Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Like many vendors inside UrbanSpace Vanderbilt, Hard Times Sundaes started as a food truck. Contrary to what their name implies, Hard Times Sundaes is all about burgers, not ice cream. The burgers and hot dogs are what you would expect from a food truck – no frills, topped with chili, wrapped in bacon, fried. All the…
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Lime and mole are the two things I really took away from my Camion (@camionnyc) food truck experience. When it comes to burritos, those are good takeaways. Anybody can make a burrito like Chipotle, but getting rice infused with cilantro and lime and a deep sriracha mole sauce is better. There could have maaaaybe been…
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The ramen burger debuted at Smorgasburg two years ago and was a HIT. I didn’t even attempt to get one because I never felt like waiting an hour in the August heat, fighting off a bad case of boob sweat. But now that there are more Smorgasburg locations and the hysteria has subsided, it’s not so tough…
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A major hole has been filled. If you wanted hibachi in NYC your only option was Benihana. Yummy, but it’s a whole sit down process and definitely on the more expensive side. And if you wanted takeout style hibachi (like my beloved Hiawa’s in Savannah or Inoko Express in Athens), you were completely out of…
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My final stop at the “Taste of Jewish Culture” street fair was Peck’s where I sampled pierogis. They were huge and only $4 for two of them so I would have to say it was the best deal of the day. I decided to get one of each flavor: the kasha and mushroom as well as the…
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Every NYC summer street fair looks exactly the same. Lemonade stands, gyros, Italian sausage, and Oriental rug booths repeat one after the other for blocks on end. But two weekends ago, the Workmen’s Circle took up one block of a Madison Avenue street fair and turned it into “A Taste of Jewish Culture.” A klezmer…
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Last week I went to my first ever SummerStage concert. SummerStage is a concert series in Central Park that provides both free and not free music throughout the summer. Concerts are always a good time but my mind was blown when I saw they had food and beer stalls. Lo and behold! Food and beer…
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Food trucks love the area by my office. There are tons of hardworking folks who never bring lunch from home and usually just want to run out and grab something quickly. I don’t usually take advantage to my proximity to all this great food because 1) I try to be good and pack my lunch…
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I like any vendor who has the word “party” in their name. Just saying the word party (or more accurately “partaaay”) makes me want to start dancing. Brooklyn Oyster Party was a new vendor at Madison Square Eats and the one that received the majority of Albert’s attention. Getting a half dozen oysters on ice…
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I had some great ideas about how I would spend the Derby on Saturday. I planned to gather all my fabulous friends, we’d wear fabulously dapper outfits, and we would have a fabulous party at a bar. Unfortunately, pretty much all my friends were busy and/or out of town so the fabulous-ness was put on…
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Peaches to Apples 