We’ve been hearing some pretty amazing things about what Chef Roberto Patriarca has been doing at Spina, the relatively new fresh pasta mecca at Ave B and E. 11th St in the E. Village. But it’s not just the artisanal pastas on the dinner menu that have been catching people’s attention, it’s also their innovative brunch (Sat-Sun [...]

This coming Monday, August 31st, bring in a bottle of northern Italian red (pre-1990) and Alto will prepare a 5 course meal and open up a wine from the cellar. Cost is $150/person all inclusive. Click the pic below for more info and the menu.

In celebration of California Wine Month, several renowned California winemakers will descend upon three of Danny Meyer’s restaurants on September 15th for some special wine pairing dinners. There will be a four-course dinner at The Modern (including a California cheese course) paired with 8 wines from Napa Valley, Mendocino, Amador County, and Lodi. ($150 per person not [...]

I know it may seem like nothing’s free anymore these days. Heck, we even have to pay to check a friggin’ bag on an airplane. Thankfully there are some bars and restaurants around the city that are still offering some quality snacks for free to their boozing patrons. Free food can range from something simple like peanuts or [...]

Not so fast for those who thought Beacon’s $10 3-Course Anniversary Dinner was the deal of the year. Brasserie (100 East 53rd b/t Park & Lex) may have it beat. Brasserie first opened in the Seagram Building in 1959 and in honor of its 50th Anniversary, the restaurant will be running some pretty insane specials. It all [...]

To celebrate its 2-year anniversary (and the opening of sister restaurant Yerba Buena’s 2nd location??), Toloache (W. 50th b/t B’way & 8th Ave) is throwing an all-day fiesta til 9pm tonight by offering 3 variations of its specialty margaritas for just $2 a pop. We just called up and it sounded like an all-out party. You can [...]

Eater reported in its August 14 edition of “The Shutter” that the Midtown East “branch of Smorgas Chef on 49th and Second Ave has closed…Signage in the window reports rent was too high, and the place has been on the market since March.” Earlier this week Eater showed some tactics restaurants have used to try [...]

Top tennis players and celebrity chefs are coming together to support a good cause at the 10th Annual BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis next week.  The charity event benefits the Food Bank For New York City and will take place next Thursday, August 27th, from 7-10pm at the W New York (49th and Lex). They’ve assembled quite an impressive roster of [...]

Just got word that The Palm is introducing a new weekday bar menu called “Prime Bites” at all 4 of its NYC locations on Monday (it’s already launched at the Tribeca location). The “Prime Time” Happy Hour goes from 5-7pm and then again from 9 til close. There are some great food deals to be [...]

David Chang is cooking a meat-free meal tonight at The Beard House (167 W. 12th St; 7pm; 212.627.2308 to reserve). This is the chef once quoted as saying, “It’s hard to order anything here that doesn’t have meat in some form or other; we just try not to make anything vegetarian. We’re just doing the food we [...]

Thanks to a post on Nation’s Restaurant News’ Independent Thinking blog, I discovered BeerPetitions.com, a new website that allows passionate beer drinkers to create an online petition for a specific beer to be carried at a particular bar, restaurant, bodega or grocery store. If enough like-minded drinkers then visit the site and sign the petition, it could lead to a bar, restaurant [...]

The next installment of Finger on the Pulse’s BBQ series will take place on August 19th. This time around it will feature food by Prime Meats & music by DJs Gabriel Roth (Dap Kings) & The Honeydripper (Daptone Records).
Wednesday, August 19
7-11pm
Hope Lounge’s Backyard
10 Hope Street (L Train to Lorimer)
Brooklyn, NY
FREE entrance/Open to the public
$5/plate with a complimentary [...]

Every night until 7pm, The Mermaid Inn is offering its version of a blue plate special: a Lobster Sandwich + Old Bay Fries and a Blue Point beer for just $20. But Mermaid’s not the only one with a great lobster deal these days. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, Macelleria is offering a 1 1/4 [...]

UPDATE: Take-out is OK for the 50% off sandwich special — Knave, a bar/coffeehouse/lounge in the Parker Meridien hotel (57th b/t 6th and 7th Ave), is offering 50% off their selection of sandwiches between 11am-3:30pm every day this week (no take-out). According to neighbor Burger Joint’s twitter feed, what this means is that you can [...]

Portuguese wine has been likened to a slowly emerging iceberg. Long invisible and largely standing in the shadows of Europe’s other wine making regions, the United States market is now warming up to and taking note of the substance that lies below the surface of Portuguese table wines. While Portugal has been justifiably famous for its Port, wine lovers are finally growing [...]