Hi all!  Sorry for our lack of posts over the last week or so.  Wined & Dined has been on hiatus due to all the amazing NY Craft Beer Week events going on around the city – and there is A LOT going on.  We had a hugely successful first Get Real NY cask beer and [...]

Just got word via Twitter that the folks over at Get Real NY: Cask Beer & Food Festival taking place this weekend over 2 days (4 sessions) are doing a little Sunday Funday deal. For a limited time, i.e. the next 2 hours or so, you can go to the Get Real NY’s Eventbrite ticket website [...]

Tonight is the much-balleyhooed premiere of Bravo’s Top Chef: Just Desserts at 11pm est following the season finale of Top Chef.  Joining head judge Gail Simmons are former “Top Chef” guest judges and James Beard award winners Johnny Iuzzini and Hubert Keller, along with DailyCandy editor Danielle Kyrillos. Bravo’s kicking things off today in NYC by giving [...]

Julian Medina’s restaurants don’t mess around when it comes to celebrating their anniversaries, serving up signature cocktails with a price based on the anniversary year. Last month, Toloache celebrated anniversary number three with $3 margaritas and live mariachi all night. Next Monday, September 13th marks the 1-Year Anniversary of Yerba Buena Perry (1 Perry St.).  To celebrate, they’ll be serving [...]

There’s no better month than September to be a craft beer lover. NY Craft Beer Week kicks off on September 24 with 10 days of craft beer and food events. The crown jewel of NY Craft Beer Week is the 1st Annual Get Real NY Craft Beer & Food Festival taking place September 25 & [...]

What I love about NYC is that you never know what hidden gem you’re going to stumble upon next. We are amidst a new era of food media who are obsessed with covering the city’s newest and hottest spots. Sure, it’s nice to score a tough resy at one of those oft-buzzed about restaurants.  But there’s a different and deeper satisfaction to be had from ”discovering” a place on your [...]

Hot damn! We just heard that Daniel Boulud’s DBGB Kitchen & Bar is now offering a whole hog dinner with all-you-can-drink craft beer for up to 8 guests for $450 (plus tax & tip). Just give them 3-days notice and Chef Jim Leiken will stuff a whole Pennsylvania Green Village Farms applewood smoked and roasted [...]