Food Adventuring Around NYC
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. This brewery is currently closed, but will re-open with a new concept soon. Call me a freak (you wouldn’t be the first), but I’m attracted to really strange and unusual things. Especially when it comes to food. The odder the combinations, the better. How many …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Oktoberfest, the annual beer festival in Munich, has officially come and gone this year. I imagine most of you (myself included) missed the costume parade and the gun salute. The good news, however, is we can still enjoy copious amounts of Oktoberfest-style beers. Traditionally, these …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, SPITZER’S CORNER IS NOW CLOSED. I should probably be up front about this. I’ve never been a big drinker. It doesn’t take much more than two or three drinks to knock me out. So when I go out for dinner or cocktails, I usually just …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, QUEENS KICKSHAW IS NOW CLOSED. Aside from the two famous beer gardens, Queens has not had quite the beer culture that Brooklyn or Manhattan has, yet the time has come. As neighborhoods like Astoria and Sunnyside have welcomed in young middle class families in the …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, BREUCKELEN BIER MERCHANTS IS NOW CLOSED. It seems an obvious combination – drinking and shopping. In other retail worlds, you can usually sample what you’re getting before you make a purchase. Dressing rooms in clothing stores are a given, you get to test out furniture …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, BROOKLYN ALE HOUSE IS NOW CLOSED. I live in Queens which, for those who don’t know their New York geography, is a completely different borough than Brooklyn. Yet for some reason I spend more time in Brooklyn and have a much more patriotic feeling toward …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. It’s an interesting experience – going to a bar by yourself. It’s not something I’ve done too much in the past, but now that I’m searching for the best beer in NY, I’ll probably be making these solo bar trips much more often. Some people …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. New York Craft Beer Week officially started this past Friday. It doesn’t get more perfect for my beer adventure on this here blog. I bought a Beer Passport, which is available at all participating venues (and as a Mobile Phone App), and entitles you to a …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I’ve been in New York a long time. I remember back in the day if you said you were going to the “beer garden” you really only meant one specific place and that was in Astoria, Queens. At that time, it was the only reason to …
There were so many great iconic NY dishes to choose from for my next food search, but I decided to go with something completely different. Hot dogs and cheesecake will have to wait. First, I’m going to drink lots of beer. Okay, so it’s not technically something you eat. I probably should temporarily re-name the …
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. Perhaps the biggest fear and stress I deal …
If Time Out New York can do it, so can I. I’ve been inspired and satiated by Time Out’s 2009 Top 100 list and look forward to conquering their 2010 list very soon. But from now until the end of the year, I present my own Top 100 Dishes of the year in reverse order. …
If Time Out New York can do it, so can I. I’ve been inspired and satiated by Time Out’s 2009 Top 100 list and look forward to conquering their 2010 list very soon. But from now until the end of the year, I present my own Top 100 Dishes of the year in reverse order. …
I’ve started going out early recently. Partly because I am getting old and tired but also because you can avoid the crowds and get into hot spots if you go early enough. I had not been to Draft Barn previous to this night, but I assumed it was a hot spot, partly because it was …
Kombucha is a fermented tea that is purported to aid in digestion, detoxing, and hipsterness. It’s one of the latest health crazes in the urban areas of this country. I’ve been drinking it for a while in bottle form from my local health food store. The intense effervescence takes a while to get used to, …