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Chefs Santos & Wu Battle in “Chinese Throwdown” at Louro

Chefs Santos & Wu Battle in “Chinese Throwdown” at Louro

Monday evening, West Village restaurant Louro welcomed Fung Tu Chef Jonathan Wu to do battle with Chef David Santos in the one night only event dubbed the "Chinese Throwdown," a four course friendly culinary battle. [...]

Cacio e Vino’s Mixed Bag of Authentic Sicilian Fare

Cacio e Vino’s Mixed Bag of Authentic Sicilian Fare

Cacio e Vino is a rustic style relic of a more simplistic New York City. It's small and quiet and it sits just a few blocks from sister restaurant Cacio e Pepe, equally as charming [...]

Jbird’s Great Cocktails Overshadow So-so Fare

Jbird’s Great Cocktails Overshadow So-so Fare

The mixology team behind Upper East Side haunt Jbird is made up of all-stars from Death & Co. and 1534. The drinks here are special and wide ranging, but the wheels fall off when the [...]

Charlie Bird, Where Hip Hop Lives

Charlie Bird, Where Hip Hop Lives

Though the food was certainly noteworthy, we've got some beef with Charlie Bird, a Soho hot spot to listen to hip hop music. And also to apparently have a meal. [...]

Bobby Flay’s Gato Hits All the Right Notes

Bobby Flay’s Gato Hits All the Right Notes

Chef Bobby Flay is back with Gato, an exceptional entrant into 2014's New York restaurant scene. The Spanish leaning Mediterranean style brasserie does everything right, from start to finish. Read more inside to find [...]

Los Perros Locos Slings Inventive Dogs in the LES

Los Perros Locos Slings Inventive Dogs in the LES

The diminutively sized storefront of Los Perros Locos is shrouded a bit by a poorly placed bus stop on the Lower East Side, but you'd be well advised to dodge the pack of commuters patiently waiting [...]

Fast and Fresh Sushi To-Go at Newly Opened Wasabi

Fast and Fresh Sushi To-Go at Newly Opened Wasabi

Wasabi Sushi and Bento has been a staple for fast casual fresh sushi for a decade in the UK. And now their first US outpost has opened in Times Square bringing to-go sushi to on-the-go Manhattanites. [...]

The “Ramen Burger” at Ramen.Co: Worth the Hype?

The “Ramen Burger” at Ramen.Co: Worth the Hype?

Back in late August 2013, Keizo Shimamoto’s Japanese-meets-American comfort food concoction drew lengthy waits at Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg while the rest of us attempted to piece together the sheer concept of the “Ramen Burger.” Now,his first shop [...]

Poco and NYC’s Wildest Boozy Brunch

Poco and NYC’s Wildest Boozy Brunch

The East Village's Poco has one main agenda during the weekend afternoon hours from 11:30am to 5:00pm and that's to make sure that for an hour and a half and for just $28, you leave their [...]

Mable’s Smokehouse Makes Williamsburg Feel ‘Saucy’

Mable’s Smokehouse Makes Williamsburg Feel ‘Saucy’

Just down the block from Williamsburg's Brooklyn Brewery sits Mable's Smokehouse & Banquet Hall, a sprawling space that is welcoming and laced with energy. [...]