Food Adventuring Around NYC
SADLY, CORNER SLICE IS NOW CLOSED. When Ivan Orkin opened up his now infamous ramen shop in Tokyo, I imagine the Japanese customers were a bit skeptical, Here was a white Jewish kid from Brooklyn taking on their traditional noodle dishes. But it was hit. And when Orkin opened up Ivan Ramen here in New York, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The is the first year that I took my son to the Vendy Awards and he was aware of what was going on. He’s on his way to being two year’s old. So while he still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I used to never order pasta at restaurants because it always felt like something I could easily make myself at home. Boil the pasta, make a sauce, toss it together. It can’t be that hard, right? But that …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, MASSONI IS NOW CLOSED. It was one of my vegetarian days (Mondays and Thursdays for those keeping count) and I was intensely craving mushrooms. If there was a place I could think of that just served well-sauteed wild mushrooms, I would have ordered two portions. …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. I have to admit I wasn’t very fair to Full Moon. I wrote it off before I even went inside. Let me explain: it resembles most fast cheap slice joints around the city with a counter, giant slices of cheese-covered pizzas sitting around, and the usual …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, SORBILLO PIZZERIA IS NOW CLOSED. If you asked me about the most traditional (and delicious) Neapolitan-style pizza in New York, I would have sent you to the businesses run by Roberto Caporuscio and his family, like Kesté or Don Antonio. Sure, Roberta’s and Motorino are …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. Like so many places out there in the wilds of New York, I should have visited this place a long time ago. Sottocasa is one of those neighborhood spots that has quietly been praised and packed by locals and has even expanded to Harlem. But the …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. Of all the pizza options along Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, Mario’s might be the most interesting. And not just because it was featured in the book The Godfather. When you step inside the restaurant you are immediately transported to another time and another place. And …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, CAFE AL MERCATO IS NOW CLOSED. One of the newest tours I give is a food tour up on Arthur Avenue, which any New Yorker will tell you is the real Little Italy. The Bronx neighborhood is densely populated with traditional Italian bakeries, cheese …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… This year was another crazy ride. And while politics and breaking news stories often drifted into my anxious psyche, food still played an important role. And this year was full of surprising dishes that were nourishing, pleasurable, and a much-needed distraction. Here now are the …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… Those that have been to the iconic Dominick’s on Arthur Avenue know there is no menu. The surly waiters come over and ask what you want. Not everything is available every day, but you should hope for the baked clams which have browned crisp …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… There are many bakeries along the Italian enclave of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. But only one makes something called white chocolate bread. And Madonia Bakery only makes it for holidays and on the weekends. When I’m lucky enough to give our Arthur Avenue …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… You are forgiven if you are surprised that there is a bit of a restaurant row all the way over on Avenue C. These are under-the-radar neighborhood spots but they are beloved by the community and actually worth traveling for. One of the more …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… There’s a lot to choose from at Caffe Marchio, one of the new Danny Meyer concepts inside the The Redbury Hotel. It’s modeled after casual Roman coffee shops where you can get pastries, sandwiches, and some serious coffee. I stopped by for a quick bite …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… I didn’t realize that meat bread was a real thing until I visited Arthur Avenue and tasted the dangerously addictive ciccioli at Addeo Bakers. For three generations, the Addeo family has been practicing high quality baking from their olive loaves to their excellent bread sticks. But the …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… Not sure why nobody thought of this earlier, but Trapizzino is a company from Rome that invented this sandwich-pizza hybrid. Using leavened pizza dough to create pockets, Chef Stefano Callegari can fill it with whatever he sees fit. I truly loved the classic chicken cacciatora …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… I might be one of the last food people in New York to discover this dish. Missy Robbins opened Lilia last year in Williamsburg and all the food writers rejoiced. Most especially, they singled out this plate of delicately filled tubes of pasta. Each bite …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… SADLY, CAFFÉ & GELATO IS NOW CLOSED. I have yet to do my official search for the city’s best cannoli (one day – just you wait) but I think I may have already found them. And they are not from any of the bakeries that make …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… My first post on this site was for the still excellent pizzeria Kesté. This year they expanded big time with locations in both Williamsburg and the Financial District. And they also got a little fancier with a few new appetizers that were not available …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… Pasquale Jones is certainly not the first business to put clams on a pizza, but they have done justice to the tradition started at places like Lombardi’s and New Haven’s Frank Pepe. The hipster chefs here run an expert wood-fired oven crisping the sides …