Alphabet City Beer Co. Opens

Work began in early February of this year & Alphabet City Beer Co. finally opened today. Housed in the former CHP Hardware space, you’d hardly recognize it now. Owners Dave & Zach opened at noon today & I arrived with a few other locals to check the place out. The first thing that strikes you [...]

Food News

Eater reports that Dutch restaurant & bakery Vandaag (coverage here) to begin selling sausages via a takeout window on 6th street. Purple Ginger opens, replacing 6th St. Kitchen, via EVGrieve. Death + Co. bringing drinks to Fidi via Urbandaddy. East Village’s Terroir wins a James Beard Award; Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional – Paul Grieco. [...]

Wild Foods Dinner At Northern Spy Food Co.

Northern Spy Food Co. (my coverage here) will be hosting a four course wild foods dinner today Wednesday May 9th. The menu will feature several ingredients foraged from the woods such as whelks & pasture grasses. $50 will get you: Foraged forest salad: burdock root, pine, violets, malted rye. Wild mussel and ramp chowder with whelk fritters. Lamb roasted in [...]

Cinco de Mayo Derby at Idle Hands Bar

If you haven’t been able to deduct from the title, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and also the Kentucky Derby. Cinco de Mayo is normally seen as a celebration of Mexican pride & heritage or the anniversary of the unlikely win at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. For a non-Mexican like myself, it’s normally [...]

Sa Aming Nayon

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no expert in Filipino food, in fact, my visit to Maharlika last year was the only time I’ve ever tried the cuisine. I had heard good things about the food there & was feeling adventurous had a coupon to use, so I decided to give Sa Aming Nayon [...]

Shop Your Values Week Begins Today

Shop Your Values Week (SYVW) begins today in New York City. SYVW “was created to encourage shoppers to seek out local businesses that offer ethical and sustainable products and services”. All businesses included are doing their part & have policies such as locally & ethically sourced goods, eco-friendly products, waste minimization, etc. Throughout New York [...]

New Deals At The Sunburnt Cow

Sunburnt Cow (brunch review here), an Australian bar & restaurant in the East Village most commonly know for insane burgers & all you can drink brunches has come up with some new specials just in time for the summer. Per the press release: “The Sunburnt Cow is back! Closed late last year, the Cow is [...]

Brunch at The Cardinal

I’ve been eating a lot of Southern & Soul food lately, helped in part by a bunch of new restaurants springing up in the East Village. The Cardinal opened in late August 2011, but I never got the chance to eat there till now. Located in the space formerly held by Thai restaurant Amaya, they’ve [...]

Food News

Marshal seizes Kate’s Joint. EVGrieve 10 seat restaurant to replace Nice Guy Eddie’s. The Local East Village Josie’s approved by CB3. Lakeside Lounge will close at the end of the month. Pok Pok owner Andy Ricker launches Som drinking vinegars. Boukies replaces Heartbreak on 2nd Avenue. Via Eater

5th Annual Crawfish Boil at The Redhead

Starting this Sunday & for 3 Sundays after, The Redhead will be hosting crawfish boils. From1PM-10PM (or until they sell out), $30 will get you 2 Pounds of crawfish, sausage, corn, potato & artichoke. There will also be New Orleans’ Abita Beers on offer. Note that the regular menu will not be served. Click on the [...]