It’s my favorite time of the year!  It just doesn’t get any better than this.  St. Patty’s Day, College Basketball and Beer.  There’s also the Brewing News National IPA Championship. An IPA tournament with 64 entries judged by brewers in blind-tasting style.  The bracket includes many of the familiar names as well as several from smaller, regional [...]

Poco, home of one of our favorite all-you-can-drink boozy brunches, is celebrating its one-year anniversary tonight with three hours of complimentary open bar and tapas, burlesque by the Dilettaunts, Goose the band & music mixed by DJ Eric Visa. 
Poco // 33 Ave. B at 3rd St. // no rsvp needed // 7:00pm-10:00pm

Boy do I love me some stinky cheese.  You know, the kind that makes you think there’s some majorly rotten stuff festering in the garbage can.  I’ve actually looked around the apartment for nearly 20 minutes before in search of what could be causing the stench, only to finally remember that we had brought back [...]

Dylan & the Dead, Mondavi and Rothschild, Bowie & Arcade Fire, Siegfried & Roy (well, maybe not).  Nothing beats a great collaboration.  And it’s no different come Tuesday, March 9th when Back Forty and Captain Lawrence team up for a one-of-a-kind 4-course craft beer dinner.  Back Forty Chef Shanna Pacifico has created a special menu to pair [...]

The city of Dijon, France has sent a contingent here to NYC to show us that there’s more to their city than just President Obama’s favorite mustard.  After all, Dijon is located in the heart of Burgundy, one of our favorite wine regions.  They’re calling the weeklong project Dijon Must’art.  Their delegation consists of chefs, wine experts, artists, musicians and businesspeople.  [...]

They’re baaaaack!  Praise the lard.  Our favorite food and drink event from last year is returning for some more wining and swining. Cochon 555 is a culinary event featuring 5 chefs, 5 heritage pigs and 5 winemakers with the chefs squaring off in a friendly competition for a good cause.  This year the event is [...]

In honor of its 6th birthday on Wednesday, March 3rd, the original BLT Steak on E. 57th St. will celebrate by offering their delicious steaks and entrees (think filets, ribeye, NY strips, Dover sole and more), sides, desserts and cocktails at ridiculously low prices.  In fact, all the BLT Steak’s and BLT Prime’s across the [...]

We try to hit up as many of the “Taste of …” events as possible.  They’re a great opportunity to network and try bites from many of our favorite NYC restaurants in one-stop-shop fashion, not to mention a pretty good opportunity to drink copious amounts of alcohol.  This past Tuesday night StreetWise Partners held its [...]

What better way to celebrate a snow day than with free food and a full open bar?  Tomorrow, February 26th, Butterfield 8 (5 E. 38th St) is celebrating its 4-Year Anniversary with a complimentary full open bar and free passed appetizers from 6-7pm and again from 10-11pm.  To take advantage of this freebie deal, you [...]

The 3rd Annual New York Wine Expo is coming to the Javits Center this weekend. The Grand Tastings on Friday evening (6-10pm) and Saturday afternoon (2-6pm) will feature over 600 wines from over 170 winemakers around the globe for your tasting pleasure.  You can expect a strong showing from local New York, Oregon and California wineries, as well [...]

With so many great food &  drink events coming up in NYC, it’s nearly impossible to choose which ones to attend.  We only include a handful of events each month in our own, unofficial “not-to-be-missed” category.  Circle of Taste,  the culinary club of Time Warner Center’s The Restaurant and Bar Collection (think Per Se, Bouchon Bakery, Porter [...]

It should be no mystery by now we are big, big fans of the events and deals offered by Fatty Crab, Cabrito and Fatty ‘Cue.  These guys just know how to do it up.  Whether it’s all-you-can-drink beers and all-you-can-eat crab Monday nights at Fatty Crab, spontaneous snow-day drinking specials or Movie Night Mondays at Cabrito (with all-you-can drink [...]

E. 7th Street is one of our favorite food and drink streets in the city. It boasts some of NYC’s best and most talked about quick bites at places like Caracas Arepa Bar, Luke’s Lobster and Porchetta. Not to mention, it’s also home to one of NYC’s best beer blocks (East 7th between 2nd Ave & 3rd [...]

Cabrito (50 Carmine St.) is joining in on the Monday night dinner and a movie fun.  The second Monday of each month, Jim Lahey and his team at Co. (230 9th Ave. at 24th St.) host a movie night together with a special pie inspired by the movie.  But you gotta check out what Cabrito is offering!  [...]

To celebrate D’Artagnan’s 25th anniversary on the culinary scene, Wines of South West France and well-known French chefs from the region, with a multitude of Michelin stars among them, are descending upon some of New York’s top restaurants this weekend to work their culinary magic in the form of special tasting menus paired with wines from South West [...]