After recently hitting up the very budget friendly boozy brunch at Roberto Passon, we decided to hit up another New York City Restaurant Group all-you-can-drink brunch spot this past weekend.  We were headed to the west side for the Cochon 555 event, so we decided to first check out Il Bastardo in Chelsea (191 7th Ave [...]

Beginning Sunday, February 8th, Wildwood starts a “Sunday BBQ Blues Brunch” with Rock and Roll and Blues bands from 12-4 pm (225 Park Ave. South @ 18th).  W&D had posted about most of the B.R. Guest restaurants adding a complimentary drink to their brunch menus (we’re talking bloody marys, not teas or coffees), but Wildwood [...]

Here is a list of restaurants we’ve heard from that will NOT be extending Restaurant Week:
Convivio, Del Posto, Eleven Madison Park, The Modern, Quality Meats, Park Avenue Winter, Scarpetta (though I don’t think they were an official RW participant), Union Square Cafe…more to come.

The trend is spreading like wildfire. With NYC Restaurant Week winding down and the economic outlook remaining bleak at best, restaurants are extending their Restaurant Week menus left and right. While Restaurant Week organizer NYC & Co. has sent out a note to see if participating restaurants would be willing to extend through February, nothing has [...]

Sadly, we just heard from Eleven Madison Park that it does not plan to extend its famed Restaurant week lunch. It is still, however, the Hero of Restaurant Week in our mind. Consider the following: (i) its one of the few restaurants to include an amuse bouche with its RW menu, (ii) each Restaurant Week patron [...]

News just in that SUSHISAMBA will be extending their restaurant week until February 27th.
Winter Restaurant Week Menu 2009
This post was submitted by SUSHISAMBA.

Here is what’s making the news on this snowy Wednesday morning in NYC:

As W&D predicted back in December, beer is becoming the new wine for 2009 as customers seek out ‘comfort’ during the recession, with high-end restaurants such as Daniel, Blue Hill, Aquavit, Rock Center Cafe and Hearth all recently hosting beer-pairing dinners. Not to mention Brooklyn Brewery [...]

This could be the worst name yet ever for the name of a special dinner. We got an email earlier from Zagat informing us about the Wine-lentines’s Seduction Dinner @ Brasserie Cognac. Yeah, you read that correctly. Wine-lentine’s. What we have here is an amazing deal with a horrendous name. The deal is $49 per [...]

I have very fond memories of family dinners at the Blazer Pub up in Westchester County.  The Blazer Pub, known by many to have the best burger in Westchester, is located on Route 22 in Purdys, New York.  It is a family-owned, classic roadhouse that has been around for longer than I have been around.  [...]

After an all-you-can-drink brunch at Il Bastardo, we headed over yesterday afternoon to the Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel for the Cochon 555 event. Cochon 555 is a culinary event featuring 5 chefs, 5 heritage pigs and 5 winemakers with the chefs squaring off in a friendly competition for a good cause. It started with [...]

There are so many food, wine and beer events this time of year it’s getting pretty hard to select which ones to attend. Here’s what we have on tap for this weekend, as well as a couple of events and tastings we can’t unfortunately get to:
Friday Night  – Dinner with friends at The John Dory [...]

The year 1964 created a lasting impact upon America: the Ford Mustang was introduced, Beatlemania reached the States and the first Benihana restaurant introduced the nation to Japanese cuisine.  To commemorate 45 years as the world’s Japanese restaurant leader, Benihana treats guests to a $45 Dinner for Two Anniversary Special beginning January 5 and continuing [...]

Last week we called upon restaurants participating in Restaurant Week to allow customers ordering off the RW menu to substitute a glass of wine for the dessert course (sorry to all you pastry chefs and dessert bloggers out there). The response so far has been great. We just received an email earlier this afternoon that [...]

There is neither a category nor words that can describe the pictorial horror show that follows…

We’ve told you about the burger + beer deals at The Smith and Clinton St. Baking Co. Now, others are getting into the act. Here’s your guide to all the Burger + Beer deals around the city:
Bar Stuzzichini (Broadway nr 22nd): Burger + a Peroni for $15 at the bar and bar tables (lunch and [...]