How Many Foodies Live In The LES?

Written by Jill Colvin on July 18, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Chef Daniel Boulud, the man behind the famous $50 truffle-topped, foie gras and braised short rib-stuffed hamburger, is planning to bring his upscale, fine dining downtown to a new restaurant on the Lower East Side. DBGB, a play on the chef’s name and the famed CBGB’s, is slated to occupy Avalon Chrystie Place at 299
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Eat Me: A Week Of Gluttony Ahead

Written by Jane Warshaw on July 16, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

This is no time for New Yorkers to go on a diet. Sure, it’s bikini season. But today begins Summer Restaurant Week, and this year over 200 top eateries are participating, including Nobu, Café Boulud, Payard, Union Square Café and Grammercy Tavern, amongst others. When else can you get a three course pre-fixe lunch for
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Short But Sweet: Magnolia Briefly Closed

Written by Kari Milchman on July 12, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Magnolia Bakery—the famed West Village cupcake corner known for its spot on “Sex and the City,” its heinously long lines and its obscene use of butter—was closed yesterday by the Health Department. Citing mouse droppings and fruit flies near the garbage, health officials are requiring new bakery-owner Steve Abrams to install a sink in the
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Got Dumplings? Not so much…

Written by Jill Colvin on July 11, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

You know that old saying that in this city, you could eat at a different restaurant every night for 50 years without going hungry? Well, if you’re a big fan of Chinese food, you may be doubting that mantra right about now. An article in today’s New York Sun reports that New York’s Chinese restaurants
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Hot Dog King To Fight!

Written by Kari Milchman on June 29, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Breathe a sigh of relief: the doubts over whether Takeru Kobayashi will compete against hot-shot Joey Chestnut, who out-ate him by 5¾ franks earlier this month, are unfounded, according to amNewYork. It seems Kobayashi arrived in New York yesterday, prepared to eat his way back up to champion of Nathan’s Famous hot dog-eating contest at
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Whole Foods Masters The Art Of Waiting

Written by Kari Milchman on June 25, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Good news, Whole Foods has revolutionized queue management, that’s the science of keeping lines moving for those of you not in the know. The New York Times has breaking news regarding the organic grocer: It seems lines at each of the four Manhattan Whole Foods can stretch 50-people long by 7 p.m. on a weeknight,
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Our Favorite Fair Food…

Written by John DeSio on June 21, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

…is funnel cake, according to a poll of New York and New Jersey residents commissioned by State Fair Meadowlands. The Public Opinion Research poll questioned 400 residents of New York and New Jersey about their favorite foods to eat when at a summer fair. Twenty-five percent said funnel cakes, while 23% said hot dogs and
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You Can Get In If You Can Fit In

Written by David Callicott on June 20, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Please Don't Tell redefines underground
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Rodents Take Over Fave Fro Yo Joint

Written by Kari Milchman on June 18, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Video cameras caught mice living it up KFC-Taco Bell style in Pinkberry’s Upper East Side location Sunday morning. If you’re thinking this means you’ll get your fro yo fix forthwith thanks to the business-impeding rodent problem—which would be a logical assumption—you’re wrong. Apparently, Prinkberry fans don’t have a problem sharing their icy treats with mice,
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Zagats Agrees With Us

Written by Jason Singer on June 15, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Zagat’s recently released its 2007/2008 NYC Nightlife summer guide to bookstores after surveying New York’s best and brightest inhabitants—6,121 “loyal, late-night partygoers”—to determine the city’s hottest bars, lounges, clubs and restaurants. The participants, who collectively spent 640,000 nights out on the town this year, used their judgment-impaired wisdom to rate 1,265 select institutions in the
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