May 14, 2012

“La Vara Opens in Cobble Hill”
Alexandra Raij and Eder Montero, who co-own two Spanish restaurants in Manhattan, the tapas bar El Quinto Pino and the Basque-inspired Txikito, have opened La Vara in Cobble Hill. This Spanish restaurant is an ode to her Sephardic Jewish heritage ...
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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 4:12 pm

May 13, 2012

“Ready for Summer? Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club Now Open”
As the temperatures creep up, New Yorkers get pulled toward the water. We escape for a weekend in the Hamptons, Fire Island, the Jersey Shore or even Maine. What about a much closer destination? Sure, there’s no sandy beaches or tall waves c ...
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Posted: May 13, 2012 - 9:55 pm

May 10, 2012

“Snocone Anyone?”
My friend Will O'Hare (an Irene Ryan award winning actor, I'll have you know) sent me this tip about his friend Dan Levin's new Snocone shop in Williamsburg. Dan sold his homemade snocones last summer at the Blackbird Parlor and is now ...
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Posted: May 10, 2012 - 8:44 pm

May 1, 2012

“Shakes for Kids at Shake Shack”
Starting today, Shake Shack® and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign are holding the first-ever Great American Shake Sale. The Great American Shake Sale is a company-wide initiative taking pl ...
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Posted: May 1, 2012 - 3:58 pm

April 29, 2012

“Bishops + Barons, a modern day supper club, opening May 9th in the East Village”
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Posted: April 29, 2012 - 2:32 pm

April 25, 2012

“Korsh & Iverson to open Calliope in May”
Calliope means many things. It's a breed of sweet little Humming Bird indigenous to Fort Tryon Park, a World War II tank equipped with missile launcher, a song by Tom Waits, and soon, a new restaurant from a talented husband and wife team: for ...
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Posted: April 25, 2012 - 11:14 am

April 23, 2012

“Bon Appetit Launches the Grub Craw in Brooklyn, NOLA and LA ”
Bon Appétit Grub Crawl, an on-the-move food event, will launch this summer in Brooklyn, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Gone are the large tasting-tent formats of festivals past: Bon Appétit Grub Crawl ...
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Posted: April 23, 2012 - 1:04 pm

April 22, 2012

“Breakfast at il Buco Alimentari Begins This Week!”
Breakfast is now being served beginning at 7am Monday morning at il Buco Alimentari. Transporting, beautiful, relaxed and civilized, it's perfect for a quick coffee and pastry at the bar, or a more leisurely breakfast at a table. If you ...
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Posted: April 22, 2012 - 6:45 pm

April 19, 2012

“From Beirut to the Big Apple”
To say that New York has a diverse dining scene is an understatement. But regardless of how many restaurants, cuisines, and trends the city can dish out, we can take it.Cue Lebanese-Armenian cuisine. Whether you've long established ...
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Posted: April 19, 2012 - 2:41 pm

April 17, 2012

“Slow Food's 1000 Gardens in Africa”
Almost everywhere you go in the world today, you can find a McDonald’s, KFC or Taco Bell. Fast food -- is that the legacy we, as Americans, want to leave the world? Today, we have an opportunity to leave a different legacy -- by helping Slow ...
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Posted: April 17, 2012 - 2:13 pm