Good Bayou

Written by David Bardeen on August 27, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

How will Bourbon fit into this Manhattan
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Shack Shake Gets Shook Up

Written by Linnea Covington on August 26, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

The summer days are getting shorter, and along with them so are the milkshakes at the famous Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. I noticed this one day after singing the burger joint’s praises to an out of town guest. After describing what I deemed to be one of the best milkshakes around, we headed
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Ko is a Go

Written by Joy Y. Wang on August 20, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

The hard-to-get grub at new 'fuku charms and comforts
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One Great Plate: Watermelon Soup With Crab and Wildflower Honey

Written by A.J. Fox on August 20, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Forge, the new American restaurant in the Tribeca space once occupied by Dekk, has the rustic throwback décor of an earthy cabin in the mountains: Lots of old woods dominate the space, decorated with an antique stove, butcher block tables and old cookbooks, but filtered through a glossy, youthful energy. There are no white tablecloths
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Sharing Means No Shame

Written by A.J. Fox on August 13, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

The Lebanese food at Ilili is in its own league
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Funky Dunkin’

Written by Adam Rathe on August 8, 2008. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

This week, Dunkin’ Donuts launched the new DDSmart breakfast menu. Featuring a new muffin, low-cal smoothies and two egg-white omelet sandwiches, the menu is meant to appeal to calorie-conscious people who, for some reason, think that muffins and breakfast sandwiches are diet food.

As long-time snack enthusiasts, we were excited at the prospect of a morning time booze sponge that is slightly less bad for us and, featuring ingredients like flat bread and turkey sausage, speaks to our aspirational eating habits.

The first day the new menu was available, we tried three stores—none of which had the items or knew what we were talking about—before just ordering chocolate-coconut donuts and calling the whole thing off. Today, there was better luck.

We ordered a multi-grain bagel with light cream cheese, both egg white sandwiches, the reduced-fat blueberry muffin and the reduced-calorie berry smoothie. Once everything was laid out on a filing cabinet, we dug in. Below, a play-by-play.

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