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  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    This Week's Specials: Soba, Hot Dogs, and James Beard

    What we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: Robert Sietsema gives us the verdict on the best soba in NYC. He talks up Lower East Side Corcoron and throws in a mention for the East Village-based SobaKoh: "Soba are often eaten cold with a soy-based dipping sauce. The noodles feel cool on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    North End Grill's Floyd Cardoz Talks Top Chef Masters and Reality TV, Part 2

    Yesterday, we chatted with North End Grill's Floyd Cardoz about his new Battery Park City restaurant and his old one, Tabla, in Madison Square Park. Today, we touch upon the ever evolving nature of restaurants then delve in to the world of reality television, Top Chef Masters, and the PBS show that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    North End Grill's Floyd Cardoz on Battery Park City, Challenges of the New Space Part 1

    The new friendly face in Battery Park City. Mr. Top Chef Master and North End Grill headmaster Floyd Cardoz has certainly risen to the top of his game since opening Tabla in 1998. Now, with a few cookbooks and a line of foods at Fresh Direct, the India-born chef talked to Fork in the Road about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Our 10 Favorite Far Downtown Restaurants

    It's generally agreed that the area below Chambers Street is a food no-man's-land. However, take a closer look and you'll find a number of options that don't just fill a void, but are top-notch. We've rounded up our 10 favorites, and lumped Battery Park City and the Financial District together, for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Far Downtown Restaurants

    The financial district, Battery Park City, FiDi, the Seaport district . . . whatever you want to call it, the southern tip of the city is not the barren food land that many think it is. Tucked behind the touristy Seaport strip, Front Street is chockablock with worthy dining and drinking options, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Robert Sietsema at Florencia 13; One NYT Star for Alison Eighteen

    In this week's Voice, Robert Sietsema tests out Cal-Mex specialties and margaritas at the Village's Florencia 13: "You should start your meal with a flaming margarita, though that flame is confined to a small slice of cucumber floating on top. It's indicative of a playful element in Mexican cuisine ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 14, 2012

    North End Grill: Danny Meyer Shall Rule Us All

    The restaurant king further annexes Battery Park City

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    5 Unexpected Dishes to Try at North End Grill

    For this week's review, I headed down to Battery Park City to check out North End Grill, one of three eateries Danny Meyer has erected in the neighborhood in the past year. Floyd Cardoz, formerly the chef at Tabla, is running the kitchen, dishing up a menu of American classics, many of which have un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Robert Sietsema at Tacos Morelos; Lauren Shockey at North End Grill

    ​​See what the city's restaurant critics have been up to this week: In this week's Voice, Robert Sietsema checks out the brick-and-mortar location of Tacos Morelos: "Taco Morelos--where even the tortillas are handmade--is something of a masa museum." As she tests out the fare at North End Gri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2012

    The New York Of The Future? Say Hello to 'LoLo'

    And another hundred people just got off of the train? Try another two hundred thousand. An article printed in the Sunday New York Times -- which poses in its headline the daunting question: "How Many People Can Manhattan Hold?" -- explains that the Department of City Planning's Population Division e ... More >>

  • Film

    February 8, 2012

    'Talking Landscape: Early Media Work, 1974-1984'

    And another hundred people just got off of the train? Try another two hundred thousand. An article printed in the Sunday New York Times -- which poses in its headline the daunting question: "How Many People Can Manhattan Hold?" -- explains that the Department of City Planning's Population Division e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    North End Grill: Bacon Peanut Butter = Pizza

    ​With all of the hype leading up to the opening of Danny Meyer and Floyd Cardoz's new Battery Park City eatery, North End Grill, there's one thing you probably didn't realize. That some of the duo's most interesting flavor combinations can't be ordered in the dining room.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Pok Pok Wing; North End Grill Open

    Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Portland sensation Pok Pok Wing has opened at 137 Rivington Street. [Eater NY] North End Grill has opened for lunch at 104 North End Avenue, in Battery Park City. [Eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Food Trucks: Soon in Battery Park City

    Wallyg / FlickrLunchtime just got a little more exciting​Lower Manhattan might be home to a large population of office workers, but lunch options still remain somewhat scarce. But all that's about to change: As DNAInfo reports, a rotating group of five trucks per day will soon be rolling outs ... More >>

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    October 26, 2011

    Education Supplement Listings

    Wallyg / FlickrLunchtime just got a little more exciting​Lower Manhattan might be home to a large population of office workers, but lunch options still remain somewhat scarce. But all that's about to change: As DNAInfo reports, a rotating group of five trucks per day will soon be rolling outs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Floyd Cardoz Wants You to Move to Lower Manhattan

    Floyd Cardoz: Downtown man.​Floyd Cardoz and Danny Meyer are featured in a new promotional video for Brookfield Office Properties, which owns the World Financial Center. The video is all about how awesome Battery Park City is -- or at least, how awesome it will be when the new Blue Smoke and N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Blue Smoke's Kenny Callaghan Discusses the New Blue Smoke Location and the Secret to Great Wings

    William Brinson​ Yesterday we talked with Blue Smoke executive chef Kenny Callaghan about his favorite barbecue spots, the difference between barbecue in Kansas City, Memphis and Texas, and how not to overcook your ribs. Today, Kenny talks about his chicken wings, the new Blue Smoke location i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere Tells Us About His Latest Experiment, Favorite Pranks, and Future Plans

    On July 16, more than 3,500 New Yorkers converged on Battery Park City, iPods in hand, to take part in the 8th annual MP3 Experiment hosted by Improv Everywhere. Yesterday, we spoke with Improv Everywhere founder, Charlie Todd, about his group of pranksters and this latest experiment, which divided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Shake Shack's Battery Park City Location Is Locked and Loaded

    Coming right atcha, Wall Street.​As has been promised for almost a year now, Shake Shack has opened its doors in Battery Park City. And yes, it is selling neighborhood-specific concretes.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    You Can Still Smoke in Some NYC Parks

    ​The New York City smoking ban went into effect this week, and we noted the lax enforcement language, in which the city admits, "We expect the new law will be enforced by New Yorkers themselves, who will ask people to follow the law and stop smoking." But in Battery Park, it's going to be extr ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2011

    Class Action Listings

    ​The New York City smoking ban went into effect this week, and we noted the lax enforcement language, in which the city admits, "We expect the new law will be enforced by New Yorkers themselves, who will ask people to follow the law and stop smoking." But in Battery Park, it's going to be extr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Will There One Day Be an Asian Eataly?

    Zagat today has a Q&A with Danielle Chang, founder of the Luckyrice festival. Among other things, Chang says that she'd "love to create a permanent Night Market, something like an Asian version of Eataly...I would love to bring that concept to New York, which I think is ready for something like that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    The North End Grill Will Have a Ton of Seafood, Won't Be 'Very Spice-Forward'

    Floyd Cardoz​Last week, Union Square Hospitality Group announced the creation of North End Grill, a New American restaurant scheduled to open in Battery Park City later this year. Floyd Cardoz, late of Tabla, will helm the restaurant's kitchen, and today he gives Nation's Restaurant News some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Floyd Cardoz Returns at Danny Meyer's New North End Grill

    offthebroiler.wordpress.comTogether again​Floyd Cardoz, formerly the Executive Chef at now-shuttered Tabla, is back in action and will helm the kitchen at Danny Meyer's newest fine dining restaurant called North End Grill, which will open in Battery Park City towards the end of 2011. Per a rel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    City Has Not Planned for People to Actually Visit the 9/11 Memorial

    Rendering of Memorial, via ​It's been almost 10 years since the World Trade Center attacks, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum will finally open this fall. Which is great, except that now there's this looming problem of people (or, let's call them "tourists") wanting to, you kno ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    Class Action Listings

    Rendering of Memorial, via ​It's been almost 10 years since the World Trade Center attacks, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum will finally open this fall. Which is great, except that now there's this looming problem of people (or, let's call them "tourists") wanting to, you kno ... More >>

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