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Slide Show | Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with 14 Tacos We Love in NYC | Serious Eats
The carnitas tacos at Tortas Neza may be in the running for the best in the city. Neza may be a sandwich truck, but they get tacos dead right, from the double-stacked tortillas to the well-prepared meat to the vibrant condiments. Also of interest: a killer chicken tinga taco that's moist and beautifully spiced and everything chicken wants to be when it grows up.
Anthony Bourdain – Friday Fives – Immaculate Infatuation
Looking back on it, there is an argument to be made that Anthony Bourdain is at least partially responsible for the existence of this website. Years ago, before either of us had read Kitchen Confidential or become obsessed with certain episodes of No Reservations to the point of embarrassing familiarity, we were watching A Cook’s Tour and trying to figure out how this man made a living out of going to foreign lands and eating amazing sh*t. Stang actually booked a food vacation to San Sebastian after seeing Tony (yep, we’re cool like that) feature it on one of those early shows. Thus, the seeds were planted, and on we went on our path toward Immaculate conception five or so years later.
In the Bag: New York’s Nine Most Interesting Frito Pies
RUB 208 W. 23rd St., nr. Seventh Ave.; 212-524-4300; $9.95 Though Righteous Urban Barbecue is known for its smoked meat, the Chelsea spot also serves a stellar Frito pie. It might be our favorite because of the generous slice of nacho cheese ... or maybe it’s the addition of baked beans. The bag is laid down on a red-plastic bowl before being buried by the chips, chili, baked beans, nacho cheese, diced white onion, and, finally, sliced jalapeños.
Eater NY : The New York City Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Blog
Click here to view the full photogallery. This Week's Top Stories : Liveblogging the First-Ever Lunch at Batali's Babbo · Williamsburg Residents Wage War Against Brunch · One Star for Alison Eighteen · Xi'an to Open 'Casual-Upscale' Restaurant Next Month · Gowanus Yacht Club Opens · Murray's Wine and Cheese Bar Rumored for the Village · Eater Interviews: Ignacio Mattos of Isa · Best New Prix Fixes for $65 and Under · A Shift with Il Buco's Bread Baker Kamel Saci · Inside Boukies · One Year In: Rucola . TRIBECA — Kutsher's is launching " Brisket Mondays ," where they will serve brisket with an always-changing assortment of sides and garnishes. The presentations and types of meat will change each week too.
High/Low Food/Drink
Most wine drinkers are probably familiar with the big Washington wine brands Columbia Crest and Chateau Ste. Michelle (same parent company). But outside of the these producers, there are many other wineries of every size to be found, especially in the Walla Walla Valley region of Washington state – making both reds and whites, from robust Cabernet to Riesling and even dessert wines. I stopped by the Walla Walla Wine tasting in New York in February to try out some of the 2008 and 2009 red wines of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah-based wines. To my benefit, the event was not that crowded, especially when I first arrived.delicatesseNY
C'est en allant au Chelsea Market vendredi dernier que j'ai aperçu un petit sac de Bacon Peanut Brittles provenant du restaurant The Red Head situé dans l'East Village. Des cacahuètes caramélisées avec des petits morceaux de bacon. Je me suis jetée dessus en me disant qu'une glace au caramel serait parfaite pour accompagner le tout.
After a long, hard shift New York City's waiters like to eat, drink, and be merry like everybody else. But Gotham's servers aren't going to eat just anywhere. Because they work in some of the world's most famous and expensive restaurants, they develop discriminating foie gras tastes that, sadly, they're unable to afford on their liverwurst budgets. Therefore, when they go out after work, Big Apple waiters patronise establishments that offer excellent food, good service, and outstanding value for their hard-earned dollar. If you're visiting NYC from the UK and want to avoid the multitude of culinary tourist traps trying to suck those devaluing British pounds out of your wallet, your best bet is to ask a server where to eat. As the blogger of waiterrant.net and the author of Waiter Rant: Behind the Scenes of Dining Out , I've decided to give my friends "across the pond" a list of exceptional and affordable Manhattan eateries and bars popular with the New York "waiter mafia" .
Where the waiters eat in New York City | Travel | guardian.co.uk
I consider weekends to be prime dessert-eating time, and, as more often than not I find myself below Houston Street, I have done my share of due diligence on the downtown bakery scene. And so, after too many calories, frosting smudges, and crumb clumps to count, here are my unequivocal favorites: Billy’s Bakery You can’t go wrong ordering their classic yellow cupcake with vanilla frosting. The frosting-to-cake ratio is spot-on, and, unlike competitors’, the cake itself is very fresh. Magnolia Bakery Although I do like their cupcakes, if you’re going to wait in that insane line, you might as well go for broke, calorie-wise, and get the banana pudding.
Fave Five: Downtown Bakeries
Where can a person find the perfect pair of tangerine-colored jeans? A reliable reupholstery shop? A good cup of chawanmushi? Those are the kinds of questions we ask ourselves every year when we set out on the grand quest to identify the finest of just about everything this sprawling, ADD-inducing city has to offer, also known as our annual “Best of New York” issue.
Best Vegetables - Best of New York Food 2011 -- New York Magazine
The City’s Best New Outdoor Spaces for Dining and Drinking -- New York Magazine
It’s hard to resist the summertime combo that is Brooklyn, beers, and a backyard—and that happens to be the M.O. of this brewshop’s newly opened garden. Six picnic tables and assorted salvaged chairs create a classic beer-garden setting, albeit one where you can try more than a thousand pours from around the world, available by the bottle, glass, or growler. The buzz doesn’t stop at Eataly . In a few weeks, the Italian retail megatropolis will unveil a 4,500-square-foot rooftop beer garden, featuring three house-brewed cask-conditioned ales (the result of collaborations between Sam Calagione of the Dogfish Head brewery and two Italian brewmasters). Also: wines by the tap and a cured-meat-heavy menu. The Cooper Square’s living-roomish lounge flows into this equally laid-back outdoor space.
Bars where you can barbecue - Bars - Time Out New York
Danny and Eddie's Most afternoons around 4pm, this party-hearty Upper East Side haunt lights its reservations-free backyard grill, allowing anyone with a hankering—and a hunk of meat, perhaps some sausages acquired at nearby Schaller & Weber (1654 Second Ave at 86th St, 212-879-3047) —to man the flames. A kick-ass happy hour ($5 well drinks, $10 Rolling Rock pitchers till 8pm daily) helps the day dissolve into a happy haze. Note: BYO charcoal. 1643 First Ave between 85th and 86th Sts (212-396-2090, dannyandeddies.com )If anyone knows the best places to go in NYC, it's the locals. So, we have coaxed our locals to reveal their favorite spots in NYC....but it's kinda like the film Fight Club! The first rule of Secret Spots is - you don't talk about Secret Spots!