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.
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… As I sat at the bar at Boulud Sud sipping my water and checking out …
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… Chris Cipollone, the chef at Tenpenny left the restaurant just days before we visited. I …
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… SADLY, ELSA IS NOW CLOSED. Large format dinners are big in this city. And not just …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. All the breweries in Brooklyn take risks with their beers. Brooklyn Brewery does some interesting brews with their Brewmaster’s Reserve Series, using wild yeasts or special honey or maple syrup. Kelso has been aging their regular beers in different types of barrels (whiskey, wine, sherry, …
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… Pairing food and beer has become much more popular in the last few years. Fortunately, …
I really feel like I stumbled on a little gem of a bar in an area that’s sort of in between neighborhoods. I was trying to pass some time one early evening and I was looking for a craft beer bar to taste a local brew between Soho and the Lower East Side. Thanks to …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I met the owners of Empire Brewing Company a few weeks back when they caught me taking photos of the beers at Birreria. I guess I piqued their interest and we started chatting. And I’m glad we did because they convinced me that I should …
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… SADLY, PEGU CLUB IS NOW CLOSED. During this food adventure, I often sling a video camera …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, JIMMY’S NO. 43 IS NOW CLOSED. Every time I’ve been inside the subterranean craft beer enclave Jimmy’s No. 43, it’s smelled like sausage. That’s not a bad thing, mind you. In the back of this maze of a bar is a small little kitchen and …
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… SADLY, PORSENA IS NOW CLOSED. I think second chances are very important. When restaurant critics review …
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… SADLY, PLOY THAI IS NOW CLOSED. This is the third list item and we’ve already hit …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. The Eataly empire is a madhouse. I usually get intimidated and anxiety ridden when I walk in. They fit so many food options and kiosks in this space that there’s really nowhere else for them to add anything. So in true New York fashion, they …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. When I go out to review anything – a beer or a corned beef sandwich – I sort of like to be left alone. I have photos to snap, notes to write, and ideas to digest. I try to be as discreet as possible because …
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… When you think Chinese food in this country, you very rarely think farm fresh and …
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… We started the new Time Out list right where we left off. It’s like the …
When Time Out New York’s latest 100 Best issue was released in October, I was both excited and slightly dismayed. The food choices look pretty great and it’s always fun to read an issue full of such lascivious food porn. But I noticed that this year more than ever they’re, encouraging readers to push their way through …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I’ve already proclaimed on this site that Kelso’s Pilsner is the best version of an American pilsner I have ever tasted. It was over a year ago and I was amazed at the complexity of this normally bland tasting beer. For reference, most of the …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, CHELSEA BREWING COMPANY IS NOW CLOSED. I’ve never been any good at sports (aside from a lucky streak at ping pong once), but I can only imagine how much worse I’d be if I had a few pints in me. Or maybe it would actually …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I brought two of Brooklyn Brewery’s bottle fermented beers to Thanksgiving dinner to pair with the turkey and I thought the tradition should continue with Christmas. So I picked up the other bottle-fermented beer, the Sorachi Ace. Now I mainly brought it because I wanted …
I’ve devoured Time Out’s 100 Best dishes and now, once again, I’ve been inspired to create my own list. These are the 100 dishes I have continued to think about since tasting them at some point in 2011. Look for another five dishes every few days. 5. SPEKULOOS ICE CREAM at WAFELS & DINGES Wow! …