Bedford (New York)

Martha Stewart On Her Rustic But Suburban Farm Home

At City Harvest's "On Your Plate" luncheon yesterday, quality queen Martha Stewart told the crowd about the sprawling place she lives at in Bedford, New York. "It's rustic but suburban," she said. "We have plumbing and electricity and greenhouses.

The New "On The Go!" Digital Subway Maps Are A Tourist's Dream Come True

Aside from a subway death solution, a review of the G train and a whole slew of transportation inconveniences, the MTA is also in need of a technological upgrade. Luckily, that'll be arriving shortly (the other issues mentioned... maybe not so much). Two summers ago, the agency installed several ne ... More >>

How to Make the Blonde Manhattan from Lilium

Lady Gaga, Scarlett Johansson, Veronica Lake, Danny Bowien. Recognizable names? Sure. Blond New Yorkers? You bet. (Looks like you're one of us now, Danny.) Lighten up your drink order this holiday with the Blonde Manhattan from Lilium in Union Square. Being served as a tribute to the 79th annivers ... More >>

How to Make a Mezcal Cocktail for the Mayan Apocalypse from PDT

As much as it petrifies us to write this sentence, the Mayan apocalypse is slated to destroy the universe on December 21. Bummer? Definitely. Why not drink away your fears with a Mezcal cocktail created specifically for the world's implosion PDT's managing partner and mixologist extraordinaire, Jim ... More >>

November's Openings and Closings

The shark-infested waters of New York City's restaurant industry are not for the faint of heart. In case you're into keeping tabs, here is a list of those who took the leap and opened new establishments and those who were forced to bow out this month.

How to Make an Old Fashioned from The Bedford

Thanksgiving is all but a memory and Christmas looms large. The weather is cold and the days are short. It is time for a stiff drink. Fortunately, The Bedford, the homey American restaurant and speakeasy in Williamsburg, offers a cocktail menu designed to raise spirits and warm souls. And in these ... More >>

Pad Thai Redeemed

Finally, a pad thai that kicks your ass Pad Thai is one of those dishes to be instinctively avoided. Even at great Thai restaurants, the cooks switch into gringo mode and turn out an indifferent heap of pale rice noodles that's invariably bland and way too sweet. But then last Friday evening a gro ... More >>

Mango Ice Cream from Pagoto Organic, Dish #81

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Summer Squash at Fort Defiance, Dish #84 | Aji de Gallina at Morocho, Dish #83]

Year of the Takeout Day 178: East Williamsburg Dumplings

Dumplings from Broken Rice (580 Grand Street, 718-302-8886)

D*Face Talks About The Love, Loss And Public Interaction In His NYC Murals

Last weekend we brought your attention to RETNA's mural on Bowery and Houston, but in the week that has past most of the city's artistic focus has been off the streets and into the various fairs participating in Armory Arts Week. But that's not the case for British street artist D*Face who took to S ... More >>

Under the Toque: New Chef at Tocqueville, Farmers in the Kitchen

​Jason Lawless has ascended to the position of Tocqueville's chef de cuisine. [Eater] The Bedford in Williamsburg is also getting a new chef--Jason Michael Giordano, formerly of Hotel Griffou. [Grub Street]

Forty-Year-Old John Lindsay Campaign Billboard Uncovered in Flatbush

John Lindsay was the mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973. That's definitely far enough in the past that you'd think his campaign materials would be long gone. Check out this photo, though: That's a Lindsay campaign billboard from the late 60s, recently uncovered on the corner of Bedford and ... More >>

Michael Chernow Reveals His Favorite Recipes From The Meatball Shop Cookbook

Photo courtesy Michael ChernowMichael Chernow makes a mean meatball​Michael Chernow is one half of the duo behind the wildly successful Meatball Shop, located on the Lower East Side. This past summer saw the opening of the shop's Williamsburg branch, and now Chernow has co-written The Meatbal ... More >>

Open House New York Is Your Chance to See NYC Behind the Scenes

Williamsburg's Nighthawk Cinema, by Ty Cole​Open House New York, a yearly opportunity for you to creep into the secret, often forbidden or under-acknowledged corners of the city, a/k/a, a celebration of the city's architecture and design, is being held this year on October 15 and 16. With the ... More >>

Williamsburg Is in Its 'Manhattanization' Era, But the Unreliable L Train Could Save It

​Today on New Urban Network, Peter Feigenbaum writes of the various stages of the "colonization" of Williamsburg -- "just another chapter in the reconfiguration and rebirth of New York since the city's nadir in the mid-1970s." For history and urban planning nerds, this is some fascinating stuf ... More >>

MTA Weekend Follies, Again: An Investigation

​This should absolutely not come as a surprise, but anyone who uses the New York City subway system will experience some trying times this weekend. Do you take the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, D, E, F, G, L, N, Q, or R trains? Sorry 'bout that. For us Williamsburgers, this is par for the course. Th ... More >>

Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

Valiant Sandra Bernhard, curious Mickey Rourke, and simply Divine

Bedford Cheese Shop Is Going Big. Really Big.

Bedford Cheese ShopBrace yourself, Manhattan.​We remember Bedford Cheese Shop in its infancy, when it was a wee little thing tucked between a coffee shop and a hair salon in the Williamsburg mini-mall. How times have changed: five years after growing into its very own Bedford Avenue storefront ... More >>

Naked Bike Riders Will Fill the Streets of NYC This Saturday

via​More nudity news you can use: The 2011 World Naked Bike Ride is on Saturday. This has always seemed rather uncomfortable (banana seat?) but it is for a good cause, that is, protesting harmful environmental effects from cars and oil dependencies and promoting alternative transportation. It' ... More >>

Obscure European Aperitifs Are All the Rage; The Bronx Spawns New Beers

​Little-known European aperitifs are all the rage these days, from Rabarbaro Zucca, a rhubarb-flavored amaro, to Becherovka, a cinnamon herbal liqueur from the Czech Republic. [NY Times] Jack Daniel's is tweaking the look of its iconic black-and-white label. For one, the "Lynchburg: Pop. 361" ... More >>

'Jazz Night'

Tacos Morelos Truck Brings Tacos Placeros to Williamsburg. Double Yum!

​Now you don't have to go to East Elmhurst to enjoy a taco placeros, just take the L to the Bedford stop. Four years ago on an extreme taco run from Corona to Woodside on Roosevelt Avenue - intent on sampling every at least two tacos from every store, truck, and cart - my gang and I stumbled ... More >>

Williamsburg Club Savalas Says Farewell

​Tonight begins the last hurrah for erstwhile Williamsburg club Savalas, whose six year run on Bedford avenue came to an end this week when the venue abruptly announced (on Facebook!) that it'd be closing this weekend. Why they were closing they never quite got around to saying, but there are ... More >>

Greenpoint's New Calexico Carne Asada

​Yikes! The bland guacamole tastes mainly of oregano, and it's expensive, too. Few food carts have been ballyhooed as much as Calexico's, which show up on a regular basis in Soho, Williamsburg, and Brookyn Bridge Park. In fact, they won a Vendy award in 2008. Inevitably, these purveyors of Ca ... More >>

L Train Now the Perfect Spot for Public Sex

via Gothamist/Melon Bee's Flickr​It wouldn't be right for us not to mention the couple caught in flagrante on the L train over the weekend. Gothamist has the original photos from a tipster. But we'll paraphrase: Man and women get on L train bound for Bedford on Saturday. Man and woman kiss pas ... More >>

A Visual Restaurant Report Card -- Early Results of DOH Letter Grading System Are In

​Sixth Avenue pizza parlor, West Village -- A. Shouldn't the statue be wearing gloves? In the nearly three months since the letter-grading system of the city's Department of Health (DOH) went into effect, letter grades have been gradually appearing in restaurant windows, but in most neighborh ... More >>

Update: L-Train Service Is Back After Being Suspended for Smoke Condition

This is only an imagining, in which the flames represent your frustrations. ​Earlier this morning we started getting word that the L train had been suspended in both directions from Bedford to 8th Avenue due to a smoke condition, possibly a track fire, at 1st Avenue. We spoke to an MTA rep who ... More >>

Tiny Williamsburg Thief Charms Victims With Apology Note

​Via Racked, we've learned of a recent happening at the pretty great Bedford store Catbird in which a 7-year-old shoplifter took a locket for his mom under the alleged advice (manipulation?) of his older sister.

Banana Bread Beer, Brewed by Wells & Young's, Gets 62 Stars

​ [Here begins a new series in which we taste beers found in bodegas all over the city, seemingly at random. Please suggest beers you want us to try.] "Whoa! It smells like bananas," a friend observed as I poured the beer down the side of the Stella Artois stemware, where it puddled and sent ... More >>

Tonight! Hot Hot Heat, Washed Out, Midnight Masses, ArpLine, And 5 de Gall HyperMex Dance Party

Washed Out: "Gary Low ain't got shit on me."​Tonight, Hot Hot Heat begin their month-long residency at Public Assembly, an attempt to shed their image as radio-rock backwash that ends up on the John Tucker Must Die soundtrack. Over at the Bell House, Washed Out unleash the chill, much to the c ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Every Hour is Happy Hour

​What if you lived in a city where there was a bar with a happy hour, for every hour of the day? Guess what, New Yorkers: You do.

Hasidim v. Hipsters: The Great Williamsburg Bike Lane Debate is Tonight!

This is the ultimate fight: Tonight's debate at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg between the hipsters and the Hasidim about the Bedford Avenue bike lane. You know the background: The Hasids, mostly Satmars, don't want to see half-naked goyim pedaling their bikes. The city late last year remove ... More >>

Transportation Alternatives Denounces Tomorrow's Naked Bedford Bike Ride

​Everyone, even if they don't care about bike lanes, seems to be looking forward to the naked bike ride scheduled for Saturday. The spectacle is meant to draw attention to the bikers' plight in Williamsburg, where the city scrubbed the Bedford Avenue bike lake, leading to a guerrilla hipste ... More >>

Quick Hits

Weird Al and a team of experts provide a brief history of autotune. (h/t Joe My God.) Folks outraged at Palin in shorts on a Newsweek cover have resorted to their greatest weapon -- Photoshop! This one is our favorite. A Citizens Union report says that in the past 10 years, 14 state legislator ... More >>

Exercises in Viral-to-Street Promotion: Vampire Weekend Contra Edition

Okay, Vampire Weekend. You got us. Slapped on a tagged mailbox on the loiterers' corner of North 7th and Bedford, the faux-sorority girl with the blank stare proved to be such a weird visual deja vu that a stop-and-look was in order. Why is she so familiar? Did she die recently? Is this an unsign ... More >>

DARK HOPE

Local folksters have stories for days

Bedford Avenue Crazy Man Profiled

​We are grateful to Gothamist for finding Russel Fong's short film on the Williamsburg yelling man, whom we've been wondering about. As it happens, Lawrence LaDouceur is a lot more amiable in private conversation than when yelling at the corner of North 7th and Bedford, but alas, no less crazy ... More >>

Mr. and Miss Williamsburg Pageant

Find out who’s the biggest slacker of them all

Lazy Days on Bedford

Old Peter vs. new Peter

Bull Market: A Restaurant Generated by Concept

Not what Alice Waters meant by 'market-driven'

Scaring Pigeons

Not your Friends' bistro anymore in the West Village

A Swanky New Lounge on Bedford Avenue? Say It Is So.

Williamsburg's Nouveau Poor Eat Free Pizza With Their Beer

Empty Dreams

Homeless 'canners' crushed by the system

From Courtney to Karen O

Thrift Shopping in Williamsburg

Listings

Got Chiles?

Girls, Girls, Girls

Lesbian Newcomers Dive into the Bush

Sports

Kingpins

At Brooklyn’s Bedford Bowl, the Stakes Are High and the Obsessions Run Deep