Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Wow! This past week I had some semblance of normal and I actually ate at a restaurant in New York City. Of course, it was outside and masks were worn except for the actual masticating bit. …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There’s always a lot of pressure when it comes to follow-up restaurants. Ops is an undersung hit in Bushwick specializing in sourdough based pizzas and natural …
SADLY, NON SEQUITUR BEER IS NOW CLOSED. Something happened even before this pandemic. Perhaps it’s because I have a young child or I just got too busy. Or something. But I lost my handle on the emerging breweries in New York City. I used to be able to name all of them, but in the last …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City We used to take a big vacation once or twice a year, usually to another country, And since his birth, our three year old has joined us. The lucky kid has been to Spain, Croatia, and Mexico. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I promise this blog will not be turning into a review site for frozen pizzas. Although some of you may actually be excited about that prospect. This is the second frozen pizza I’ve discovered from local New …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My other job (my “real” job) as a food tour guide has also become quite difficult thanks to the pandemic. Not only are the businesses we visit mostly closed, but nobody is traveling to New York …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. As you may know, one of the many essential businesses that has continued to operate during the pandemic are breweries. I am very grateful for this. It means that I’ve still managed to find freshly made local beer. And what’s crazy is that somehow during this …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m pretty much at that point now where my well of backlogged meals from pre-COVID has pretty much dried up. There are definitely some more interesting dishes to write about but the obvious ones in my …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City People would often ask me how I knew about all these restaurants, bars, and cafés. Some, of course, I learned about through social media and other food blogs, but many I literally discovered as I was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Summer has officially started and while many of us are still in the comfort of our apartment air conditioning, soup is not usually what I crave (or write about) this time of year. However, this soup is …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Originally this post was intended to be an official ice cream review. But I had not yet gotten around to posting it and since I really enjoyed my experience, I figured I would switch it over …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Wow! I’m not sure how I’ve never posted a review of one of the city’s most interesting breweries. I’ve known Transmitter and the guys who run …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, ZÖÖBA IS NOW CLOSED. When is a falafel not a falafel? When it’s a ta’ameya. Late last year an Egyptian fast food chain opened in Nolita, in the space of a former favorite neighborhood falafel …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I was recently fortunate enough to spend a few days n Mexico City. While there, I experienced an incredible taco tour that took us to all these local joints. I tasted tacos and fillings that blew …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Katana Kitten was shaping up to be one of my favorite cocktail bars. It was somewhat under-the-radar despite winning the award for Best New American Bar at Tales of the Cocktail. The Japanese-inspired drinks and food were …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It is still unknown when and how New York will start re-opening restaurants. There will obviously be major changes to operation to ensure safety and health. But when they finally do start coming back, I imagine …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I’ve been confused and a bit dismayed by this new drink I discovered at local shop Stinky Brooklyn. My wife is gluten free so I was excited to see a brand new alcoholic beer-like product without gluten that I can share with her. Carrie’s Beer …
SADLY, DILLER IS NOW CLOSED. So Diller is unlike any of the other pickle shops I’ve reviewed. And really unlike anywhere else in the city. It’s more of a pickle restaurant than a pickle producer. The closest place to it that I’ve discovered in the city is Jacob’s Pickles which is really a Southern comfort bar …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Coffee and cookies. It’s not the immediate food combination that comes to mind, but it should be. Seriously, why don’t more people think to order a cookie with their coffee? I mean, scones and muffins are fair …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Literally days before this current reality of social distancing and quarantining began, I was in Mexico City with a group of people (for the Urban Adventures guide conference). But unfortunately, I had to cut my Mexico …
