A first glimpse of KelSo's new cans. Get ready for some big Brooklyn beer news: KelSo is launching a canned beer line. Known for easy-drinking and innovative brews, the small husband-and-wife operation is taking new form as beers goes beyond the ...
What you won't see, however, is a lot of savory yogurt, since the dairy product is still most commonly matched with sweets and fruit. And that makes the new offering from locavore high priest Dan Barber and his crew at Blue Hill particularly compelli...
Last year's Brooklyn Pour We're less than two weeks out from the Brooklyn Pour craft beer festival, which descends on Skylight One Hanson (1 Hanson Place, 718-783-5437) in Fort Greene October 12. Our VIP tickets are sold out--but there are a few m...
Cheap drinks from 4 to 8 p.m. and live music make The Way Station a popular hangout any night of the week The only thing scarier than going to a haunted house this October is watching the price of pints rise. Fortunately, we've found a few place...
For this week's review, Zachary Feldman hits Estela (47 East Houston Street, 212-219-7693), where he finds chef Ignacio Mattos is flexing his creative muscles. "Now in a narrow, elevated space on Houston Street, Mattos is unencumbered; you can taste ...
A sparse shop on the LES-Chinatown border turns out soul-fortifying beef noodle soup.At the back of a glorified hallway on the Chinatown-LES border, a man or woman thwaps long strands of dough into submission, eventually separating the lengthening pu...
Part one of my interview with Soulayphet "Phet" Schwader ran yesterday, and the Khe-Yo chef talked about his philosophy in the kitchen, his background, and his thoughts on the New York restaurant industry at large. Here in part two, Schwader gets spe...
And thanks to technology brands gone before it, fixing the problem was fairly simple: "What made it possible was that Uber had come up with this great thing" that allows people to call and take cars without physically exchanging money, says Egerman's...
Soulayphet "Phet" Schwader may have grown up in the midwest--Wichita, Kansas, to be precise--but his upbringing centered on preserving traditions from Laos, his homeland. A Laotian community thrived in Wichita, he explains, and so in addition to trav...
Don't be put off by the price tag or the presentation here--if you can spare the cash, you'll be thinking about the sea cucumber for days.Jamie Bissonnette and Ken Oringer waxed poetic on the lowly sea cucumber when we spoke to them about Toro, the s...
A decade ago, the average New Yorker would be hard-pressed to name 10 destination-worthy Thai restaurants, but as the city's collective palate has expanded, so too have the options for regional cuisines from Southeast Asia; fiery, sour Northeastern I...
This past Saturday September 28, dumpling lovers, competitive eaters, and passersby feeding their doughy impulses gathered at the northernmost edge of Sara D. Roosevelt Park to celebrate the humble foodstuff's proud and global history. Sponsored by B...
When Iron Chef Marc Forgione and LDV Hospitality first unveiled American Cut in Atlantic City a couple of years back, "it was like a first date," says Forgione. "We wanted to see if there would be others. I think the first date went really well. Once...
And keeping it local is a big part of the Adirondack legacy: Nasrani gave up his career at an accounting firm to focus on locally sourced and crafted ice cream after his studio apartment ice cream-making hobby prompted him to buy a commercial machine...
Cafe Ghia offers an impressive roster of brunch fare, but you'll want to eat this version of a classic southern staple until you're about to be sick. We knew before we'd polished off the dregs of our massive brunch feast at Cafe Ghia that we'd found ...
Cafe Katja, one of our 10 best LES restaurants Last week, we published our list of the best Lower East Side restaurants, praising old staples like Katz's and newcomer spots like Black Tree. As with any NYC neighborhood, a list of 10 means worthy s...
Since fall harvest is a time to celebrate a job well done, it's only fair that you indulge a little yourself. Here's a look at a few ways to do that this week.Blue Smoke & Brewery Ommegang Beer Pairing Dinner, Blue Smoke Battery Park City, 255 Vesey ...
It may be inconspicuously tucked within the Carlton Hotel, but the French Brasserie known as Millesime has recently been packing a mighty punch at brunch--and a bottomless one at that. The restaurant just rolled out a brand new bottomless punch brunc...
But not if you're gay. At this juncture in history, it's baffling that heads of companies continue to ostracize huge swaths of their customer bases by revealing themselves as raging bigots. But yesterday, Barilla became the newest member of this ...
No. 22: Meatballs Alsatian from Cafe Cluny Phillip Kirschen-Clark channels northeastern France for this refined take on a hearty, homestyle European classic.It's been a pleasure watching Kirschen-Clark, the talented and formerly peripatetic chef of ...
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