We’ll be cooling off this weekend in the mountains of North Carolina, but if we were sticking around these parts chances are good we’d be hitting up Pera Mediterranean Brasserie (303 Madison Ave b/t 41st & 42nd) for its Boundless Bargain Barbeques.  Check this out — for $19/person you get all the hanger steak, chicken brochette, lamb [...]

Sure, there are more wallet-friendly all-you-can-drink brunch options out there.  But if you’re looking for something more than just cheap champagne and mimosas, I’m fairly certain you’re not gonna do better than Agua Dulce (802 9th Ave).  For an additional $20/person (brunch items from $9; menu here) you get 2 hours of unlimited, potent, tropical brunch cocktails, including 3 [...]

Back in the Fall of 2009, two brothers, David and Peter, decided to open an affordable, casual Italian neigborhood restaurant on a stretch of West 3rd St. near Blue Note Jazz Club and Town Tavern.  Like many smaller, new restaurants these days, The Village Trattoria opened as BYO without a liquor license.  It also unfortunately opened with some growing pains.  Sensing [...]

It seems like everyone’s rockin’ the Sunday Supper these days. Our favorites are the Sunday Butcher’s Table in the Bar Room of Charlie Palmer’s Aureole ($49/person; unlimited wine pours; menu), the Sunday Nonya Dinner at Double Crown ($35/person; 8-10 courses; menu), the ever-changing $20 3-course Sunday Supper at Northern Spy Food Co. and Surfer Sundays at Ditch Plains [...]

If you find yourself in and around the Lincoln Center area, these deals from Ed’s Chowder House (44 W. 63rd in The Empire Hotel) are worth a look.  Every Tuesday night though the end of July (excluding July 6th) at 7:30pm Chef Ed Brown will personally host 25 guests in the restaurant’s private dining room and offer a [...]

Beginning this week and continuing throughout the summer, Gotham Bar & Grill (12 E. 12th St.) will be paying homage to its Union Square Greenmarket Farmer Friends by teaming up with a different farm each week and building a 2-course $24 lunch menu from that farm’s offerings. Up this week is Phillips Farms with a lunch featuring an apricot salad [...]

Happy 1st Anniversary to Roberto Patriarca’s East Village pasta house Spina (175 Avenue B). In celebration, they’ll be offering a week of special menus and wines from June 21 – 26, capped off by a four-course Magnum dinner on June 26. To accompany the anniversary menus, we hear Spina will be uncorking some pretty special and unique wines. [...]

We just got word of some great specials at our favorite downtown steakhouse.  Starting Sunday July 4th, Dylan Prime will be offering a Clambake for $39.95. Presented in traditional style, it will contain two 1 1/4 pound Lobsters, Clams, Mussels, Corn on the Cob and Potatoes. Throughout Summer it will be offered every Friday, Saturday and [...]

ilili Restaurant (236 5th Ave) has been churning out some of the city’s best Lebanese food for more than two years now.  Only recently, however, have they begun offering a weekend brunch.  We stopped in a little while back to check out chef-owner Philippe Massoud’s Lebanese-American take on our favorite weekend meal. While it’s not gonna be your new go-to Sunday-Funday boozy [...]

First Bloomberg, now Batali.  Who’s next in line to woo Lebron? If you haven’t already seen it, check out NYCGO’s official “C’mon Lebron” website here. Tweet this!

After a crazy Memorial Day weekend out in Montauk and Jill’s fun birthday week, it was nice to have a peaceful and relaxing weekend in the city. It was beautiful out Friday evening, so we set out in search of a place to have dinner al fresco.  We’ve been wanting to check out Bia Garden (154 [...]

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Starting this Sunday, June 6th “Discover Albariño” Wine Week is coming to NYC.  From June 6-19, more than 15 restaurants across the city will be offering some great deals on Albariño wines, including by-the-glass specials, bottle discounts, wine pairings and special tasting menus during lunch, happy hour and dinner.  Tapas standout Las Ramblas is offering 15% off [...]

My friend Martin and I just headed over to check out The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English that opened to the public today in the lower level of The Plaza Hotel (corner of 5th Ave. and 59th St.). The place has a terrific layout with 8 open-kitchen style stations surrounded by bar seats, which include The Grill, The Pizza [...]

I would like to wish Jill a very happy 29th birthday!  This time of year is all about celebrations for us.  Jill’s birthday falls just 2 days after our wedding anniversary and Jill’s Mom’s birthday is 3 days before our anniversary.  Our ritual has been to take Jill’s Mom out for a fun dinner before heading out of [...]