It’s just after 5am on Sunday morning and we’re on the way to LaGaurdia Airport, where Jill and I first met, to catch a flight to New Orleans for the ultimate Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras celebration with Chef Scott Boswell and his wife Tanya.  Tonight we’ll be having dinner at their amazing French Quarter [...]

An interview we did with Sean Adams of WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 aired earlier this week.  We were discussing some of the best dining deals in town, including no-corkage BYO specials on certain nights of the week at places like Alto, Braeburn, Buttermilk Channel and Apiary, great prix-fixe deals at places like La Grenouille, Matsugen, Aroma Kitchen & [...]

Ok, I’ll admit it right off the bat — before October of last year, I had no idea what poutine was.  I was in Standings Bar in the East Village with Jill and our friend Martin drinking a few pints of Green Flash West Coast IPA and watching my beloved Michigan Wolverines get spanked yet [...]

There’s nothing better than holing up in a bar and sharing in the snow day camarederie with others over a few cocktails or pints.  Restaurants and bars are putting out word of great “snow day” specials through email and twitter.  Here are some of the best snowy day drink deals we’ve come across so far: [...]

So, this is one of those deals that’s already a great deal even before the coupon.  Every Thursday evening, Philip Marie (659 Hudson at W. 11th) offers a 4-course wine and food pairing for between $25-$32 (depends on wine selection).  Each pour amounts to about 1/2 a glass of wine and the food courses are [...]

Through this Thursday, Zenkichi in Williamsburg (77 N. 6th St; 718-388-8985) is offering a Warm-Up Winter Tasting Menu: 4 courses plus a carafe of warm sake for $35 per person.  If you were thinking about a pre-Valentine’s Day Restaurant Week dinner, this deal will give you an extra course + a carafe of premium warm [...]

Starting tonight and continuing the second Monday of each month, Jim Lahey and his team at Co. (230 9th Ave. at 24th St.) will host monthly movie nights paired with a pie inspired by the movie.  Tonight’s movie is Les Blank’s “Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers” and the special pie is going to be [...]

Yes, the Super Bowl is an excuse to drink lots of beer.  But there’s no excuse for drinking bad, watered-down crap beer.  All you can drink specials are enticing, we know, but don’t fall for the ones that include only Coors Light or Bud Light.  We’re heading to Rattle ’N’ Hum bar (14 E. 33rd St) [...]

For the tailgating hour of 5:30-6:30pm on Super Bowl Sunday, Delmonico’s Restaurant (56 Beaver St.) will be serving up free buttermilk fried chicken, free double-fried french fries and free Stella pints! Tweet this!

You have to check out this promotion, or more like publicity stunt, put out today by Smith & Wollensky.  They’re offering free steaks to traders and investment bankers who have been paid their bonuses not in cash, but with company stock.  One thing these geniuses at Smith & Wollensky don’t take into account is that most [...]

On February 23rd, David Burke at Bloomingdale’s is kicking off its 2010 Beverage Series Dinners with a 4-course dinner featuring the single malt scotches of Gordon & MacPhail.  For just $40/person (not incl tax + gratuity), you get hors d’oeuvres and four courses paired with Gordon & MacPhail scotches, including a 21-year, a 24-year and [...]

I realized this past week that nowhere on our website do we highlight our recent meals or our favorite go-to spots by neighborhood.  To make the site a better resource for those looking for restaurant recommendations and to showcase where we’ve been eating and drinking lately, we have decided to launch a new section called [...]