Food Adventuring Around NYC
Back in the 1980’s, New York City has put a cap on the number of permits available to street vendors. This has caused a very expensive black market and has forced many new immigrants to operate illegally. The Street Vendor Project is working on a new campaign to eliminate the cap and allow more fair …
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. I’ve put together a brand new tour for Urban Adventures, one of the tour companies I work …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. Most people go out on an egg hunt once a year – to celebrate Easter. Here in New York City, that’s something we do every single weekend. It’s called brunch. Join me on my latest search for a modest plate of …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NYC Brewery Tour explores the growing craft brewery scene in the city and visits all the unlikely spots that are brewing fresh, delicious beer. Right on the border of Queens and Brooklyn sits Transmitter Brewing. It’s an unusual location (you have to …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. Some people say there is no way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without all the noise and craziness. Well, yesterday I tried to get a taste of the Irish without getting involved a large, noisy, smelly crowd. Finnegan’s Wake proved a …
Now that the weather is starting to get nice again, it’s a perfect time to hop on a bus and visit some breweries on Urban Oyster’s NYC Brewery Tour. Since I helped design the tour, I was luck enough to get an inside look at all the operating breweries in the city. One of my …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. On the Road has me traveling the country searching for the most iconic and local dishes. The B&B Grocery Meat and Deli shop is a little off the tourist path. First off, it’s in Des Moines, Iowa. But secondly, it’s a …
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. Today most New Yorkers think of street meat as being Halal, but if you lived in NYC in the 70’s and 80’s, or you happen …
I haven’t posted an episode of NYC Food Cart Tour in a while so I thought it was time to get back behind the wheel (see what I did there?). Korilla BBQ is one of the most popular trucks on the street. Since winning the Vendy Award, being featured on a national television show, and …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. When it comes to sugary childhood treats, I like to seek out the homemade versions made the “right” way without all the preservatives and sugar. And so I did that for the most famous childhood treat of Valentine’s Day! No more …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. Have you ever wondered what I do all day? The answer is simple: I walk and I eat. One of the tour companies I work for having documented their guides in their neighborhoods talking about their favorite places. Since I’m a …
One of my go-to restaurants on the Upper West Side has always been the Greek restaurant Kefi. It’s since moved from its original location (to a larger one nearby) and in its place the same Chef Michael Psilakis has opened up a seafood restaurant (with some Greek influences) called Fish Tag. Add one more UWS …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. As I put out my year-end list of 100 Best Dishes, I notice a few restaurants appear multiple times. These are the best and most memorable meals of the year. High on that list is élan, where I tasted both the …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. As we put 2014 to bed, I one more time dream about the ten best dishes I tasted throughout the year. You can read more about each dish here or you can just watch this video and revel in my gluttony. …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. I’ve always thought of Christmas cookies as a waste of calories. Bland, generic, predictable. Well, after being visited by three spirits one Christmas Eve, I learned the true meaning of Christmas cookies.
SADLY, DELAWARE AND HUDSON IS NOW CLOSED. The most exciting opening this year in Williamsburg was the grown-up restaurant Delaware & Hudson that is offering affordable (and generous) tasting menus. The food is simple, honest, and delicious representing dishes from the mid-Atlantic from Delaware to the Hudson. Check out the video above for a sense of …
Kyo Ya SADLY, KYO YA IS NOW CLOSED. Kaiseki is a traditional Japanese seasonal meal. The one at Kyo Ya is constantly changing at the chef and the Greenmarket’s whims. You must make a reservation for the 9, 10, or 11 course meal. But it is certainly worth planning ahead as you can delve into unexpected …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. There’s a podcast sweeping the nation called Serial, a captivating piece of journalism about the real-life murder of a high school girl 15 years ago. Well, I recently embarked on my own journey to uncover the truth behind an egregious crime. …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. SADLY, DELAWARE AND HUDSON IS NOW CLOSED. Restaurants open in Williamsburg all the time, but few seem destined for greatness. Delaware and Hudson has had lots of great chatter since it opened. It is a grown-up restaurant that offers a wonderful, filling …