Di Fara Pizza
Update: DiFara is now open Wed-Sun As a pizza lover, the trip out to Di Fara in Midwood on the Q feels like a pilgrimage. Located deep in Brooklyn, just after the subway creeps above ground into a strangely suburban…
Porchetta
It’s a good time to be a pork-lover in NYC; not only do we have Momofuku Ssam’s famed steamed pork buns and a smattering of good barbecue joints, but now there’s a new shop in the East Village specializing in…
Harney and Sons (Quitting Coffee Day 3)
Update: Harney & Sons now has a storefront in Soho I’ve been an equal opportunity coffee drinker every day for eight years. I drank it from deli-carts, from Starbucks, from the best coffee joints in the city, and from freeze-dried…
Jimmy’s Corner
Jimmy’s Corner is a dive in the best sense of the word. This narrow, 40-year-old haunt feels like it’s been plucked from Times Square’s seedier past and plunked down on today’s 44th Street where, ignored by tourists, it quietly ministers…
2008 Dog Halloween Parade
Once again, there were some fabulous, over-the-top dog costumes on display at the 2008 Tompkins Square Park Dog Halloween Parade and plenty of pups hamming it up for the cameras. This is my third year taking photos at this event,…
Magnolia Bakery Now Open in Midtown
Fans of Magnolia Bakery’s famously sweet cupcakes, rejoice. Now you no longer need to schlep downtown for a dose of that toothache-inducing buttercream frosting. Magnolia has just opened an under-the-radar outpost (no signage yet?) on the corner of 49th street…
La Superior
Update: La Superior is no longer BYOB Tasty Mexican street food is hard to come by in NYC, so this no-frills tacqueria is worth the trek to Williamsburg. The tacos here, served on diminutive palm-sized tortillas, pack loads of flavor…
2nd Manhattan Cask Ale Festival
If you’re a beer-lover in NYC here’s one event you shouldn’t miss. Since most people in the US like their light, ice-cold, and bubbly lagers, cask ale, or “real ale,” is pretty uncommon outside of the city. Since the lifespan…
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck
Update: Van Leeuwen also has a storefront on East 7th St in the East Village The Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream truck sits in a sunbeam on a quiet Soho side-street, like an upscale Mr. Softee patiently waiting to be discovered….
16 Handles
Remember when Tasti D was the king of low-calorie soft-serve? No more. In the past eighteen months, frozen yogurt shops have sprouted all across Manhattan, and the boom shows no signs of slowing. Last month yet another yogurt place, 16…