Japanese

Toriko NY, the first U.S. location of one of the top Japanese yakitori and wine concepts in Greenwich Village from Tokyo Restaurants Factory (MIFUNE New York, sushi AMANE), celebrates their one-year anniversary with a specialty tasting menu offered from...

Moving to New York City at 18 to start college can be really overwhelming. I remember being extremely flustered my first semester of Freshman year: getting lost all the time, walking around with my ID on a purple lanyard (#embarrassing), awkwardly trying to...

Finding good sushi in NYC is more of a challenge than I originally thought it would be. Growing up on Long Island, I had my one sushi spot that I always went to and never had to worry about branching out. Yet, being in the city I quickly noticed that not all...

Kura Sushi  doesn’t have a star publicist. It doesn’t have an Instagram and it doesn’t even have a sign marking where it is. It just has an incredible omakase. Kura Sushi is just off of St. Mark’s Place and you have to know the exact address or...

There’s nowhere in this city where you can enjoy a four course tasting menu from a pedigreed chef for $50 per person. Much less with happy hour drinks. And forget about being able to wear comfortable jeans to that dinner. Oh wait, scratch that. There’s...

Uma Temakeria has been all over Instagram recently, and as a huge fan of sushi I decided to see what it was all about. While California may have the sushi burrito we have Uma Temakeria. A temaki or a hand roll is made up of rice, fish and other sushi...

City Kitchen has only been open for a few weeks and it has managed to stay off the tourist radar even though it has a prime Times Square location. So head over quick before it gets found out! When I first entered the door, off of 8th avenue, I was a little...

Momofuku Noodle Bar is without a doubt one of the most popular places in the city to go get ramen. Although I am both a huge fan of David Chang, and ramen, I had avoided going to the Momofuku Noodle bar for a while. Mostly because I was so worried that the...

Eater Dinner in NYC can be stressful.  We don't blame you if you don't have the energy or the inclination to prepare a whole fancy Easter dinner for the family. You plan the meal, buy the ingredients and then spend the whole holiday washing, chopping, baking...

Two summers ago I lived right in Union Square, fortunate to wake up to an incredible farmer’s market everyday, great restaurants on the block, and endless activities right out my front door. Of course, being the healthy foodie I am, I was always on the...