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Chelsea Market

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    May 2, 2013

    Grading the New Sushi Bar at Lobster Place in Chelsea Market

    Lobster Place's uni (sea urchin) was breezy and briny, and got a grade of A-. As part of the current evolution of Chelsea Market, old tenants are grabbing more space and revamping their premises to provide more opportunities for the sale of prepared food. In this connection, seafood distributor an ... More >>

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    April 24, 2013

    Cull & Pistol Opens in Chelsea Market; MP Taverna Hits Astoria

    Michael Psilakis opened the latest version of MP Taverna in Astoria on Monday. Other outposts of the Greek restaurant have become popular in Roslyn, Long Island, and Irvington, N.Y. Psilakis told Flo Fab that lamb dumplings, a favorite from his original restaurants, and a Greek paella with seafood a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2013

    80/20 Baconburger at Dickson's Farmstand Meats: Scrumptious!

    Bulbous, pink, and mottled, Dickson's baconburger I'd popped into Chelsea Market last Saturday to score a lump of guanciale at Buon Italia, when the meat case at Dickson's Farmstand Meats caught my eye - always good to give it a look and see what sorts of products, many of them oddball, are curren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    What Can You Do With a Truffle?

    This black truffle was purchased recently at Chelsea Market. The loamy smell is intense, and it comes wrapped in a paper towel. But it looks like a lump of coal. This is the season when area specialty food stores carry fresh black truffles, and sometimes white ones, too. You can get them at Chelse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2013

    Rise, Doughnut Robots of New York

    You already know about the beignet-like puffs at Dumont's little doughnut counter in Williamsburg (I like the ones tossed about in ginger-spiked sugar), and the excellent, warm cake rings at 606 R&D in Prospect Heights. The Doughnuttery, a month-old shop in Chelsea Market, is also set up with a dou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2012

    Amy's Bread Moving Baking Facilities From Chelsea Market to Long Island City

    Two of the three storefronts Amy's Bread has long occupied have been papered up, all the humongous ovens removed. It must be accounted something of a set-back for Chelsea Market, if you're going by the original plan. When the 22-building complex -- originally a Nabisco factory -- opened in 1997, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    Cooking With Frozen Porcinis From Buon Italia

    Here is what they look like just out of the freezer case. [See More Market Watch: Mountain Sweet Berry Farm Sells Tristar Strawberry Sorbet | Wild Bush Blueberries] Categorized taxonomically as Boletus edulis, porcinis are one of the world's most flavorful mushrooms. They're indispensible to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2012

    People's Pops Has a Lovely New Cookbook

    People's Pops launched in 2008 when Nathalie Jordi, David Carrell and Joel Horowitz set up a booth at the New Amsterdam Market, where they decided to sell ice pops made with local fruits. Over the years they experimented a lot, developed a fan base, opened shops in the East Village and Chelsea Marke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    What's Happening This Week: Crawfish Boil and Brunch at the Americano

    Green Table Crawfish Boil On Sunday, Green Table inside the Chelsea Market will be hosting a New Orleans-style crawfish boil at 6:30 pm. According to Zagat, chef Brent Sims will be adding his secret ingredient to the peel-and-eat crustaceans, paired with unlimited beer. The Americano Flamenco Brun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2012

    Happy Easter From Fork in the Road!

    Italian Cardamom Easter bread from Amy's Bread in the Chelsea Market

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Here I Am At The Ultimate Upscale Pigout

    It was called "Sunday Supper at Chelsea Market benefiting the James Beard Foundation and Fulton Youth of the Future culinary scholarship programs." It had us sitting at the longest table in food history--at the Chelsea Market--and sampling five appetizers, followed by lobster ravioli, which led to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Offered Without Comment

    Hudson Street, 10:45am [click to enlarge]

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Tacombi Sets Up a Wee Cart in Chelsea Market

    Lauren ShockeyThe messy-but-tasty corn taco​Tacombi at Fonda Nolita, the popular Nolita taqueria, recently branched out to feed office workers and culinary amblers at Chelsea Market. Unlike the airy, cavernous flagship -- complete with its taco-dispensing VW bus -- this new outpost operates o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2012

    No Beans! Chili Dog Goes Upscale at Dickson's Farmstand Meats

    ​The overstuffed chili dog at Dickson's. If you look carefully, you can see the glint of mayo through the morass of chili. Papaya King, watch your ass! Papaya Dog, too! There's a new chlli dog roaming the city's dog runs, from boutique meat source Dickson's Farmstand Meats.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    See Ya, 2011: A Look Back at Our Top Posts of the Year

    2011 was a big year for listicles here at Fork in the Road. Our weekly Friday "10 Best" posts nabbed eight of the 10 most popular stories of the year. Of course, we did more than name the tastiest (and occasionally worst) things to eat in New York and review fast-food items. We also highlighted the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Jerry-Can Christmas Tree at Chelsea Market

    ​A tree made out of 40-gallon plastic jugs is the centerpiece of Chelsea Market's Christmas display. One-eighth of people in the world drink water that makes them sick. Indeed, clean water is probably the planet's number one health priority; without it, chronic illness is inevitable. This tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Sea Beans at Manhattan Fruit Exchange

    ​Mmmm! Sea beans Also known as glasswort and pickleweed, sea beans are marsh plants capable of growing up to their necks in saltwater. The plant is native to North America, South Africa, Europe, and India. The species shown here (there are many) is likely Salicornia virginicus, sometimes kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: Gingerbread Decoration at Eleni's New York

    Wine Tasting on a Boat As part of an ongoing series about world wines, Classic Harbor Line will host a sampling tonight, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Meet at Chelsea Piers' slot no. 62. Sign up for the $85 event here. Gingerbread Decoration at Eleni's New York Want to build the house of your dreams ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Olio Verde Novello (Green Olive Oil) at Buon Italia, Gift Suggestion #9

    ​Note that E.V. on the sign stands for "Extra Virgin," not "East Village." What's cloudy and pine-tree green? Olio Verde Novello, sometimes called New Olive Oil or Green Olive Oil.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2011

    Paring Knives and Other Small Blades, Gift Suggestion No. 2

    ​There's quite a selection of small knives at Bowery Kitchen Supplies. Click on image to enlarge. I case we didn't mention it earlier, this feature will run sporadically until Xmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa. It seeks to suggest gifts of particular interest to foodies and cooks, things that they prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Hadley Schmitt 'In' at Northern Spy Food Co.; Richard Brower 'In' at The Four Seasons

    ​Northern Spy Food Co., in the East Village, has a new chef. Hadley Schmitt was chef de cuisine at What Happens When and a sous chef at Dovetail. [Eater] Rumors that Danny Meyer was selling Eleven Madison Park to executive chef Daniel Humm and general manager Will Guidara have been confirmed. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    The Lobster Place Has Closed Its Bleecker Street Store

    Rebecca MarxSome Lobster Place specimens.​The Lobster Place, our go-to for impeccably fresh sushi when we're at the Chelsea Market, is closing its storefront at 252 Bleecker Street.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2011

    Fleeting Signs of Summer: People's Pops at the High Line

    ​Making shaved ices in a fedora at the High Line People's Pops pop-up While the People's Pops kiosk is located in the dark bowels of Chelsea Market, you can get the same products while strolling the High Line instead, near the 14th Street stairway. Most popular are not the original fruit-and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Let Luke Holden of Luke's Lobster Teach You the Ropes About Starting Your Own Food Biz

    No wonder he's smiling.​Luke Holden has been busy these days expanding his mini lobster roll empire and even going mobile. But that doesn't mean he won't take time out of his schedule to sit down with you and talk shop.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: Argentinean Wine Dinner; Cinco de Mayo

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! All-Clad Metalcrafters at the JBF LTD Chelsea Market May 3-7 April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, and John Dory Oyster Bar; Gavin Kaysen of Café Boul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Susan Ungaro Reveals the Behind-the-Scenes of the James Beard Foundation Awards and Responds to Anthony Bourdain's Criticisms

    Chefs gonna be winning!​April showers bring May flowers, but also the James Beard Foundation Awards! The second week in May the awards will celebrate the country's best chefs (and journalists and writers), and are a big ole party of who's who in the industry. Wanting to take a peek behind th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Chelsea Market

    ​The throngs pass by, seemingly oblivious of the great eats within. Throughout much of the 20th century, it was the Nabisco factory, turning out crackers and cookies in a convoluted series of Victorian-era brick buildings. Then, in 1997, it was repurposed as a complex aiming to meets the nee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Posts of the Week

    'Tis Friday afternoon, and time for a look at the week that was ... Roberto Santibañez talked about his cookbook, his torta concept, and his Cinco de Mayo plans. A battle of the Park Slope Passover macaroons between Trois Pommes and Sweet Melissa. Our 10 Best Things to Eat at the Chelsea M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Things to Eat in Chelsea Market

    ​Dickson Farmstand makes some fine sandwiches, but are they good enough to make our top 10? Since being founded in a former Nabisco factory complex in 1997, Chelsea Market has struggled to preserve its identity as the ultimate foodie destination. But as foodism has changed from being an acti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    The Chelsea Market Gets Pop-Ups, Pops

    ​There's much ado at the Chelsea Market this week, thanks in large part to the James Beard Foundation. The Beardies yesterday launched JBF LTD, a 27-day pop-up restaurant and food pavilion that will, its website brags, take "the idea of the pop-up restaurant further than it's ever been taken b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Dave Schuttenberg 'In' at Dickson's Farmstand Meats; George Mendes and Carlo Mirarchi Named Food & Wine Best New Chefs

    ​Dave Schuttenberg, formerly of Fatty Crab on the Upper West Side, will be the new chef at Dickson's Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market, replacing Gabriel Ross. [NY Times] Nate Appleman, of Chipotle's, won Chopped All-Stars, going up against Michael Proietti, Anne Burrell, and Aaron Sanchez. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2011

    No. 20: Chicken Pot Pie at the Cleaver Company's Green Table

    ​Watch out! The chicken pot pie is very hot, and you'll wait for many minutes before you dare flip the lid and eat. Located in the Chelsea Market, the Cleaver Company is a catering concern of long standing. When they moved into the market, the company added a cafe called the Green Table, wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    The Kiwano: Melon, Cuke, or Total Waste of Money?

    ​The kiwano (here called by its proprietary name of "cuke-asaurus) is beguiling in its feaver-yellow appearance. Native to Africa, but now grown in California and Washington, the kiwano (other names: horned melon, jolly melon, hedged gourd, African horned cucumber, blowfish fruit, British t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    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 ... Robe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Food.Curated Trains Its Lens on the Lobster Place

    The Makings of a Good Fishmonger: The Lobster Place from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. The latest episode of Food.Curated is here: this time around, Liza de Guia has trained her camera on the Lobster Place, the wholesale and retail seafood market that sells, among other things, some of the best chowder we'v ... More >>

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    October 27, 2010

    Tuck Shop Taking Over the People's Pops Space at the Chelsea Market

    Photo courtesy of the Tuck ShopMeat and be merry.​People's Pops closed up its Chelsea Shop for the season on Oct. 15, but its space won't go unoccupied for long: beginning Nov. 7, it will be filled with meat pies.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    A Gallery of Gruesome Halloween Imagery at Chelsea Market

    ​Every year, Chelsea Market pulls out all the stops where it comes to Halloween decoration. In spite of the kid-friendly image the food mall -- located at the corner of Ninth Avenue and 15th Street in the old Nabisco factory -- cultivates, much of the imagery would scare the crap out of young ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Fat Pants Friday: People's Pops Pumpkin Spice Pop

    ​Nowhere in the dessert world are autumn's fleeting pleasures better articulated than in People's Pops' pumpkin spice pop. Just as fall promises to mutate into winter with depressing speed, the popsicle ice pop is marked for imminent extinction.

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    September 30, 2010

    Where Can NYC Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians Dine Together in Gastrointestinal Harmony?

    The Simpsons​What do you do when your friend is vegetarian but you love meat and hate earnest vegetarian restaurants? Can you recommend any non-vegetarian restaurants that have stand-out vegetarian options? The good news here is that the city's current fixation with all things farm-to-table m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    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 ... Robe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    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: Chanta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Posts of the Week

    Here we sit at the end of this truncated week, casting an eye back over the news of the last four days: We ranked Our 9 Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in NYC (and one in New Jersey). Fat Witch and Amy's Bread squared off in a Battle of the Chelsea Market Walnut Brownies. The Atlantic Grill's Mike ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2010

    SHAPE UP

    Free workouts on the High Line

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Posts of the Week

    It's Friday afternoon, and time to turn a gimlet eye back to the highlights of the past few days: Battle of the Chicken Tikka Masala: Famous Dal Cart vs. Desi Food Truck. Veggie Burgers Every Which Way's Lukas Volger chatted about how to make good veggie burgers, bodega vegans, and why so many veg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Bar Suzette, a New Creperie in Chelsea Market

    ​Top: Ricotta, fig, and honey crepe; Bottom: Sausage crepe of the day. In case you haven't noticed, Chelsea Market has been gradually changing from being primarily a provisioner of raw materials for cooking, to being something like an upscale food court. This is partly for the good, since the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Elliott Erwitt Photo Show Officially Opens Today at Chelsea Market

    ​The work of America's grand old man of point-and-shoot photography, Elliott Erwitt, is currently being represented by an excellent new show at Chelsea Market.

  • Voice Choices

    February 25, 2009

    SAVORY SOUNDS

    There are folksters in the checkout aisle

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