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 hot dogs in New York continues…. SADLY, DITCH PLAINS IS NOW CLOSED. When I learned that Ditch Plains’ signature hot dog is topped with macaroni and cheese, I thought it sounded weird, but potentially delicious. It wasn’t until I bit into the dog that I remembered that this combination has been …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… If any dessert is able to overtake the cupcake in oversaturation, it is the macaron. …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… One of my first food discoveries in New York were the chicken wings at Stillwater …
My search for the best hot dogs in New York continues…. SADLY, BARK HOT DOGS IS NOW CLOSED. I’m slowly learning that the majority of the hot dogs in this city come from one company. You may have heard of the little known Sabrett. If you haven’t and you’ve walked around NYC, you need to open …
SADLY, DA MIKELE BY LUZZO’S IS NOW CLOSED. Since I visited the modest, but well regarded Luzzo’s in the East Village a few years ago, they’ve been doing some serious expanding. In 2009, Little Luzzo’s opened on the Upper East Side, then Ovest followed a few years later on the far reaches of Chelsea, and …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I don’t like to do what everybody else does. So when I go to a wine bar, I turn my nose up at all those Cabs and Syrahs and instead I ask, “What’s on tap?” That can now be a loaded question since many bars …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… I was a little worried a few months ago when Michael Toscano, the chef from …
My search for the best hot dogs in New York begins…. I’ve been coming to Westville for a long time. The original West Village shop is tiny and perpetually packed, but their affordable focus on fresh, local ingredients and delicious tasting food makes waiting well worth it. I also find myself ordering to go quite …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… I thought I was never going to visit Liebman’s Deli again. Not because the first …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… For the halfway mark on our list, we always try to do something special. Or, …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I guess when most people get out of work, they want to hole up in a cheap bar with lots of other people for Happy Hour. Maybe it’s because I don’t work in a quiet office, but these places generally don’t do it for me. …
Can you think of a more American food than hot dogs? Sure, we can claim many different regional specialities, not to mention barbecue, hamburgers, and (sadly) fast food chains. But what dish is so closely associated with the one true all-American pastime – baseball? No matter what American city you’re in, when you go out …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. The speakeasy trend has become somewhat of a cliché in New York. It seems that any restaurant or bar with an unmarked storefront can be called a speakeasy. Just don’t raise a sign at your establishment and you’ll be hidden and hip. The days of …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… Let it be known that I have a soft spot for frozen yogurt. And now …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, HEARTLAND BREWERY IS NOW CLOSED. While the NY craft beer scene continues to expand with breweries, craft beer bars, and restaurants that brew their own beer, Heartland Brewery has sort of gotten the short end of the stick. I remember visiting the original Union Square …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… How can you not love Brooklyn Farmacy? As soon as you step inside the old …
My search for the best corned beef/pastrami in New York continues…. SADLY, THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD ROAST BEEF IS NOW CLOSED. I was torn about whether I should include This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef in my official corned beef/pastrami search. First off, this is an Italian owned sandwich shop (from the owners of Artichoke Basille), …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… It’s only recently that I really started appreciating beef jerky. I think it was a …
For the third year in a row, I’m going to attempt to eat every single item on Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes list. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Let the gluttony continue… Time Out sort of does an injustice to some of these restaurants. Every year, the …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I drank a Jamaican inspired beer from Long Island’s Blue Point Brewery at Ulysses’ Folk House, an Irish themed pub on Stone Street, the oldest paved street in the former Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Jamaican, American, Irish, Dutch. Whew! Talk about cultures colliding. I’ve …