Posts tagged Restaurants

Open on Thanksgiving

Its not too early to start making plans for Thanksgiving.  If you’re staying in town, you have to decide if you’re going to prepare your own feast, or go to a restaurant and have the prep (and clean up) done for you!  Here is a list of restaurants that will be open and are now accepting reservations for Turkey Day! (via Manhattan Users Guide)

Korean Restaurants Busting Out Of K-Town Boundaries!

Manhattan’s K-Town is busting out of its britches, with a less-than-zero percent vacancy rate on 32nd street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue forcing many restaurants to set up shop outside of the coveted main drag, the Wall Street Journal reports. (read more at Gothamist)

Based on how our foursquare tips are being used around New York, we present the first ever Corcoran neighborhood showdown! Who has the best burger? The best slice? The best rooftop garden! Corcoran’s over 12,000 Foursquare followers tell us in this fun infographic. Enjoy!

Based on how our foursquare tips are being used around New York, we present the first ever Corcoran neighborhood showdown! Who has the best burger? The best slice? The best rooftop garden! Corcoran’s over 12,000 Foursquare followers tell us in this fun infographic. Enjoy!

18th Annual Taste of Times Square WHAT: One of New York City’s most mouth-watering outdoor food festivals. Times Square’s top restaurants will be offering dishes from around the world, at the Crossroads of the World, at the 18th annual Taste of Times Square outdoor food and music festival. WHEN: June 6, 2011. 5-9pm.  (Come early for the best selection of food) WHERE: Times Square, Broadway Plazas, between 42nd and 47th Streets ADMISSION: FREE!  There is no admission fee to the Taste of Times Square food festival. Each “taste” ticket is $1 with most dishes ranging from $1-$5. Tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the food festival and in advance at the Times Square Visitor Center and Mini-Museum on 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets. (via Times Square Alliance, photo: Gothamist)

18th Annual Taste of Times Square

WHAT: One of New York City’s most mouth-watering outdoor food festivals.

Times Square’s top restaurants will be offering dishes from around the world, at the Crossroads of the World, at the 18th annual Taste of Times Square outdoor food and music festival.

WHEN: June 6, 2011. 5-9pm.  (Come early for the best selection of food)

WHERE: Times Square, Broadway Plazas, between 42nd and 47th Streets

ADMISSION: FREE!  There is no admission fee to the Taste of Times Square food festival. Each “taste” ticket is $1 with most dishes ranging from $1-$5.

Tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the food festival and in advance at the Times Square Visitor Center and Mini-Museum on 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets.

(via Times Square Alliance, photo: Gothamist)

Join fellow Market supporters as the covered outdoor forecourt of the historic Fulton Fish Market is transformed into a bustling night market and a revival of the Oyster Saloons once found in all of New York’s public markets. Enjoy fresh-shucked regional oysters and oyster-centric menu items from special guests as well as special pickles, brown bread, cask beers, coffee & cake, music, and more! The fundraiser supports the seasonal market, which brings butchers, grocers, mongers, farmers and bakers together from across the tri-state region. New Amsterdam MarketSouth Street Oyster Saloonat the Old Fulton Fish Market on South StreetSaturday, April 9th, 5-10pmTickets: $50 ($65 at the gate) photo: Barbara Mensch

Join fellow Market supporters as the covered outdoor forecourt of the historic Fulton Fish Market is transformed into a bustling night market and a revival of the Oyster Saloons once found in all of New York’s public markets.

Enjoy fresh-shucked regional oysters and oyster-centric menu items from special guests as well as special pickles, brown bread, cask beers, coffee & cake, music, and more! The fundraiser supports the seasonal market, which brings butchers, grocers, mongers, farmers and bakers together from across the tri-state region.

New Amsterdam Market
South Street Oyster Saloon
at the Old Fulton Fish Market on South Street
Saturday, April 9th, 5-10pm
Tickets: $50 ($65 at the gate)

photo: Barbara Mensch

New York's Most Over-the-Top New Burgers

Just in time for quittin’ time!  Eater has released a guide to the 12 most over-the-top new burgers in New York - all from restaurants that have opened within the last year or so.  (Via Eater NY)

10 Must-Try NYC Holiday Cocktails

It’s almost quitting time and almost time to start the weekend with a cocktail.  The holidays are a great time for cocktails, especially in New York City when the bars and restaurants are pulling out all the stops to create (and re-create) decadent cold weather drinks!  Eater NY put together a list of their 10 must-try holiday cocktails.  We’re bound to try a few of them tonight!

Baby it’s cold outside!  One of our favorite ways to warm up during the winter is with a Hot Toddy!  But where to go to get one?  Gridskipper has a few suggestions for us - and these are our favorites! Blue Ribbon Brasserie Brooklyn280 5th Avenue, Park SlopeIt’s made with high-grade whiskey, cloves and lemon.  Try it with their divine bread pudding. Dumont432 Union Avenue, WilliamsburgStart your comfort food meal with an Apple Hot Toddy. Schiller’s Liquor Bar131 Rivington Street, Lower East SideA great place for cocktails, and the lemony Hot Toddy is no exception. Where is your favorite place to warm up with a Hot Toddy?

Baby it’s cold outside!  One of our favorite ways to warm up during the winter is with a Hot Toddy!  But where to go to get one?  Gridskipper has a few suggestions for us - and these are our favorites!

Blue Ribbon Brasserie Brooklyn
280 5th Avenue, Park Slope
It’s made with high-grade whiskey, cloves and lemon.  Try it with their divine bread pudding.

Dumont
432 Union Avenue, Williamsburg
Start your comfort food meal with an Apple Hot Toddy.

Schiller’s Liquor Bar
131 Rivington Street, Lower East Side
A great place for cocktails, and the lemony Hot Toddy is no exception.

Where is your favorite place to warm up with a Hot Toddy?

Don’t want to cook this Thanksgiving?

Or don’t have the space to cook the grand meal you have envisioned?  Then try and book a seat in one of these restaurants that are keeping their doors open and their ovens and stoves running on Thanksgiving. (Via The Brooklyn Paper)

The NYC Marathon Eating Guide: Brooklyn Edition

With 12 of the 26.2 miles of the marathon in Brooklyn - from Bay Ridge to Greenpoint - there are plenty of options for food and drink along the way for both runner and non-runners.  The Brooklyn Paper shows us where to load up on carbs and booze during this year’s race on November 7th.

Brooklyn Eateries Getting All the Fanfare From New Zagat List

It’s no surprise that Brooklyn boasts some of the city’s best restaurants: old standbys such as Peter Luger’s Steak House in Williamsburg, Park Slope’s Italian Al Di La and Middle Eastern spot Tanoreen in Bay Ridge were again heralded as having the city’s “Top Food” in the newest Zagat restaurant guide.

Legendary Midwood pizza parlor Di Fara, where owner Domenico DeMarco, 73, still makes every pie by hand for lines of customers that stretch out the door, once again hit the top food list. (Read more at NY Daily News)

NYC 3rd Annual Craft Beer Week

Craft Beer Week kicks off this Friday with over 100 beer destinations and 30 restaurants across all five boroughs!  Get your $10 “Passport” and you’ll be entitled to one special beer for $3 at each participating venue.  There are also tons of special events.

NYC Craft Beer Week
September 24th through October 3rd

Metromix Hot Plates Live @ The Bell House

Metromix’s seasonal tasting event Hot Plates Live is back, spotlighting NYC’s hottest new restaurants! This time, they’re giving props to the borough that started it all: Brooklyn at The Bell House — the site of their very first Hot Plates Live.

Hot Plates Live
Monday, September 13, 2010, 6-9pm
The Bell House, 149 Seventh Street, Gowanus
Buy tickets: $15.00