We have recently discovered Portuguese wines and have been greatly impressed with this mostly undiscovered (at least for Americans) wine region.  They are producing some really top quality, age-worthy wines that would rival some of neighboring Spain’s great wines.  We also love the fact that there are amazing value wines coming out of Portugal – including [...]

HEA Restaurant in the Union Square/East Village area (E. 13th b/t 3rd and 4th) is offering a new menu and 20% off the entire check. All drinks are half off daily from 5-8pm. Tweet this!This post was submitted by Rae Nebie.

We set out early Sunday afternoon with one goal in mind — to find another standout all-you-can-drink boozy brunch spot in the East Village/Lower East Side. We had checked out Yerba Buena (Ave. A b/t Houston and 2nd) last month and both agreed it’s one of the best AYCD brunch spots in Manhattan. Here’s why: they don’t [...]

Eater has DealFeed. While over at Grub Street, the ”Recession is Your Friend.” Yelp has its “Sales and Special Offers.” We cooked up a little Recession Dining Guide. Now Zagat has joined the fray with its “House Specials.” This week’s “house specials” include 50% off lunch at Norma’s (April 20-24). Click here for the lunch menu. [...]

We’ve noticed that there are a ton of great food and wine events coming up in the next month that are donating all the proceeds to some great causes. We know the economy has everyone down, but think how bad it must be for charity organizations that rely on us to fuel their efforts.  So check out these events [...]

When speaking last week with Gamal, who runs the 100% Healthy & Halal Cart at 55th and Park — home of my favorite street cart salad, I found out that he also owns and operates the Halal Cart at 54th and Park. He told me he gives his guys over there 100% freedom in terms of coming up [...]

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So, we just heard about yet another Restaurant Week here in NYC. This one is actually more like an NYC restaurant week competition. In fact, they’re calling it the Signature Dish Contest. It’s all a part of the Continental Airlines International Restaurant Week in New York City from May 1-10th and it’s being hosted by none other than [...]

Andy and I found ourselves in Greenwich Village last Friday night after work and we decided to stop in for some happy hour drinks at Bar Blanc Bistro at 142 West 10th Street (b/t Greenwich Ave. and Waverly Place).  We had heard about the amazing happy hour special at the bar – 50% off the [...]

Meze Madness at Pera Mediterranean Brasserie : Wine & Meze evenings Mon-Sat until 7PM. Any bottle of wine from the wine list along with your choice of 3 mezes for only $39. Click here for the current Meze and Wine choices. You can also enjoy all of Pera’s signature cocktails and wines by the glass for $9 [...]

- a new Capital Grille is set to open soon in Midtown in the Time Life Building. – a new Steak Frites location will be opening in Midtown. – Masa and Bar Masa are training employees for a Las Vegas Bar Masa project in the new City Center Resort (have to train employees on all those administrative tasks that [...]

We just heard about a new monthly wine tasting party called “Wine Down.”  The first one’s coming up Wednesday April 22nd at 7pm and it’s being held on the spacious fourteenth floor terrace at Charlie Palmer’s Astra in Midtown (979 3rd Ave b/t 58th and 59th). The “Wine Down” parties are being hosted by Michael Green, the wine [...]

Every Tuesday, Astor Wines  (Lafayette @ E. 4th) picks a region or type of wine, spirit, or saké and marks it down 15%. Today, they have selected our favorite value wine region — Chile. Check out the deals here. We love the crisp, citrusy Sauvignon Blancs, the reds made from Carmenère, a distinctively spicy French grape [...]

The news making the rounds today is of Jim Lahey’s Chodorow-esque tirade in the Observer in response to Frank Bruni’s lukewarm 1-star review of his 3-month old  fad pizza joint Co. (bankrolled by Jean-Georges). We came across this interesting CraigsList posting earlier titled “Apprentice Needed for Jim Lahey“.  It appears that the “master craftsman”, himself, is seeking [...]

Research shows that drinking wine is good for your heart. But you probably didn’t know that drinking wine could be good for other people’s hearts, too. On Tuesday April 21st from 6-8:30pm, Wines of Portugal will be hosting their 5th Annual Wine Tasting in New York City at City Winery, featuring 40 wineries and 300 wines from [...]