Don’t let the name fool you.  This was no food publicity stunt.  My parents rolled into town this past Friday for a quick 24 hour visit and we took ‘em on a little gastro-expedition around the city.  We were celebrating my Dad’s 60th birthday, a bit belatedly, but we definitely made up for lost time…and calories.  We hit up several [...]

Upper West Side standout Telepan is offering a 5-Course Spring Harvest Menu starting tonight and running through Thursday night featuring some seasonal ingredients such as ramp, rhubarb, nettles, morels and fiddleheads.  The 5-Course Tasting will set you back $75, or $135 if you opt for the wine pairings.  Take a look at the full tasting [...]

Monday nights in NYC have become the best night of the week to score a deal at restaurants and bars.  Sundays are pretty damn good, too, with all the Sunday Suppers being offered out there.  Amity Hall (80 W. 3rd St) is the latest to join the Monday night list.  They are calling it the [...]

We just got word that GO Burger, the new mobile burger truck being launched by BLT Restaurants, is gearing up for a test run today — which means FREE BURGERS FROM 1PM TIL THEY RUN OUT!  The GO Burger truck will be parked in front of BLT Prime at 111 E. 22nd St.  If you [...]

You have to know this about Sushi Yasuda going in. It’s not one of those over-Americanized sushi restaurants where the fish takes a back seat to cream cheese, spicy mayo, brown syrup-like eel sauce, and little crunchy tempura chips. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy the creative rolls at places like Mizu in Flatiron (the Electric [...]

Our friends over at theDealist have put together a little 2-day event on May 1st-2nd they’re calling the “Tastes of the Village: East Food Festival.“  It’s really not so much an event as it is a 2-day self-guided tour through some of the neighborhood’s top food spots.  Here’s the deal: click here and if you decide to spring [...]

There’s been lots happening over at BLT Restaurants over the past few weeks. First came the news that Chef Laurent Tourondel is splitting from his own BLT empire (he’s continuing as exec chef at 10 BLT restaurants in hotels, including BLT Market). More exciting is the news that BLT (the non-Tourondel half) is unveiling a burger truck [...]

Here’s another to add to the growing list of all-you-can-eat deals around the city, which already includes the all-you-can-eat pork sliders happy hour at Marc Forgione on Tuesdays ($16; add $13 for aycd Brooklyn Lager), the all-you-can-eat rib tips & wings at Brother Jimmy’s on Mondays ($15 and includes aycd draft beer), the all-you-can-eat tacos at [...]

Can’t say we’ve ever been to Birch Coffee, the neighborhood coffee shop located at the bohemian Gershwin Hotel (7 E. 27th St).  But we’re definitely intrigued.  First, they sent word that they would be representing NYC at the 8th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational in California on April 24th.  Over 300 people are expected to compete at the [...]

The Austrian Wine Marketing Board and the Austrian Trade Commission are hosting Austria Uncorked, an unlimited wine tasting featuring wines from more than 100 Austrian wineries at Tribeca Rooftop, May 5th from 6 to 9 pm.  The food lineup is pretty amazing and features tastes from Wallsé, Maze, Seasonal Restaurant, Aldea Restaurant, Klee Brasserie, BLT Prime, 10 Downing Food & [...]

The government may not be cutting you any slack these days, but at least the following restaurants will: All BLT Restaurants Across the City (Steak, Prime, Fish, Burger & Market): On April 15th, all BLT restaurants across the city are offering half off of all alcoholic beverages. ALL cocktails, beer, wines by the glass and [...]

Rare is the opportunity for us mere mortals to get to taste the actual meal prepared by a challenger on Iron Chef America.  Tomorrow night (Thurs, April 8th) you’ll get your chance when Executive Chef Maneet Chauhan of At Vermilion (480 Lexington Ave) replicates for guests the same  five-course meal she prepared on the show when she went head-to-head with [...]

We already love Vero Restaurant & Wine Bar for its Monday night complimentary panini promo. Now we hear they’re launching a weekly ”Wine on Wednesdays” from 5-7 pm at the Midtown location (2nd Ave at E. 53rd St).  It’s basically a two-hour happy hour where, for $35, you get to partake in a wine tasting and taste [...]

Jill and I headed over to Zengo last night for “Friends and Family.” We were excited to try the new, soon-to-open Richard Sandoval restaurant (Maya, Pampano) housed in the massive space on the northwest corner of 40th St. and 3rd Ave. Todd English (Tuscan Steak) and Jeffrey Chodorow (Wild Salmon) haven’t been able to make [...]

Circle of Taste,  the culinary club of Time Warner Center’s The Restaurant and Bar Collection (think Per Se, Bouchon Bakery, Porter House New York, Masa, Bar Masa, Landmarc, Stone Rose Lounge and A Voce Columbus), continues to host some great events.  Now, they’ve teamed up with Jazz at Lincoln Center for Taste of Jazz, a culinary and jazz [...]