We have been pushing hard for this for a while and finally some restaurants seem to be warming up to the idea of offering wine as part of their prix-fixe menu.  While some are offering it as an option in place of dessert, others are offering a glass of wine in lieu of the dessert course altogether.  No offense to dessert-happy [...]

Just got an email today that Restaurant.com is again offering $25 restaurant gift certificates for only $2.  I’m usually of the mindset that when something seems too good to be true, it is.  So, when Restaurant.com had a similar offer back in December, I decided to test the waters and snatched up $25 gift certificates to each [...]

Given that a filet or NY strip in the city typically costs on average between $35-$50 on its own, steakhouses can provide you with some great Restaurant Week bang for your buck. Problem is many participating Restaurant Week steakhouses only offer one steak on the RW menu and it’s more often than not a teeny tiny petite filet [...]

Here are links to 50+ Winter Restaurant Week menus that aren’t on the NYCGO.com website:
Alto (lunch menu)
Asia de Cuba (lunch menu / dinner menu)
Asiate (lunch menu)
At Vermilion (menus)
August (dinner menu – scroll down)
Ben Benson’s Steakhouse (menu)

Happy Australia Day!  For some fun, boozy specials in honor of Australia Day (which apparently commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and which is the official national day of Australia), check out our post below (or click here).  Instead of reaching for one of our favorite bottles of Shiraz [...]

NYC’s Winter Restaurant Week has officially arrived.  To get the most out of your Restaurant Week experiences, it’s important that you do your homework to find out which restaurants are really going all out with their menus and which ones are just trying to get you in the door.  One great place to start is [...]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!  Also known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day and Invasion Day, Australia Day is the official national day of pride in Australia. Celebrated annually on January 26th, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, marking the start of British colonization of Australia.  As if places like The Sunburnt Cow and Bondi Road needed any more excuse [...]

Just came across this promo video for the new Pump Energy Food.  It centers around the fictitious Crap corporation, with ads featuring Crap being put on all sorts of food and made to look like modern takes on old food ads.

The Bar at Roth’s (680 Columbus Ave. at 93rd St) is a proud supporter of the New York Jets.  They’re giving away FREE SHOTS every time the Jets score, as well as FREE VICTORY PILSNER for every Jets interception!  Don’t believe me?  Then check this out:

As we start off the New Year,  Andy and I have decided to focus on finding some really great value wines.  We also decided to get out of our comfort zone and to seek out some wine varietals and/or wine regions that we do not normally drink at home.  So, our first wine of the [...]

It’s amazing to see the huge outpouring of support for Haiti from NYC’s restaurant and bar scene.  Some are even donating up to 50% of their gross proceeds for the Red Cross and other charities to help feed, clothe, and pay for medications.  Tonight, Hearth will donate 50 percent of gross revenues to help fund the relief [...]

If you missed all the hot spots booking up two months in advance, today is your day to take advantage of the restaurants that take reservations one month in advance of Valentine’s Day. Think Bouley, Little Owl, Babbo, etc… and get ready for some serious speed dialing and busy signals. Good Luck!

This is the time of year when a lot of us resolve to eat healthier, drink less and save money.  For many, that means eating out and going to bars less frequently.  Restaurants and bars want you to break those resolutions asap and get back into your hedonistic eating, drinking and spending routines of yesteryear.  To [...]

NYC & Company hasn’t yet announced the official lineup for Winter Restaurant Week, which runs from January 25 to February 7, but a press release tells us that reservations open January 12 and a tweet from @NYCGO says that they will announce early access to reservations by Twitter on Monday, January 11.  We’ve done some [...]

It’s one of our favorite times of the year. The run-up to the Super Bowl. Restaurants and bars are dangling the bait with some great drink deals and specials. Here’s a list of spots where you can get “wild” this weekend and catch all the action:
Van Diemens Cafe & Bar (383 3rd Ave @ 27th [...]