Wanna try your hand at brewin’ some beer but don’t think you can manage it in your 350 sq ft NYC studio?  Brooklyn Brew Shop has got you covered.  They’ve come up with a 1-gallon brewing kit designed specifically with small NYC apartments in mind.  About 1 sq ft of space is all you’re gonna need.  Your dirty [...]

Check out this footage from Sirius XM of Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert talking about “Food Porn”.

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We love providing our friends, family and co-workers with NYC restaurant and bar recommendations.  We get all sorts of requests, whether it’s a friend looking for a date night wine bar, out-of-towners looking for a good pre-theater spot, friends looking for a good Sunday-Funday brunch spot, or a fellow wino looking for a great BYO deal.  We [...]

Can’t believe it’s still coming down like this!  The blizzard party hasn’t stopped at Cabrito , Fatty Crab West Village, or Fatty Crab Upper West Side where yesterday they promised happy hour food and drink specials at the bar until the snow stops falling.  Specials at Cabrito include $3 tacos, $3 Dos Equis drafts, $5 [...]

Here’s some great craft beer news to start off the week!  This past weekend at BeerAdvocate’s Extreme Beer Fest in Boston, Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery),Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River Brewing Company), Leonardo Di Vincenzo (Birra del Borgo) and Teo Musso (Birrificio Le Baladin) announced they are teaming up with Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich to open [...]

An interview we did with Sean Adams of WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 aired earlier this week.  We were discussing some of the best dining deals in town, including no-corkage BYO specials on certain nights of the week at places like Alto, Braeburn, Buttermilk Channel and Apiary, great prix-fixe deals at places like La Grenouille, Matsugen, Aroma Kitchen & [...]

For the tailgating hour of 5:30-6:30pm on Super Bowl Sunday, Delmonico’s Restaurant (56 Beaver St.) will be serving up free buttermilk fried chicken, free double-fried french fries and free Stella pints!

You have to check out this promotion, or more like publicity stunt, put out today by Smith & Wollensky.  They’re offering free steaks to traders and investment bankers who have been paid their bonuses not in cash, but with company stock.  One thing these geniuses at Smith & Wollensky don’t take into account is that most [...]

We have been pushing hard for this for a while and finally some restaurants seem to be warming up to the idea of offering wine as part of their prix-fixe menu.  While some are offering it as an option in place of dessert, others are offering a glass of wine in lieu of the dessert course altogether.  No offense to dessert-happy [...]

Just came across this promo video for the new Pump Energy Food.  It centers around the fictitious Crap corporation, with ads featuring Crap being put on all sorts of food and made to look like modern takes on old food ads.

If you missed all the hot spots booking up two months in advance, today is your day to take advantage of the restaurants that take reservations one month in advance of Valentine’s Day. Think Bouley, Little Owl, Babbo, etc… and get ready for some serious speed dialing and busy signals. Good Luck!

Piccola Cucina in Soho (184 Prince St.; 212-625-3200) which re-opened back in November starts delivery today and is offering their signature tiramisu free (reg. price $10) with each order until Christmas. The modern Italian dishes Sicilian-born Chef Philip Guardione serves at the restaurant (minus a dish or two that wouldn’t travel well) will be available for delivery [...]

We’ve started to hear some good things through the grapevine about blu restaurant & bar in the relatively new Hotel Indigo located in Upper Chelsea/Fashion District (127 W. 28th St. b/t 6th & 7th Ave). Blu describes itself as a contemporary American with Italian influence. The kitchen is led by Executive Chef Roberto Bellissimo, formerly of Le Cirque. [...]

Just in time for the arctic chill comes word that Trestle on Tenth (242 10th Ave @ 24th St; 212-645-5659) and Executive Chef/Owner Ralf Kuettel, a native of Switzerland, will be offering up the ultimate in comfort food — traditional Swiss fondue — to help you warm up on nasty, bitter cold Winter Sundays (through [...]

Because irresponsible people like me either forget about ’em or lose ‘em, restaurants can afford to offer nice discounts or promotions on their gift cards. Heck, some of these deals are so good we’re buying gift cards for ourselves. Never look a gift card in the mouth!
B.R. Guest Restaurants (Bill’s Bar & Burger, Blue Fin, Blue [...]