In our What’s the Deal segment we bring to light some new deals and specials being offered at restaurants around the city. This week we take a look at SD26 (19 E 26th St off Madison Sq Park), the downtown successor to San Domenico, run by Tony May and his daughter Marisa. Unlike its clasically-styled predecessor, SD26 [...]

We’ve been hearing mixed things about Sagaponack Bar & Grill in Flatiron (4 W 22nd St). Our friends over at Immaculate Infatuation, whose palates we’ve come to trust and respect, did not have great things to say in their review. While Marc Shepherd at New York Food Journal, whose reviews also tend to be spot-on, recently [...]

Jill and I have spent more weekends this summer away from NYC than at home. We’ve been eating and drinking our way from Westchester and the Hamptons to Boston and Asheville, while catching up with friends and family along the way. Last weekend, our friends Anna and Andy had us and friends Jen and Bryan out to their [...]

Sweetiepie Restaurant (19 Greenwich Ave b/t Christopher & 10th), the West Village version of Alice’s Tea Cup meets Serendipity, has undergone a bit of a transformation this year. Well, at least it’s menu has. The “sweetly” decorated pink and white space known for its birdcage in the dining room remains largely the same.  It seems [...]

MeanRed Productions announced on its website that it will be hosting its aptly named food truck festival, Parked, on Governors Island (Colonel’s Row) on September 5th. The last Parked drew over 3,000 people to BKLYN Yard for brick oven pizza, dumplings, German soul food, Vietnamese bbq, ice cream, cup cakes, and key lime pies. Tweet this!

From August 20-29, Grand Central Terminal will be kicking off the very first Grand Central Terminal Dining Week, featuring a selection of prix fixe menus, to-go meal options and discounts from food retailers and restaurants in the Terminal. Since there is such a diverse set of restaurants and food purveyors, this isn’t the typical one-size-fits-all [...]

Fend off the Monday blues with one of these great food & drink events taking place in the city today: Resto’s Beer Dinner Series Presents ‘Blue Crab Feast and Summer Whites’: Resto (111 E 29th St) continues its Monday night beer dinner series tonight at 7 p.m. with a three course blue crab feast prepared [...]

Here’s a look at where some of your favorite food trucks are parking around the city today. We’ll update this map as the locations flow in. If you’re on Twitter, you can also follow the food trucks location tweets here. View NYC Food Trucks — 8/16/2010 in a larger map Tweet this!

We’ve heard of bars that have beer clubs or mug clubs, but this is the first we’ve heard of a tequila club. West Village Mexican standout Cabrito (50 Carmine St.), which has become known for its slightly gimmicky all-you-can drink and eat movie nights and beach parties, has now launched a slightly gimmicky Tequila Club. Simply [...]

I’ve caught the sour bug. It’s a bit of an acquired taste, but once you’ve got it there’s no turning back. Unfortunately, like good, small production wines, good sours don’t come cheap. For the most part you’re not gonna be picking them up in a 6 or 12-pack. They’re mainly available in large format bottles (Whole [...]

For a little over a year now, Spina Restaurant (175 Avenue B at 11th) has been cranking out some of the freshest and most affordable pasta in the city. Well things just got a little better. Spina just launched a new Happy Hour deal that it’s offering from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and [...]

Now although we usually try to find good value wines at around $30 or under for our weekly wine picks, we couldn’t help ourselves to go (ever so slightly) over the budget in picking this week’s wine, Channing Daughters 2008 Meditazione.  Wow! This is truly one of the most interesting, complex, funky and fun white wines [...]

Union Square Wines and the Red Hook Winery are teaming up for an afternoon of wine tasting and lunch among the barrels on Saturday, August 14th.  One half of a winemaking team that includes Scholium Project’s Abe Schoener, Robert Foley has returned to NY to help bottle the first vintage of Red Hook “Foley-protocol” red wine. Red Hook released its first round [...]

Legendary brunch spot Essex (120 Essex St @ Rivington) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Saturday night in style with a free open bar from 11pm-midnight. To have your name placed on the guest list e-mail your name and the number of guests in your party to eat@essexnyc.com  They’ll send you a confirmation email. If you can’t [...]

We’ve been hearing some rumblings about a new, cozy Thai-inspired tapas and wine bar in Murray Hill called Reserve (407 Third Ave b/t 28th and 29th).  It’s situated right next door to tri-level mega bar Tonic, which together makes them the bar version of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito from the movie Twins. With places like Marcony Ristorante, Vino 313, Cask Bar [...]