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Howl

May 16, 2012

Cafe Loup, our go-to since forever in NYC, says it all on the bathroom wall. Since we moved to Manhattan in 1990, we have made the West Village’s Cafe Loup our home away from home, no matter what sublet we … Read More

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The Upper East Side is Alive!…Alive!

May 2, 2012

A roundup of new eating-and-drinking spots in the land of brownstones and walkers. As many of the Michelin-raters have moved or opened outposts downtown, somebody gotsta save the nabe. John DeLucie’s Crown, on E. 81st Street, is killing it a … Read More

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The Food Truck’s Evolution

May 2, 2012

Get used to it, people (and be grateful): those mobile gourmet go-to’s are here to stay, and some are even raising stakes for the long haul. The trend-on-wheels gets still sturdier legs and shapes. Now there are food trucks with … Read More

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Who Will Be In at The Waverly Inn?

April 18, 2012

As its sophomore chef departs, Manhattan’s swanky Hobbit hole readies for its third act. It’s official: The modest (but anything-but-modestly-talented) Chef Eric Korsh is leaving Graydon Carter and company’s enduringly scene-making clubhouse-tavern in the West Village to open his own … Read More

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‘Still’ Life

April 4, 2012

From Ken Burns’ “Prohibition” to the backwoods and back rooms of “Justified” and ‘Boardwalk Empire’—and culminating in the upcoming film “The Wettest County”—the whole country’s gone punch drunk over old-timey alcohol. And now it’s the Establishment antidote for a posse … Read More

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Manhattan gastro and comfort food pioneers Bruce and Eric Bromberg never sleep.

March 7, 2012

Famous for the no-fuss greenmarket fare found in their sushi bars, bakeries, wine stations and brasserie-bistros, they’re now hanging their toques at downtown Manhattan’s wee-hours-friendly Thompson Lower East Side. Seconds, anyone? Bruce and Eric Bromberg have just returned from yet … Read More

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Ice, Ice Baby

March 7, 2012

Guy walks into a bar, girl walks into a bar: Daniel Boulud’s new drinks and canapé books have the poison for both. Split between “For Him” and “For Her”—is Daniel Boulud Cocktails and Amuse-Bouches, a drinks and small bites guide … Read More

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The Inimitable HIX

March 7, 2012

‘Mark’ Our Words. He practically wrote the cookbook on the new British cuisine. Next up: Hix Belgravia, in the Thompson’s equally tasteful new hotel Belgraves. Unlike his fellow British restaurateur—the vain and vitriolic Gordon Ramsay—chef and restaurateur Mark Hix lets … Read More

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Flounder Oscar?

February 8, 2012

Out of the red-carpet fray, the Los Angeles area gains two fine new comfort eats. The Academy Awards are held February 26th in Hollywood, and if you’re the type who doesn’t buy into the hype, there are two culinary winners … Read More

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London Calls with Oodles of New Eateries

January 25, 2012

We’ll let ‘Hot Dinners’ give a guide to the newcomers… Here’s a rundown of the freshman class of 2012 and some soon to be. We can’t say any are the bee’s knees yet, but at least you know that London … Read More

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New Year’s Resolutions?

December 20, 2011

Eating better must be one. ‘Clean Plates’ guides are a fine dining start. “For vegetarians and carnivores,” the 2012 edition of “Clean Plates” guides act as the healthy-man’s version of Zagat’s. The sharp-looking books fit inside a jacket pocket and … Read More

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Whiskey Business

December 7, 2011

It’s about to be fuh-freezing in the Windy City, per usual. Saddle up to some of the city’s finest whiskey bars with this Johnny Walker, er, crawl. This list shows there’s plenty to go around. It was provided by the … Read More

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Eats of the Week: Pulqueria

November 16, 2011

New ‘tequila’ bar wows us in every way. Known as “the nectar of the lightning gods,” fermented pulque provides the inspiration to New York’s coolest new Mexican cantina: Pulqueria. Quietly opened a couple of weeks ago, the Lower Bowery hideaway … Read More

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Daniel Boulud takes his drinks…seriously

November 2, 2011

Cocktails, Anyone? So, when in heck do we go to Daniel, the Upper East Side bastion of epicurean gastronomy? Nevah. It took a book party a week ago to get us “up there.” We’re glad we did. Celebrating “Cocktails & … Read More

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Food & Drink

Our Favorite Food Cart #1

November 2, 2011

The Frying Dutchmen have been around the block–but not ours…til now! We know this whole food truck thing is feeling rather played. But we’re here to serve you, and all we can say is that it’s worth visitors to NYC … Read More

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