Food Adventuring Around NYC
I have been doing this food blog thing for a long time. I remember first visiting Roberta’s when it was still an under-the-radar pizza restaurant in an up-and-coming Brooklyn neighborhood. Now anybody who knows anything about the New York food world, knows about Roberta’s. In many ways, Roberta’s has peaked and cooled down when it …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I like pad thai, I really do. But if I don’t ever have to eat another dish of it at a Thai restaurant, I’d be ok. And not because I don’t crave the sweet/sour combination of the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m willing to bet when most Americans hear the word salsa, they think of the jars of chunky tomatoes that are used for a chip dip at every Sunday sports gathering. But in fact that is …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. As you might have guessed, I’ve been drinking a lot of beer this summer. Below are a few of the seasonal brews I’ve sampled recently: ALFRESCO CUCUMBER from Wild East Brewing I’ve had a few cucumber beers in the past and generally they don’t seem …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I admit that I fall for the beer can marketing. Before even reading what style beer is being sold, I am attracted to the colorful designs on the cans. I feel like one reason I buy the beer is to just have the cool artwork in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m pretty much at that point now where my well of backlogged meals from pre-COVID has pretty much dried up. There are definitely some more interesting dishes to write about but the obvious ones in my …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… Ops, as already mentioned in previous posts, is a pizza restaurant. But they also specialize in organic wines and this revolving salad of greens. Depending on the season and whimsy of the chef, greens are rustically combined with a bold salad dressing. I got …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… Most folks who live or hang out in Bushwick know Sally Roots. It’s a breezy, happy spot with little spins on Caribbean comfort food. Forget crab cakes, these nicely fried patties of salted cod have a ton of flavor and textures. They’re incredibly satisfying …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… This underusing Bushwick pizzeria is doing things a little bit differently. All the pizzas at Ops are naturally leavened using a sourdough yeast. The chew on the pie I tasted was incredible with a deep rich yeasty flavor. The bubbly char bits played nicely with the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Very few of New York’s great candy stores have ever been mentioned on this site. In fact the only one that has been properly featured (Papabubble) is sadly no longer open. I love sugary places like Economy …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. I feel very out of touch with the food world whenever I go to Bushwick. The hip ever-changing neighborhood is a little further from where I usually hang out and It seems the neighborhood’s food scene is developing without the rest of the city fully …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City While my friends were eating burgers or grilled cheese sandwich, I order the clam strips. This wasn’t on a boardwalk in the northeast but rather at a greasy Greek diner in the suburbs of South Florida. …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… Freshness is the main word at the hipster centric Queen of Falafel. I couldn’t get over how bright and fresh this platter of food was – from the Arabic salad, creamy labne cheese, hummus, tahini, richly charred smoky eggplant slices, and perfectly fried green falafel. …
My search for the best falafel in New York continues…. Hipsters come from all walks of life. I had been meaning to try Queen of Falafel in Bushwick for a while now. The storefront is covered with street art and is on one of the hippest streets in Brooklyn. I assumed this is an immigrant …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. I’ve been telling the story of beer in Brooklyn for years now. On the Brewed in Brooklyn tour (which I’ve been leading since I became a tour guide almost eight years ago), we walk through East Williamsburg and talk about the beer history in places …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. It’s so cool is how tight-knit the local craft beer world is in New York. Most times when I see a unique can being sold, it’s actually a collaboration between breweries. Oftentimes it’s a brewery in Queens and the Bronx coming together, but for Taco Wednesday …
My search for the best cheesecake in New York continues…. Bushwick is not exactly the neighborhood you’d expect to find an old Italian bakery. Up until recently this area has been mostly a Latin American community. And the new hipsters have not yet chosen cannolis and sfogliatella to gentrify. Beer, coffee, chocolate, bread, sure. But …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For the last five years, I have written about a dish that I have enjoyed in New York every Thursday. And while the dish changed every week, the format has not. So I decided to shake things up. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, LUCY’S VIETNAMESE KITCHEN IS NOW CLOSED. It doesn’t seem like there has been much innovation in the local Vietnamese food scene. I think our options haven been so limited for so long that when modern Vietnamese restaurants …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City In the last few months, there have been a series of big Japanese chains that opened their first US location in New York. Normally, I don’t like to eat at chain restaurants, but it’s a bit …