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Concessions Will Return to Rockaways This Summer

It might be hard to get tourists out to Rockaway Beach this summer, but concessions will be there even if the boardwalk might not be. At the Community Board 14 meeting on Tuesday night, the Queens Park Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski told the crowd that some amenities like lifeguards, bathrooms, a ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Union Square Cafe

[See Where Else I Ate: Ai Fiori | Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] Congrats to lr3 who guessed Union Square Cafe. This is the yellowfin tuna burger with oozing ginger glaze on a toasted poppyseed bun.

Where Am I Eating?

[See Where Else I Ate: Ai Fiori | Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] It's time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Take a look at the photo below, name the spot that serves the pictured dish, and leave your guesses in the comment sections. (If ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Ai Fiori

[See Where Else I Ate: Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] I was eating the scallops and bone marrow at Ai Fiori. Congrats to foodforfel for guessing it right. Michael White's bone marrow is adorned with raw scallops, black truffle, and potato puree.

Where Am I Eating?

[See Where Else We Ate: Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar | Gastro Bar @ 35th Happy Monday. It's time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Take a look at the photo below, name the spot that serves the pictured dish, and leave your guesses in th ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Caracas Arepa Bar

You guessed it JLee. I was grabbing dinner at Caracas Arepa Bar in the East Village. It's delicious Venezuelan food. The crowds can get a bit intense sometimes, but it does have a take-out window.

Our 10 Best Cheap Eats for Tourists in the East Village

I love restaurant hopping. Whenever a friend visits from Los Angeles, I'll take them on an extensive eating tour of the East Village where we'll eat at four to five restaurants consecutively without stopping. My only condition: we can only order one dish between the two of us to share. By the end ... More >>

Download: Farewell Republic's Churning Mini-Epic "Wake"

Winnie Jeng​When alt-epic crew Farewell Republic recorded their beaming, hazegazy debut, Burn The Boats, none of the members had reached the age of 23, but it sounds like they lived through the 1990s multiple times: Swirly Corgan guitars with none of the arena cheese, shoegaze pedal chains for ... More >>

Where Am I Eating? Here's a Clue

Some great guesses coming in for this week's Where Am I Eating?, but I'm not dining at Cubana Café, La Mar, Yuca Bar, Coppelia, Yerba Buena, Boca Chica, Ceviche, Caracas, Mamajuana Café, or Tertulia. Very close, but no cigar. Here's a clue to help you guess where I'm eating.

Where Was I Eating? Caracas Arepa Bar

Lauren Shockey​ Looks like that last clue got us a winner. This week's Where Am I Eating? featured wall art from none other than Caracas Arepa Bar, located in the East Village.

Wilson Ramos, MLB Catcher, Rescued From Kidnappers; Top Mexican Official Killed in Helicopter Crash; Solyndra Emails Released

​Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was rescued yesterday after being abducted outside his home in Venezuela. Ramos was living in Valencia, a town outside of Caracas, during the MLB offseason and was held in a mountainous region while his captors demanded a ransom. ESPN reports "the fi ... More >>

Dish No. 34: Butternut Squash Soup at Caracas Arepa Bar

Lauren ShockeyYou'll find a hint of fall in this butternut squash soup at Caracas Arepa Bar​Butternut squash soup -- a hallmark of autumnal dining if there were ever one -- is slowly beginning to creep again onto our city's menus. In about a month's time, expect to see it at all the farm-to-a ... More >>

Next Week, People's Pops Will Pop up on East 7th Street

​Between the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, Van Leeuwen's, and Butter Lane's Blue Bell ice cream, East 7th Street is shaping up to be a frozen treats fantasia. And next week it will get even frostier, thanks to the good folks of People's Pops.

The Meat Hook and Roberta's Join Forces for Rockaway Beach Bar

Kristine Paulus/flickrTacos no longer the only game in beach town.​Brooklyn Based has the details on the gastronerd paradise that will be Rockaway Beach this summer. And the plan sounds like a foodie hipster's wet dream.

The High Line Will Get Itself Some New Elevated Eats

David Berkowitz/FlickrExtra nice with a dribbling lobster roll​ The food vendors lucky enough to win a spot on the High Line this summer are still being decided upon. But if the organization that runs the elevated park gets what they asked for in proposals due yesterday, April 14, New Yorkers ... More >>

Rockaway Beach May Become the Next Gastronerd Paradise

Like this, but with sustainably sourced fish tacos.​Back in February, Fany Gerson told us that she was thinking of partnering with Rockaway Taco to open a La Newyorkina concession stand on the Rockaway Beach boardwalk. It her plans materialize, it looks like she'll be in good company.

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

Get Your Ticket and Start Dieting Now: A Choice Eats Update

​Time to invest in a pair of pants with an elastic waistband. The good folks over at Choice Eats have informed us that 82 restaurants and eateries are currently participating in what's shaping up to be the best tasting event of all time.

Ask the Critics: What's a Fun Restaurant for a Teenager?

iStockphotoFood to please both your teen and you​Marisa M. asks: I'm taking my young teenage cousin to dinner this week. Can you think of somewhere that's not too challenging that has like, yummy burgers or pizza and good people watching? Last time we went to Veselka. I want to take her to Mo ... More >>

Lima Limon Brings a Citrusy Addition to Little Latin America

True new Peru to chew

Ippudo Tops Yelp's List of Top Restaurants in America

Sarah DiGregorio2000 people have opined on this soup​ When a restaurant quotes two-hour wait times, you know that something special is going on there. Nevertheless, it's rather surprising that Ippudo came in as the most popular restaurant in America on Yelp this year with nearly 2000 reviews. ... More >>

Download: Primitive Weapons, "Politics and Oblivion"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Though made up mostly of New York hardcore veterans, Brooklyn's Primitive Weapons are closer in practice to Southern sludgecore delights like Torche, Baroness and Kylesa--everything's awash in cheer ... More >>

Guayoyo Celebrates the 'Curvy Queen' of Venezuela

A South American restaurant bundles up its cheese children

Posts of the Week

It's Friday afternoon, and thus time to take a look over our collective shoulder, back at the week that was ... We ranked Our 11 Best Octopuses in NYC. Gabbana chef Ricardo Cardona talked modern Dominican food, why he hates being on TV, and how he manages six restaurants. This week's Top Chef: cr ... More >>

Caracas Versus Guayoyo: East Village Arepa Smackdown

Guayoyo's arepa queso​Arepas--the Venezuelan griddled corn cakes stuffed with various good things--can be had at two East Village restaurants separated by a bare three blocks. Caracas Arepa Bar has been open since 2003 and is so popular that they recently expanded to Brooklyn. Guayoyo opened a ... More >>

Download: Cleanteeth, "Collision Specialist"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. Brian Froustet​Brooklyn avant-metal crew Cleanteeth are a fascinating mush of at least a dozen colors of abrasive. The sludge-pop soar of the Melvins and the misanthropic distorto-angles of '90s AmRe ... More >>

Chatting With Luke Holden: The Perfect Storm, Parallels Between Finance and Restaurants, and Live Lobsters at the New Luke's

Photo courtesy of Luke's LobsterLuke Holden​Last Friday, we chatted with Luke Holden, the eponymous founder of Luke's Lobster. Holden spoke with us about opening the second incarnation of his lobster shack on the Upper East Side, Maine pride, and $30 lobster rolls. Today, he expounds up the pa ... More >>

Harina PAN: The Secret to a Great Arepa

Harina Pan made this arepa awesome.​A few nights ago, at Roneria Caracas in Williamsburg, a man was overheard asking about the signature arepas. He wasn't curious about what they came stuffed with or how much an order cost. Rather, he was interested in making them at home. The manager kindly s ... More >>

Our 10 Best East Village Restaurants

​A sushi assortment from Kanoyama shimmers, with huge eel filets slithering down the center of the plate. The East Village is swarming with restaurants, many of them excellent. The mixture is as eclectic as anywhere in town, with 30 or so ethnicities represented, and price levels ranging from ... More >>

Broken Lizard's Likably Stoopid Slammin' Salmon

Guayoyo Brings Arepas to First Avenue

​ Late last month, FitR noticed signs of life at the former Ishikura Sushi space on East 4th Street and First Avenue: a literal sign promised that "Guayoyo is coming soon." As we suspected, the restaurant is Venezuelan, and the menu now on display in its window includes 14 different kinds of a ... More >>

Rum's the Word at Williamsburg's Roneria Caracas

Selena Ricks​ Just in time to warm bar-goers during the winter chill, Williamsburg's Caracas Arepa Bar has stocked its shelves with the latest brown spirit to win over mixologists--aged rum. After securing its liquor license this fall, the Brooklyn outpost of the popular East Village Venezuel ... More >>

A New Venezuelan Restaurant for First Avenue?

​ The corner of East 4th Street and First Avenue may be getting a new Venezuelan restaurant: The facade of the former Ishikura Sushi, which closed in July, has now been painted and features a sign that says, "Guayoyo is coming soon!"

ND/NF: Sophie Barthes Has a Chickpea For Your Soul

What to Bring to Caracas Williamsburg

Every week or so in 'What to B When You BYOB' we ask a local wine store to recommend a wine to drink at a nearby BYOB restaurant. They're asked to consider the cuisine at the restaurant and suggest an appropriate bottle for under $15. For this week's 'What to B,' we're looking for a bottle to go wit ... More >>

Nothing but the Truth Reimagines Plamegate as a Soccer-Mom Duel

The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama

Looking back on his first term

Letters

'Secuestro Express'

Life During Peacetime

Brisbane school chums return to bandleading, still work on each other's folk-rock études

Chutes und Ladders, Raft-Rapped Families, Bubbles auf der Barrel

Studio in 1940s Co-Op Building

Nation

Bush's Homemade 'Energy Crisis'

Dismal Outlook Covers Abysmal Policies

Let's All Go to Bogotá

Plan Colombia Has Only Just Begun

The Drunken Key West of the Soul

Desperate Dotcoms

Sunny Slogans Mask Huge Losses

September Song

The Silly Symphony of the Fall Fashion Magazines

Wide World Webs

Three Ways To Purée a Planet