Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Since my parents were exhausted after a full day of travel and apartment hunting, we decided to stay close to their hotel for dinner on Friday night. Lucky for me, a branch of Pio Pio, a chainlet of Peruvian restaurants was just around the corner. I had never been there but had heard enough raves…
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Empellón is one of the latest “can we get a reservation there?” places and lucky for me, the answer last night was yes. I admit, I thought the inside of this West Village spot would be either funkier, quainter, or both. I anticipated the décor to say “hey! I’m so hip and different!” but the…
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3 years. That’s how long I’ve wanted to go to Aldea. From the day it opened, this restaurant has been wowing critics and diners, and I wanted in on that action. I didn’t just want to try it because it was the hot place to go; I wanted to try it because the Mediterranean and…
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My parents don’t usually like to visit a place twice when they come to New York. They figure there is so much great food to try, why miss out on a new restaurant by going back to the food you’ve already experienced. They made an exception, however, for Socarrat Paella, a restaurant I’ve blogged about…
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While I was at home blogging, Steph g-chatted me to see what my big birthday plans were. When I told her I didn’t have anything on the books (after all, the big celebration was Saturday night), she was downright appalled. She was having none of it. Next thing I knew, I had dinner plans at…
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Everyone loves a good secret and Tehuitzingo is one of the best. At first glance, Tehuitzingo is nothing more than a bodega on 10th Avenue stocking Mexican grocery items, but if you walk to the back, there is suddenly a rocking restaurant that has managed to squeeze in everything but a mariachi band into about 30…
Read MoreLast night was time to celebrate Greg’s 29th birthday with dinner and some bar fun. A few of us met at Macondo for dinner before meeting the rest of the crew at the bar. I’ve heard Macondo has a great drunk brunch so I still plan on returning for that, but dinner was a good…
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After Blood Manor, I headed to the East Village to celebrate Matt’s 26th birthday. When it comes to your best friend, missing a birthday is simply unacceptable; so although I would be late due to the previously mentioned haunted house and bar activities, I knew this was something I couldn’t skip out on. I was…
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My co-workers and I are stupid. I say this because for years we’ve been staring at Victor’s Cafe and not once had we ventured there for lunch until last Monday. When I think of all the amazing Cuban food I have missed out on, I am ashamed. We started with the massive sampler platter. It had…
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Saturday night, we headed to Yerba Buena for what was to be a wonderful dinner. I’ve been to Yerba Buena before, but I’ve never gone after the menu the way I did this weekend. We discovered the maitre d’ used to live in Savannah and soon became BEST friends. Our new buddy hooked us up with…
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Peaches to Apples 