Food Adventuring Around NYC
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. In my hit music video Empire Plates of Mine, I make a joke about Staten Island. I say “Never been, but Staten Island’s gotta have some decent food.” Gothamist gave me some criticism for being oblivious to Staten Island’s food scene. The truth is I …
SADLY, NEAPOLITAN EXPRESS IS NOW CLOSED. My understanding of Neapolitan pizza is that it must contain San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella cheese, type 00 wheat flour, must be rolled by hand, and must be baked in a wood-fired oven. These come from the long set of rules established by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. Sounds …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. When I visited St. Louis a few years ago, I discovered a relatively obscure pizza style I never even knew existed. St. Louis pizza was unheard of in these parts. And here I was thinking that New York had every style of pizza imaginable. Was …
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 pizza in New York continues…. If you haven’t eaten at the famous Grimaldi’s under the Brooklyn bridge before 1991, then you haven’t really eaten at the famous Grimaldi’s pizza. Sure, you can still wait in line with the hordes of tourists in Dumbo for pizza today, but 1991 was the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, NORTH END GRILL IS NOW CLOSED. Danny Meyer is the king of the New York food scene, isn’t he? No matter what any other cynical restaurant worker might tell you, he knows how to make diners …
SADLY, SOUTH BROOKLYN PIZZA IS NOW CLOSED. For a long time, anything south of Atlantic Avenue was simply known as South Brooklyn (or Red Hook). It was essentially its own town. This was long before the trendy names of Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, and Boerum Hill came in to play. It was all just South …
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 I was little, my younger brother wanted to be just like me. I would …
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… Perhaps the most popular dish of all of last year was the Montanara pizza at …
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 …
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 I’m going to have a drink with pizza, I like a nice light lager …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. It’s funny to me how there are celebrities in every field that nobody else really cares about. For instance, I’m sure there’s the top dog real estate guru that all realtors would know by name, but I would treat like anybody else on the street. …
Based on the wording of their menu, Valducci’s Pizza Truck sounds like they’re selling toys for prepubescents. Their original pizza slice is known as a “Super Slice” since it’s a whopping 8″ thick. And the slices are sold in “Packs” of 1, 4, or 6. The 12 year old boy locked up inside me was …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, BARBONCINO IS NOW CLOSED. I think it’s safe to say Paulie Gee is the new Genaro Lombardi. If you know anything about NY pizza history, you know pizza pioneer Lombardi is responsible for the careers and subsequent openings of the pizzaioli behind Patsy’s, Totonno’s, …
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 …
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. These are in no particular order. 30. LEMON BAR …
Once again Time Out New York released their Top 100 Dishes of the year and once again, I’m going to eat my way through every one. And no price point or subway delay will stop me. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. This year the end of the list came …
The newest episode, Bagels, will be launching in the next week or so. So if you’ve never seen an episode of Eat This NY’s web series, now’s the time to catch up. And if you have seen them in the past, you might want to re-visit some old friends. So pause that Top Chef marathon …
Once again Time Out New York released their Top 100 Dishes of the year and once again, I’m going to eat my way through every one. And no price point or subway delay will stop me. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. Supermarkets tend to overwhelm me – especially the …
SADLY, 900 DEGREES IS NOW CLOSED. The last few times Jason Feirman of I Dream of Pizza put together a Pizza Club meeting, I was unavailable. Sunday nights might be best for people who work in the real world, but since I pay my bills working at a restaurant, those are generally not the best nights …