Romantic Ambiance at Naya in Midtown East I was recently sent a list with restaurants that I “haaaaad to go to” so obviously I researched them all and had them on my radar. While strolling through midtown east with my friend we passed Naya, which was on the list. I took that as a sign and made a...
UrbanSpace Vanderbilt Opens this Week in Midtown The innovators behind UrbanSpace, known for their seasonal outdoor pop-up markets around New York City and London, open their first permanent food hall in New York City this week: UrbanSpace Vanderbilt. If you’re like me, always chasing the outdoor...
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 Mexican spot, Rosie’s, serves fresh and thoughtful...
Lighter Revamped Vegetarian Indian Food: Bombay Sandwich Co When I suggest an Indian restaurant to my friends, the response is always the same – “No way, it’s just so heavy.” Time and time again I agree to disagree, and come to terms with eating Indian on my own time. Hey, more Naan for me! But then I found...
Healthy Affordable Casual Greek Food: Eons in Murray Hill As I sit here eating my delicious lunch, contemplating on what to write about next, it suddenly occurs to me that I have yet let our readers in on my absolute favorite fast casual, healthy, and high quality meal in the city. My deepest apologies, but better...
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 Quintessence, and get to hear her story and how she...
Locally Sourced Summer Salad Options – Just Salad Many of you might think of Just Salad as yet another fast casual lunch spot in the city. And indeed it is, but what many of you might not realize is that Just Salad strives to provide organic, non-gmo, and high quality options at all of their locations. All...
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 village, Quintessence has, to my surprise, been...
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 been open that none of us knew how ethereal...
Organic and Freshly Made Pasta in Brooklyn: Pazzi Pasta To be honest, I’ve never been a pasta lover. I don’t know exactly why, but maybe because it was never a staple in my family dinners, or maybe because once I became interested in health and nutrition, pasta never fit into this new lifestyle. All those...
Rockin Raw – Raw Vegan Food at its Finest Tucked away discreetly on Sullivan Street in the Greenwich Village, Rockin Raw is quietly proving to be one of the best restaurants amongst the organic scene in NYC. So quiet that even the most dedicated vegan yoga master gurus in the city might not even know...
Delicious Food and Sustainable Wages – Colors Restaurant NYC Colors Restaurant, the former East Village venue that reopened last year on Lafayette Street, opened their doors to us last week to try their upscale gluten free, healthy comfort food. Some of their most popular items are buttermilk fried chicken and pork...
