Animals
I have a bone to pick with Animals, the newly opened sandwich pop-up that’s attached to The Wayland in the East Village. But first, let me tell you about their pulled bacon sandwich. (Priorities!) It starts with slab bacon, slow…
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
The 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show wrapped up last night with a tiny monkey-faced Affenpinscher named Banana Joe scurrying off with the Best in Show title. I’d been afraid the little squirt would win. Of all of the dogs…
Josie’s Bar
There is a sign tacked to the ceiling of a certain bar in the East Village that reads “We’re all here because we’re not all there.” It’s a phrase that’s been used a number of ways, but it’ll always remind…
TWA Flight Center
These days flying seems as mundane as taking the bus, unless you find a TSA pat-down exciting, of course. Gone is the glamour of the 1960s when air travel resembled a pleasure cruise, complete with lit cigarettes and sexy stewardesses,…
Jacques Torres Wicked Hot Chocolate
I don’t claim to be an expert on the best hot chocolate mix, but cocoa is one of my favorite winter treats. I always seem to have at least two varieties on hand: one I can make with water, like…
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
Like many a pizza-obsessed New Yorker, my ears would perk up when I’d hear about “New Haven” style pizza. Distinguished by a thin, coal oven-charred crust, “apizza” put New Haven on the culinary map, so that it even rivals New…
Mighty Quinn’s Barbecue
If the lines at Smorgasburg this year were any indication, Mighty Quinn’s makes some mighty good barbecue. I ended up with my worst sunburn of the summer while waiting in the infamous line for their smoked brisket, resulting in a…
Mile End Sandwich
Mile End Sandwich’s Noho storefront looks like the kind of chic converted garage that should be peddling $500 motorcycle boots and deconstructed jackets instead of Jewish soul food. This arm of the popular Boerum Hill deli is located on a…
The High Line at the West Side Rail Yards
If you visit The High Line today it’s pretty hard to imagine what it looked like a few years ago. The elevated railway was built in the 1930s to transport freight trains above the traffic along Manhattan’s Tenth Avenue, which…
Evelyn Drinkery
I’ve stopped wondering how many artisanal cocktail bars the East Village can sustain, because the answer, judging by the thirsty crowds, always seems to be “more, of course!” Evelyn Drinkery, which opened two months ago on ever-fancier Avenue C (right…