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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Recommendations: The Group Birthday Dinner
Sometimes you’re just stumped when it comes to picking a bar/restaurant/activity. When you’re drawing a blank of where to go and what to do, hopefully my themed roundups will serve as a helpful guide. My first few (ok, 6) birthdays in NYC were basically just bar nights. I would pick a favorite bar –…
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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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Lions Beer Store
My beau is a beer fanatic so we try to check out as many beer-centric places as possible. We have favorites: There’s Good Beer, which is more like a store; and then there’s Astoria Beer and Cheese and ABC Beer Co., which are stores with a bar area. And now there’s Lions Beer Store. Like 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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Chote Nawab
My beau had a guys night last night so that meant I had the apartment to myself – free to watch Downton Abbey and order Indian food – yippee! I wanted to try a new place from my “Curry Hill” neighborhood so I went with Chote Nawab because it had some solid Seamless reviews. I tend to…
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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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Broken Spoke Rotisserie
I was devastated when my favorite neighborhood wine bar, Terroir, closed. I almost boycotted the restaurant that replaced it, in a move of solidarity. But then I realized that would be silly because then I would be denying myself delicious food – delicious food that has spent all day getting nice and juicy on a…
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Libertador
Argentinean means MEAT, so make sure you beeline for the mixed grill when you go to Libertador. The mixed grill for two includes short ribs steak, chicken breast, chorizo, morcilla, and sweetbreads and is served with mixed green salad and fries. It can easily serve four if you make a pit stop at the app station first.…
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Peaches to Apples 