Food Adventuring Around NYC
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 If you’ve been following these brewery videos, you’ve seen how embarrassed I’ve been that Meredith from Beerded Ladies seems to always be one step ahead of me in terms of locating the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Once again, the beer lovers of New York descended on the beautiful Skylight Hanson One in Fort Greene for Village Voice’s annual Brooklyn Pour. I was invited and although my Saturday afternoon was booked with tours, …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour Like many people, I have a grandmother who lives in the residental area between here and Long Island. It’s not easy to get to the far reaches of Queens, so I rented …
Since Brooklyn Pour, Village Voice’s annual celebration of craft beer occured just under a year ago, New York City has become a major brewing city for the first time since before Prohibition. At last year’s Brooklyn Pour, there were a couple of new exciting local offerings (Grimm Ales, City Island), but this year, it will …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour SADLY, PAULANER BRAUHAUS IS NOW CLOSED. I love traveling to other cities and countries and trying their local beer. So when I’m in New York, I like to drink the beer that is …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. People think I forget about Staten Island when I say we now have a brewery in every single borough of New York. I haven’t forgotten about the forgotten island. There is indeed a brewery on the island and any beer drinker who lives on the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When you have a brewery attached to your restaurant, as is the case with the new brewpub Dirck the Norseman, you have the best cooking ingredient you could possibly imagine. The only thing I could think …
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 …
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 love the idea of a CSA (community supported agriculture). You sign up with a local farm and then on a regular basis you pick up a bounty of seasonal produce. You …
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 …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour For years, I’ve been leading the Urban Oyster Brownstone Brooklyn tour in Carroll Gardens. I’ve become somewhat of an expert on the neighborhood, especially in the world of food and drink. However, …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour For episode 2 of the NYC Brewery Tour, I try to head to the beach. The weather has been unseasonably cool and I thought maybe I could get a leg up on …
Each Friday, I get a lesson in the NYC brewery scene in these funny and informative videos promoting Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour This year we went from having just a handful of local breweries to having an ever-growing scene of craft brewers. As of this writing, the number of NYC breweries is fast approaching …
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 …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Most people see a dark colored beer and they immediately think it will be full-bodied and strong in alcohol. Those people have clearly never tried a British-style mild ale. Mild ales aren’t as common on this side of the pond, but it’s a really interesting …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. SADLY, EST BREWING AND 508 GASTROBREWERY ARE BOTH NOW CLOSED. Coffee and doughnuts are a natural combination, but most non-alcoholics don’t usually throw beer into the mix. Well, maybe I am an alcoholic because when I heard about a new brew that combines the three, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It’s NYC Beer Week and there have been loads of sudsy, intoxicating events over the last few days. I was fortunate to attend one such event – the Opening Night festivities at Grand Central Station. Beers …
I bring my sense of food adventure with me on the road, searching for the most authentic, iconic, and delicious dishes of a different region… I never thought I’d say this, but if I didn’t live in New York City, I might move to Vermont. I’m sure my excitement and high from my recent trip …