Restaurant Vets Cook Up Mexican at Rosie’s in the East Village When Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman, the duo behind Cookshop, Hundred Acres, and Vic’s open a new spot in the East Village, you don’t ask questions. You head there immediately. Meyer and Freeman’s new...
Creative Mexican Food in Brooklyn & Manhattan: Fonda East Village is known for it’s hidden (delicious) gems that just sneak up on you. Even if you walk down the same street, on your commute to work everyday, you’ll still be shocked to see new divey bars,...
International Eatery Opens in NYC: Semsom Everyone loves Chipotle. Myself included. The variety of options, mixes and matches, and combinations is basically endless, which allows customers to create a masterpiece of their own, every single time....
Five of our Favorite Speakeasies in NYC Please Don’t Tell We’re calling this the most famously secret speakeasy on our list, and a must-go for every New Yorker. Surreptitiously known as PDT, the East Village bar is hidden in the back of Crif...
Health & Healing of Raw Food – Behind the Kitchen at Quintessence After having such a wonderful dining experience at Quintessence, I was of course intrigued by the story behind the raw food eatery. I was fortunate enough to speak with Mun Chan, one of the co-founders of...
Cool Down with these Edgy Frozen Treats in NYC Your AC bill is higher than ever. Your wait for the NQR feels like you’re roasting at 450 degrees, and you’re still patiently waiting for your weekend sunburn to fade into a tan. Yup—it’s summer in...
Follow the Tiger Stripes to Korilla BBQ in the East Village Though their food truck game is totally on point, if you haven’t visited the brick and mortar version of Korilla BBQ you have got to head over ASAP! Korilla BBQ has mastered the art of blending Mexican and...
Lafayette Grand Cafe & Bakery Brings Back a Childhood Favorite French brasserie, Lafayette Grand Cafe & Bakery, added a delightful surprise to their summer bakery menu: push-pops! As if this throwback couldn’t get any better, their take on the old grocery...
Raw, Organic, Vegan Food since 1999! Quintessence in the East Village After such a delicious and eye opening experience at Rockin Raw, I was interested to find other raw vegan eateries in New York City. So my quest began and led me quickly to Quintessence. Located in the east...
Dumplings and Nothing But the Dumplings! Mimi Cheng’s If you thought that dumplings were perfect, you were wrong. It’s okay, we were all taken aback when Mimi Cheng’s hit the scene. Sisters Marian and Hannah Chang have proved in the short year that they’ve...
Serious Sushi and Seriously Delicious – Kura Sushi 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...
For a Healthier Sweets Craving: DF Mavens NYC After dinner in St. Marks the other night, I (naturally) had a craving for something sweet. Hoping for something on the healthier side, I was pleased to turn the corner and find DF Mavens. This non-dairy ice...
