#64 – TRIPE at LYON
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… It’s been a long time since I’ve been apprehensive about eating tripe. While stomach lining …
#63 – BARRIER BREWING COMPANY BEERS
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 …
#62 – FLOR DE CALABAZA QUESADILLA at MEXICO 2000
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… Mexico 2000 is a bodega in the middle of the non-gentrified area of Williamsburg that …
FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY’S (Gray’s Papaya)
My search for the best hot dogs in New York continues…. Up until now, I’ve stuck with the hautest of hot dogs. But if I’m going to really do this hot dog search right, I’m going to have to get down and dirty. When most people ask me where to get a classic NY hot …
#61 – SPICY BEEF WITH KNIFE SHAVED NOODLES SOUP at UNCLE ZHOU
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, UNCLE ZHOU IS NOW CLOSED. I’ve had my fair share of food adventures in Queens, …
SIXPOINT EXCLUSIVES (Sixpoint’s Bark Red Ale at Bark and Sixpoint’s Saison at Roberta’s Get Safe Saison)
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 …
#60 – CRISPY ROCK SHRIMP at NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
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… You’d think the best time to visit a place called Nights and Weekends would be …
#59 – RED WATTLE PORK CHOP at ROBERTA’S
If there’s any one place that is to take the credit (or blame) for bringing the whole hipster locavore movement to Brooklyn, it’s probably Roberta’s. The vibe of the ski lodge-like dining room, the covered outdoor area facing a radio studio, the backyard porch, the hidden second restaurant in the back, and the rooftop garden …

SAULTY DOGS (Brooklyn Bangers)
My search for the best hot dogs in New York continues…. I was strolling around Smorgasburg, the weekly food-centric flea market at the Williamsburg waterfront, hoping to get a quick bite to eat. That was my first mistake. On an early summer weekend afternoon, there is no such thing as a quick meal at one …
#58 – BEER BRAISED TONGUE TACOS at EMPELLÓN
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… Most people in the food world thought pastry chef Alex Stupak had gone crazy when …
#57 – KEDGEREE at THE JOHN DORY OYSTER BAR
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 there were any place in New York to get kedgeree, it would be the …
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS (Barrier Brewery’s Unimperial IPA at The Double Windsor)
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 …
#56 – THE PETER SHELSKY at SHELSKY’S SMOKED FISH
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 you ask just about anybody where to get smoked fish in New York, the …
#55 – LAMBRUCHA
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 …

A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN COMBO (Ditch Plains)
My search for the best hot dogs in New York continues…. SADLY, DITCH PLAINS IS NOW CLOSED. When I learned that Ditch Plains’ signature hot dog is topped with macaroni and cheese, I thought it sounded weird, but potentially delicious. It wasn’t until I bit into the dog that I remembered that this combination has been …
#54 – CASSIS MACARON at LA MAISON DU MACARON
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 any dessert is able to overtake the cupcake in oversaturation, it is the macaron. …
#53 – SMOKED CHICKEN WINGS at HILL COUNTRY
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… One of my first food discoveries in New York were the chicken wings at Stillwater …

UP THE RIGHT TREE (Bark Hot Dogs)
My search for the best hot dogs in New York continues…. SADLY, BARK HOT DOGS IS NOW CLOSED. I’m slowly learning that the majority of the hot dogs in this city come from one company. You may have heard of the little known Sabrett. If you haven’t and you’ve walked around NYC, you need to open …
LUZZO’S IV: LUZZO’S REVENGE (Da Mikele by Luzzo’s)
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 …
