Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Our room wasn’t quite ready when we arrived in Philly, which was fine because Albert had no intention of going there. His alma mater (St. Johns) was already in the second half of their basketball game against [coincidentally, Philly-based] Villanova. Priority numero uno was finding a bar to watch the game so we left our…
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Sometimes you taste something that doesn’t belong…but you like it anyway. That’s what happened to me when I tried the frozen yogurt at Victory Garden. It’s fro yo that’s made with goat milk. The inevitable first question is whether or not it tastes like goat cheese. It actually does. It has all the tang of…
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Instead of really doing anything for Valentine’s Day, Albert and I made plans to go out on the 15th with a couple of friends. It’s pretty much what we would do on a regular Saturday night, but being Valentine’s weekend gave us the excuse to indulge a bit. Also, going out on the 15th instead…
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The bright orange sign made me wonder if it was legit, but Albert really wanted to check out Otto’s Tacos. I want to say the reason I agreed was solely because he asked me to, but the real reason was twofold: I started reading a lot of good reviews about their LA style tacos on…
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And now for my third brunch post in a row I’ll tell you all about Rayuela. This one is another bottomless brunch spot. For just $15 you can have sangria added to your entree (which will only set you back about $13 in itself). You can switch off between sangria flavors, but I started with…
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Ichabod’s is small, but size doesn’t always matter. Not when a bottomless brunch is offered, at least. Just $15 gets you two hours of mimosas or bloodies, which go great with the country breakfast (two eggs, potatoes, and bacon or sausage). The food was solid, the vibe intimate, and the location just off Union Square…
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I think of Delicatessen as one of those beautiful people restaurants. Maybe it’s because there are lots of fancy stores in SoHo. Maybe it’s because the restaurant is so crisp and white. At 28 years old I should not be so easily intimidated. There was nothing scary about the restaurant and I was pretty enough…
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B Flat calls itself an “authentic bar”. If a bar serves alcohol, I would consider it authentic…but that’s just semantics. I suppose they consider themselves legitimate because they have a whiskey on the menu that is $28 for 2 oz. I am not the kind of person that would order that but still found the…
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When I say I’m going to eat downtown, I usually mean East Village, Lower East Side, SoHo, or West Village. Rarely does “downtown” mean anything lower than that. But when two of your friends live basically at the bottom tip of the city, you may have to travel a bit. This time, a dinner date…
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Extra Virgin is a great place for a date. I know this because while I was there with a couple girlfriends, we noticed most of the tables around us were occupied by couples. And why wouldn’t they be? Extra Virgin is a tiny West Village restaurant and “tiny” and “West Village” are three words that…
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