Food Adventuring Around NYC
I returned from my amazing trip in Hawaii and before I can even begin dealing with my jet lag and digesting all that kalua pork, the Village Voice will be hosting another one of their huge food festivals. The sixth annual Choice Eats will happen tonight at the 69th Armory on 23rd and Lexington Avenue …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Of all the new NYC-based breweries popping up, I think Bronx Brewery has been the smartest. They didn’t roll out a dozen different beer styles from the get go, but instead focused on one quality beer and perfected it. Everybody in the beer world had …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. This is exactly how I wanted it to work out! I had been holding off on reviewing Alphabet City Brewing’s flagship beer until I could find it at the similarly named Alphabet City Beer Co. And when I stopped in early on a Friday evening, …
Now that I’ve eaten my way through somebody else’s list (Time Out New York), I’m ready to compile my own 100 spectacular things I’ve tasted in 2012. Look for another five dishes every few days. NUMBER 45: SORACHI ACE from BROOKLYN BREWERY Ok, so this is not a drinking blog, but I’ve spent much time …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. When I think of Blue Point, two things come to mind: oysters and beer. Less food obsessed minds might think of boats or the ocean, but unless I can eat it or drink it, I’m not terribly interested.
I was lucky enough to attend the second annual Brooklyn Pour this weekend, hosted by the Village Voice. The drinking festivities commenced at the beautiful Skylight Hanson One, a converted bank that might be my favorite space for a food event.
I’m very excited for this craft beer event on Saturday and you should be too. The Village Voice is hosting the 2nd annual Brooklyn Pour on Saturday, October 6. It will take place at Skylight One Hanson (which hosts the Brooklyn Flea in winter) in Fort Greene and will feature an unbelievable amount of craft …
My search for the best beer made in or around New York was probably my most audacious search yet. It’s an impossible mission for a number of reasons. First off, to compare one style to another and say one is the best is ludicrous. That’s part of why I love beer so much. The flavors can …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Everybody wants to be from Brooklyn these days. It may just be the hippest place in the world. It’s so cool, trendy, and unique that a few years ago The Brooklyneer opened up in Manhattan serving food and drinks from the neighboring borough to the …
It’s hard to imagine that there were once 48 breweries in Brooklyn. Even harder to imagine that by 1976, the well had run dry and with the exit of Schaeffer and Rhinegold, there were zero breweries in Brooklyn. Zero!! It wasn’t until 1996 when Brooklyn Brewery opened their facility in Williamsburg that craft beer became …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. While I’ve been drinking my fair share of beer these last few months, I’m still no expert. I’m also a bit of a coward. When it comes to the idea of sending a beer back due to a bad tap line at a bar, I’d …
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 could have checked this list item off a while back, but I was waiting …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. The day will come that if you walk in to any independently owned Brooklyn restaurant, you will find a beer brewed just for them by Sixpoint. In a span of a week, I was at two of Brooklyn’s hottest restaurants for a meal and …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. You haven’t seen Barrier Brewery mentioned much on this website as of late and there’s a very good reason. The guys in Oceanside have recently moved into a bigger space and had to halt production during the interim. So sadly, the diverse beers have not …
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’m always on the lookout for potential items for my end of the year Top …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …