Rat Shangri-La Inspector Is Grounded

Written by Kari Milchman on February 27, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

The inspector who passed the now infamous KFC-Taco Bell the day before it was discovered to house dozens of furry squatters was relieved of his duties today. And to add insult to, well, insult, the city’s health department will be double-checking some of his other inspections since he began last June. The fast food restaurant,
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Scary Bar Project: Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge

Written by Joshua M. Bernstein on January 31, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Where seamen once roamed, semi-nude ladies now live
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Burger Breakdown

Written by Jeff Nishball on January 24, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

BLT burger is good, but I'd rather Stand
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Starbucks Hops on the Trans Fat Free Wagon

Written by Kari Milchman on January 2, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Starting tomorrow, you can gorge yourself on coffee cake and cinnamon buns and apple fritters without tossing your New Year’s resolution entirely out the window. Well, kinda. Starbucks will be eliminating trans fat from its New York City menus, which puts the corporation way ahead of most city eateries, which will have to do away
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Cow Tipping

Written by Kari Milchman on December 28, 2006. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Everything in New York costs more, from apartments to … milk. Yep, in 2007, New Yorkers will pay upwards of $3.14 per gallon of the white stuff, a 20-cent increase from the current price. Apparently, there are two reasons to account for this ghastly inflation: One, the weakened dollar has encouraged other countries to buy
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Bizarre Car Wreck

Written by Kari Milchman on December 22, 2006. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

On my way back to the office, I saw a maroon SUV parked under scaffolding on 28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. Well it wasn’t exactly parked, more like it had crashed into the steel support columns and was in the process of trying to reverse back onto the street. Didn’t look like it
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BER-GER BUMMER

Written by Jerry Portwood on December 20, 2006. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Been wanting to check out Brgr, the new upscale burger joint in Chelsea, ever since I saw the sign go up on 7th (near 26th St.) since it’s right around from the office. God, what a disappointment. I first approached last week and a woman was handing out menus in front of the door. "Are
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