for the best falafel in New York continues…. If this was 1992, the year that Rainbow Falafel opened, I’d be jumping up and down because I just discovered a secret little, under-the-radar falafel joint housed in the back of a tiny little bodega. But it’s 2014 and Rainbow Falafel has certainly been discovered …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I just returned from an amazing two week vacation in Greece. More specifically, we spent most of our time on the Islands. Even more specifically, the island chain known as the Cyclades (pronounced kyklades), which features …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NYC Food Cart Tour is my exploration of the hard-working vendors feeding NYC’s population every day. The workers in the Financial District are very lucky because they have three locations of Shaheem Malik’s Biryani House cart to choose from. In addition …
My search for the best ice cream in New York continues …. SADLY, HAY ROSIE CRAFT ICE CREAM IS NOW CLOSED. When it comes to ice cream, I’m about as far away from a “vanilla person” as can be. For me, the weirder, the better. I’m always intrigued when somebody attempts to make an ice cream …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When you have a brewery attached to your restaurant, as is the case with the new brewpub Dirck the Norseman, you have the best cooking ingredient you could possibly imagine. The only thing I could think …
SADLY, VERONICA’S KITCHEN IS NOW CLOSED. We start just about every one of our Financial District food cart tours at Veronica’s Kitchen. This is where Veronica Julien is preparing the best jerk chicken I’ve tasted in the entire city. She’s been doing it for almost 10 years and works harder each week than I do …
My search for the best cheesecake in New York begins…. It’s highly unlikely that the first place I choose for my cheesecake journey will be the best. Either all the cheesecakes will be absolutely amazing, or I may have just set the bar a little too high. Of course, there are many New York iconic …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour I recently heard about the rustic bar/restaurant Dirck the Norseman on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It has a historic theme (named for this area’s first European settler) and serves elevated …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Every year, I get hired by an investment firm to create a one-time food tour of a different neighborhood around Manhattan for their summer interns. For one of the stops this year, I chose Zaragoza Mexican …
Like most people, I assumed cheesecake was either invented in New York or brought here in the 1800’s by one of the groups of European immigrants. It could have been the Jews, Italians, or even the Hungarians. All seem to currently have a version of cheesecake in modern day NYC. But the real story about …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour I love the idea of a CSA (community supported agriculture). You sign up with a local farm and then on a regular basis you pick up a bounty of seasonal produce. You …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have a weakness for desserts with booze in them. But the truth is, they’re very easy to mess up with rum or bourbon overpowering the sweetness. But when balanced just right, sweet and boozy is …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. American craft beer drinkers go crazy for IPA’s. The old British-style is much more aggressive and bitter than anything the mass-produced guys have been brewing for decades in this country. So it makes perfect sense that Other Half Brewing has been focusing on different versions …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There was a time not that long ago where I was dedicated to conquering Time Out New York’s 100 Best Dishes list every single year. It was a fun way of discovering new restaurants and dishes, …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. Certé looks like any other generic lunch deli in Midtown. Glass counters of salads, an array of cookies, and coolers full of soda and orange juice. If I didn’t know there was some serious focus on food quality and chef-driven dishes in this unlikeliest of …