Food Adventuring Around NYC
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Wildair has been turning out some of the most exciting food this year and the place even sells itself as mostly a wine bar. We didn’t even drink any wine, but we loved all the food, including their take on typical fried squid. The calamri …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Angel’s Share, a Japanese owned and influenced bar, was the first of the modern day speakeasies to open in this city. It’s still going strong more than 25 years later and is still somewhat of a secret. I won’t tell you exactly where it …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Earlier this year, a temple to my favorite taco filling opened up in the East Village. There’s no better combination than marinated spiced pork and juicy tart pineapple. Empellón al Pastor specializes in these tacos (and others) and does it the traditional way – …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Some bars specialize in rum drinks, some in craft beer, some in tiki cocktails. The Late Late specializes in Guinness. That’s right, the Irish beer. But they don’t just pour a perfectly creamy pint. They also mix the dark stout into cocktails. The one …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. We’ve all heard about this revival in speakeasy-type hidden bars. Well, the first to do it here in …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. If you didn’t know, Red Hook might be the booziest neighborhood in Brooklyn. In addition to a winery, …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NYC Food Cart Tour is my exploration of the hard-working vendors feeding NYC’s population every day. The greatest day in mobile food vending is back. On September 12, the Vendy Awards will take place on Governor’s Island honoring the greatest in …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I really plan out my food adventures. I’ve been wanting to visit Bronx Alehouse for years now. It’s the holy grail of craft beer in the entire borough. Problem is, I rarely make it up to the Bronx. So when I realized it was right …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. One of the most iconic off Broadway theaters is the Public Theatre with their massive theater complex …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BAR SARDINE IS NOW CLOSED. When Gabe Stulman’s little restaurant on West 10th Street was called Chez Sardine and focused on Japanese pub food, I tasted the Miso-Maple Salmon Head and had an experience I’ll never …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve been drowning in cocktails lately. For the last few months, much of my time has been spent creating a brand new tour for Urban Adventures. The topic? Craft cocktails in New York – past and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For New Year’s Eve last night, one of our stops had to be at my favorite little East Village bar (and my favorite in the city) Amor y Amargo. It means love and bitters and that’s …
SADLY, NITECAP IS NOW CLOSED. A refreshing, easy-drinking cocktail from one of the Lower East Side’s hottest new bars. Thigh Highs is a bubbly blend of rum, passionfruit purée, lime and pineapple juices, sparkling wine, and spices. Works in transporting you to a much warmer place. Price: $14 NITECAP 120 Rivington Street (between Essex and Norfolk Street), …
This year, everywhere I turn, I feel a presence. Something is following me. It’s in every restaurant and café I visit. There is literally no escape from the madness. I captured the nightmarish reality in my newest Halloween video…
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I remember a few months ago before the second location of Astoria Bier & Cheese opened on Ditmars, I passed by a few people on the street who saw the sign announcing the beer store’s opening and they expressed their doubt. “Beer and cheese don’t …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour I recently heard about the rustic bar/restaurant Dirck the Norseman on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It has a historic theme (named for this area’s first European settler) and serves elevated …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. American craft beer drinkers go crazy for IPA’s. The old British-style is much more aggressive and bitter than anything the mass-produced guys have been brewing for decades in this country. So it makes perfect sense that Other Half Brewing has been focusing on different versions …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There was a time not that long ago where I was dedicated to conquering Time Out New York’s 100 Best Dishes list every single year. It was a fun way of discovering new restaurants and dishes, …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. For years, I used to hang out in that strange neighborhood in the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge, Just around the high 50’s and low 60’s on the east side. Some call it the Upper East Side, some call it Sutton Place, some even still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The Black Watch cocktail isn’t listed on Attaboy’s menu because the unmarked cocktail bar doesn’t have a menu or even a regular roster of cocktails. What it does have are skilled bartenders who can whip up …