Our favorite food and drink event from last year is returning for some more wining and swining. 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.  This year the event is taking place at Pier 60 [...]

We love providing our friends, family and co-workers with NYC restaurant and bar recommendations.  We get all sorts of requests, whether it’s a friend looking for a date night wine bar, out-of-towners looking for a good pre-theater spot, friends looking for a good Sunday-Funday brunch spot, or a fellow wino looking for a great BYO deal.  We [...]

Can’t believe it’s still coming down like this!  The blizzard party hasn’t stopped at Cabrito , Fatty Crab West Village, or Fatty Crab Upper West Side where yesterday they promised happy hour food and drink specials at the bar until the snow stops falling.  Specials at Cabrito include $3 tacos, $3 Dos Equis drafts, $5 [...]

In honor of its 6th birthday on Wednesday, March 3rd, the original BLT Steak on E. 57th St. will celebrate by offering their delicious steaks and entrees (think filets, ribeye, NY strips, Dover sole and more), sides, desserts and cocktails at ridiculously low prices.  In fact, all the BLT Steak’s and BLT Prime’s across the [...]

We try to hit up as many of the “Taste of …” events as possible.  They’re a great opportunity to network and try bites from many of our favorite NYC restaurants in one-stop-shop fashion, not to mention a pretty good opportunity to drink copious amounts of alcohol.  This past Tuesday night StreetWise Partners held its [...]

What better way to celebrate a snow day than with free food and a full open bar?  Tomorrow, February 26th, Butterfield 8 (5 E. 38th St) is celebrating its 4-Year Anniversary with a complimentary full open bar and free passed appetizers from 6-7pm and again from 10-11pm.  To take advantage of this freebie deal, you [...]

The 3rd Annual New York Wine Expo is coming to the Javits Center this weekend. The Grand Tastings on Friday evening (6-10pm) and Saturday afternoon (2-6pm) will feature over 600 wines from over 170 winemakers around the globe for your tasting pleasure.  You can expect a strong showing from local New York, Oregon and California wineries, as well [...]

With so many great food &  drink events coming up in NYC, it’s nearly impossible to choose which ones to attend.  We only include a handful of events each month in our own, unofficial “not-to-be-missed” category.  Circle of Taste,  the culinary club of Time Warner Center’s The Restaurant and Bar Collection (think Per Se, Bouchon Bakery, Porter [...]

It should be no mystery by now we are big, big fans of the events and deals offered by Fatty Crab, Cabrito and Fatty ‘Cue.  These guys just know how to do it up.  Whether it’s all-you-can-drink beers and all-you-can-eat crab Monday nights at Fatty Crab, spontaneous snow-day drinking specials or Movie Night Mondays at Cabrito (with all-you-can drink [...]

E. 7th Street is one of our favorite food and drink streets in the city. It boasts some of NYC’s best and most talked about quick bites at places like Caracas Arepa Bar, Luke’s Lobster and Porchetta. Not to mention, it’s also home to one of NYC’s best beer blocks (East 7th between 2nd Ave & 3rd [...]

Here’s some great craft beer news to start off the week!  This past weekend at BeerAdvocate’s Extreme Beer Fest in Boston, Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery),Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River Brewing Company), Leonardo Di Vincenzo (Birra del Borgo) and Teo Musso (Birrificio Le Baladin) announced they are teaming up with Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich to open [...]

Here’s a ”cant-go-wrong” deal from the folks at the Dealist.  You get a 2-appetizer tasting and a bottle of champagne at Kellari’s Parea (36 E. 20th St.) for $29 (normally $65). The deal can be used any day (weekday or weekend) without any restrictions.  Your two appetizers include: fried cheese haloumi and spanakopita (usually $10.95 and $9.95, [...]

Cabrito (50 Carmine St.) is joining in on the Monday night dinner and a movie fun.  The second Monday of each month, Jim Lahey and his team at Co. (230 9th Ave. at 24th St.) host a movie night together with a special pie inspired by the movie.  But you gotta check out what Cabrito is offering!  [...]

To celebrate D’Artagnan’s 25th anniversary on the culinary scene, Wines of South West France and well-known French chefs from the region, with a multitude of Michelin stars among them, are descending upon some of New York’s top restaurants this weekend to work their culinary magic in the form of special tasting menus paired with wines from South West [...]

Just got word that from 11pm-2am tonight at the Fatty Crab in the West Village (643 Hudson St), they’re throwing a little impromptu “Year of the Tiger” party.  They’ll be kickin’ it with their regular late night ”under $5″ happy hour menu with offerings like Jalan Alor Chicken Wings, Steamed Buns, Fatty Sliders, and pullman-loaf fries smothered [...]