Hai Street Kitchen

Sushirittos (a burrito made of sushi with seaweed instead of a tortilla) are an official craze.  It started in San Fran and pretty much hit every big city outside of NYC…until now.  There are finally a few places to get these sushi burritos, one of which is conveniently (for me) located in UrbanSpace Vanderbilt. Hai…

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Parm

The spicy rigatoni at Carbone is one of those bucket list restaurant dishes.  It’s the cheapest thing on the menu, but it is probably the most instagrammed item they have. That said, it’s still $26 and there’s not even any meat in it.  But I’ve found a loophole: the rigatoni fra diavolo at Parm.  You…

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Sushi Choshi

When it comes to neighborhood sushi spots, you tend to stick to places that are in, you know, your own neighborhood.  Sushi Choshi is just a little too far south for it to be my regular spot, so I’ve always just passed by on my strolls around the beautiful Gramercy Park thinking “oh, that looks…

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Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop

Two great things occurred in New York in 1929: my La La was born and Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop opened.  Eisenberg’s is an old school lunch counter, much like the ones my La La always talks about visiting after school.  Set yourself on one of the stools and order endless cups of coffee or a simple…

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Cacio e Pepe

About one year ago I was eating at Eataly and discovered cacio e pepe.  The name of the dish translates to “cheese and pepper”, and it’s made of literally three ingredients: pasta, cheese, and peppercorns.  But when those ingredients are combined the right way, with the proper amount of heat and pasta water, it creates…

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Mimi Cheng’s Dumplings

Mimi Cheng’s had been instagrammed often, which means I’m bombarded with delicious looking dumplings every time I scroll through my feed.  And I am a sucker for delicious looking dumplings.  Who isn’t? What Mimi Cheng’s manages to do really well is serve both the old and new schools.  When the Cheng sisters opened the small…

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Salvation Burger

April Bloomfield knows burgers, as evidenced by the amazing versions she serves at The Spotted Pig and The Breslin, so when she announced a burger-centric spot it immediately hit my radar.  I made it to Salvation Burger within the first two weeks of opening and it was already running smoothly. Bloomfield’s other forays into the…

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Cafe Prague

As a Slovak, Cafe Prague has intrigued Albert.  Every time we pass it, he wonders aloud if they have good Czech food.  Finally, when we were running errands in Flatiron yesterday, we decided to try it and decide for ourselves. At first, Cafe Prague seems like a local version of a Europa type restaurant.  Basic…

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Sushi Seki – Hell’s Kitchen

There is a small, low-key sushi spot on the Upper East called Sushi Seki.  I stumbled upon it because it was the closest sushi restaurant to my apartment, but from my first meal there, I was in love.  It flew under the radar, but the quality of the fish was so good (particularly for the…

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