It seems like a new food truck or pop-up restaurant is launching in NYC nearly every other day. The latest pop-up to surface is the James Beard Foundation’s JBF LTD at Chelsea Market. Like the name suggests, JBF LTD will only be around for a limited time only—27 days to be exact. Starting April 12 until May 14. [...]

NYC’s Belgian restaurant locations and food trucks will celebrate Belgium’s food and beer with the first annual  Belgian Restaurant Week starting tomorrow. There are some pretty darn good deals being offered at some of the city’s best Belgian spots like BXL Cafe, Mark’t and Petite Abeille. Here are our favorite deals of Belgium Restaurant Week (naturally many of [...]

The food truck craze continues here in NYC. Lately, food trucks are being utilized as the ultimate mobile marketing machines. We get word this morning that from Thursday, March 24 through Monday, March 28, Air France USA will send a food truck into the streets of New York, offering a special tasting menu from Joël [...]

In its first few months, Jones Wood Foundry (401 East 76th St.) has proven itself to be an exciting contribution to the recent Upper East Side culinary renaissance.  It calls itself a “Food Driven Pub” which I love considering how many new spots are loosely throwing around the hackneyed “Gastropub” description these days. After a recent visit in which [...]

It’s your turn to be “wined and dined”! Scoutmob is helping Jill and I take one lucky (or not so lucky depending what you think about us) reader and their guest to dinner at Tree Bistro & Garden (190 1st Avenue) in the East Village. With springtime approaching (oh yeah, don’t forget to set those clocks forward [...]

Food and wine lovers, mark your calendar! On Tuesday, March 29th at 7pm, Chef Geoffrey Zakarian and Wine Director Jordan Lari are hosting a vertical tasting of recent Opus One vintages with winemaker, Michael Silacci, at The Lambs Club (132 West 44th St. at The Chatwal Hotel). The event will begin with cocktails and canapes followed [...]

SHO Shaun Hergatt in The Setai downtown is perhaps one of the most underrated and under-the-radar fine dining restaurants in the city. If you’ve yet to try it, then you should check it out on March 30th when Executive Chef Shaun Hergatt is hosting a Mollusk Tasting Menu. This exotic five-course menu, featuring oysters, clams, mussels and other shelled-in delights, is [...]

Gyu-Kaku (2 locations — 805 3rd Ave and 34 Cooper Sq) is celebrating its 10-Year Anniversary with a huge special for 1-day only. You can try their Kobe Beef Sampler for just $10 — i just checked out their menu here and they ain’t lying when they say it’s normally $40. This has got to be the best [...]

Here’s one to add to our growing list of Tuesday night deals around town.  Starting tonight, Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten (7 Rivington Street, NYC, 212-253-7077) and Loreley Williamsburg (64 Frost Street, Brooklyn, 718-599-0025) are introducing German Hot Wings to their menus. These are Loreley’s take on the chicken wing, but with a German twist – the housemade curry [...]

Word comes in today that Midtown East beer bar The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St nr 2nd Ave) will be celebrating Mardi Gras tomorrow evening with New Orleans food and beer pairings. They’ll be serving up some Fried Okra with Cajun Remoulade paired with Abita S.O.S., beer-poached shrimp & grits paired with the Abita Red, Seafood Beignets paired with the [...]

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Get Real NY announced today its roster of breweries, restaurants, beer bars, food artisans and homebrewers that will be participating in the Craft Beer & Food Festival taking place at The Altman Building (135 W. 18th St) on March 19-20. While the craft beer will be flowin’ freely and taking center stage, there are gonna [...]

From the inbox this morning we learn that Whitman’s (406 East 9th St.) in the East Village is teaming up with a couple of local NY state wineries for a special dinner deal on Wednesday, March 9th. From 8pm-close, get an entree + 3 glasses of wine (though they may not be keeping close track).  They’re pouring [...]

A severe quake rocked New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch last week. This was the second earthquake to hit this city in the past 6 months. This disaster struck a sympathetic chord with us, as one of our closest friends is from New Zealand and has friends and family in the region.  Luckily they are all okay. [...]

If you’re into dancing and drinking, here’s another gala to tell you about. This Friday March 4th the Elisa Monte Dance Junior Gala takes place with  a live dance performance by the company at 8pm at the Joyce Theatre on 19th and 8th, followed by a private party at Marquee nightclub with a 3-hour open bar [...]