Food Adventuring Around NYC
My search for the best hot dog in New York continues…. Smorgasburg completely overwhelms me. I often stop by at the weekly Brooklyn food festival for a quick cheap bite before one of my tours. But it’s never quick and never cheap. It takes me a long time to navigate the crowds and find something interesting …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, GREAT NORTHERN FOOD HALL IS NOW CLOSED. There have been a lot of fancy, trendy food halls that have opened in New York in the last few years. Most are just big spaces with a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For years I stopped eating potato chips at home and started eating vegetable chips, convincing myself that fried slivers of carrots and beets were somehow healthier. I like to fool myself like that. I’ve moved past …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BRUNO IS NOW CLOSED. I love when a restaurant comes along and totally reconstructs something that we are all too familiar with. People deconstruct macaroni and cheese, s’mores, and steak tartare all the time. But I was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, NAM NAM IS NOW CLOSED. Nam Nam in Williamsburg doesn’t really feel like a restaurant. There is pretty much zero atmosphere, unless you count the bare bones kitchen with some makeshift places to sit. It’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Breakfast sandwiches were one of the hottest dishes a few years ago. Every restaurant was doing them (as long as they were open for breakfast, of course). But now we’re so immersed in Instagram-friendly food that …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I finally dined at Rasa, I was hoping to find a dish that would make its way to these pages, but I didn’t think beef rendang would be it. Rendang is one of the more common …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you’d asked me to tell you about Dough, the growing New York business from chef Fany Gerson, I would have told you that they make the absolute best doughnuts in the city. Big, yeasty, and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Just when I thought the seasonal, local food scene in Brooklyn was getting a little tiresome, dare I even say boring, Olmsted comes along and breathes life to the Brooklyn restaurant world. The meal I had at …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The issue of spice can get a bit frustrating at restaurants where spice reigns supreme. I suppose some people might end up with a dish that burns their mouth off and then others might be expecting …
My search for the best hot dog in New York continues…. SADLY, DANISH DOGS IS NOW CLOSED. While most people probably think of hot dogs as an American dish, the truth is they were actually brought over by German immigrants. We might have adapted them better than any other country, but everybody likes to try their …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I love coffee, but I can only drink so much before it manages to keep me up all night. I also love cocktails, but I can only drink so many before I completely pass out. The …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. In Locals Know, I explore a new city through the tours of Urban Adventures. Last year, I helped design a tour for Urban Adventures that has been a huge success (if I do say so myself). It involves cocktails, so how …
My search for the best pickles in New York continues…. Part of this pickle journey will also involve testing some spears at home. Some of the more recent pickle companies do not have factories or “tasting rooms” open to the public. But instead, their wares are available at local food markets around the city. Rick’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I am way late to the game on this one. Oda House opened in the East Village back in 2013 introducing Georgian food to Manhattan. There has been a strong Georgian community (complete with bakeries and restaurants) …
SADLY, HIGH STREET ON HUDSON IS NOW CLOSED. High Street on Hudson is one of the hottest new restaurant openings of the year. It’s the work of Chef Eli Kulp, who has had success with High Street on Market in Philadelphia. He has brought his bakery and restaurant concept to the West Village and the crowds …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. When Empellón al Pastor announced they were re-thinking their menu and it would now include a cheeseburger taco, I assumed they had jumped the shark. What started as …
My search for the best dumplings in New York continues…. A few years ago when I was in the thick of my dumpling search around NYC, I paid a visit to Shanghai Asian Manor. I wasn’t overly impressed with their soup dumplings prefering the others around the neighborhood. Just recently I stumbled upon a storefront …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Peter Shelsky and I are kindred spirits in the fact that we are both terrible Jews, but we love the nostalgic food of our ancestors. Bagels, lox, cream cheese, pastrami. This is what being Jewish is all …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. In Locals Know, I explore a new city through the tours of Urban Adventures. This one has been a long time coming. I am so excited to finally unveil the first episode of a new webseries I have been working on. …
