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    December 30, 2011

    Where Am I Eating? Here's Another Clue

    Despite more good guesses coming in, no one has hit the nail on the head with this one. I'm not at Mayahuel, Pulqueria, Esperanto, Cienfuegos, Prima, Desnuda, Malparido, Nai Tapas, Nuela, or the Beagle. So, here's a final clue that should definitely help you on your way to winning a cookbook.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Jane's Sweet Buns Boozes Up Your Pastries

    Lauren BloombergNo swizzle stick necessary.​ Jane Danger, the owner of Jane's Sweet Buns, is not one of those women who grew up at the hem of her grandmother's apron begging for a chance to get her hands on the dough. Her experience is behind the bar (her last gig was at Cienfuegos, and her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Open and Closed: Say Hello to Betto, Goodbye to South Houston

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Southernish restaurant South Houston on West Broadway near Grand Street has closed after little more than a year in business. [Eater] Pick-a-Pita has served its last its french fry-stuffed shw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Speed Demons: Lady Bartenders Race to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research

    Fulfill your need for speed!​Hate to wait for your cocktail? This Sunday at the Astor Center, the drinks will be flowing at top speed. Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix of the New York chapter of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) will host Speed Rack, a speed barten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    EV Grieve Reflects on the Lessons of CB3 Meetings, Superdive, and the East Village as a "Foodie Tourist Trap"

    EV Grieve​Although EV Grieve is first and foremost a neighborhood blog dedicated to covering "things that you may or may not be interested in about the East Village and other parts of New York City," we turn to it on a daily basis for restaurant and bar news. In addition to chronicling the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Old E.U. Space to Go Italian

    ​The space that formerly house the troubled E.U., then the short-lived Tonda on East 4th Street, will house an Italian restaurant with a focus on wine and beer.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Cocktail Geeks Rejoice! Tonight Bittermens Launches Amor y Amargo, a Bitters Tasting Room

    EV GrieveOpening Tonight!​When Janet and Avery Glasser set up shop in New York earlier this winter, their new Burlesque Bitters weren't the only thing they were bringing with them. They, with their friends at DeRossi Global (the crew behind Cienfuegos, Mayahuel, Death & Company, and many more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    What to Drink at Cienfuegos on Valentine's Day: Fuego de Pasion

    Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. Fuego de Pasion: hot, hot, hot!​​​​​The drink: Fuego de Pasion The bar: Cienfuegos, 95 Avenue A, East Village, 212-614-6818 The price: $38 for two people The ingredients: Banks 5-Island Rum, C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Posts of the Week

    Once again, we have made it to Friday afternoon. And so it is time to look back at the week that preceded it. Our 10 Best Restaurants for a Break-Up. The Early Word on Yuba. On Valentine's Day, drink Cienfuegos' Fuego de Pasion.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to El Cobre; Goodbye to The Elephant

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Elephant, the French-Thai eatery on East First Street, has closed its doors for good after many months of uncertainty. [EV Grieve] Following the loss of its young chef, David Bouhadana, Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Ask the Critics: What's a Good Winter Cocktail?

    hiphostess.blogspot.comBetter than a gin and tonic any day.​Brighid L. asks: Now that it's cold, my go-to gin and tonic just doesn't hit the spot. Any suggestions for a winter drink? Dear Brighid: Drinking a gin and tonic shares many similarities with wearing white after Labor Day. Unless y ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 25, 2010

    Nuela Looks for Identity

    Raw seafood in an overdone place

  • Dining

    August 4, 2010

    Cienfuegos Rums Up the East Village

    Sloshing and noshing Cuban-style

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    This Week in the Voice: Gladys Carrión, City Kids Advocate and Upstate's Bureaucratic "Satan"

    ​Why do some people upstate consider the Bronx's Gladys Carrión their own 'Satan' incarnate? Maybe it has something to do with all the juvenile detention facilities city kids get sent to up there. Or got sent to. Because -- as the commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services -- Car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at Plein Sud; Sarah DiGregorio at Cienfuegos

    This week in The Voice, Robert Sietsema finds the food looks amazing, but tastes terrible at Plein Sud. Sarah DiGregorio reports hits and misses at Cienfuegos, but gives a nod to the champagne punch. Sam Sifton approves of Tamarind Tribeca, which: "might rate a pleasant shrug [in Indian cuisine-hap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Ravi DeRossi Will Open Gin Palace with Cocktails, Tea Sandwiches

    New York's new gin palace will be fancier than this one​Ravi DeRossi, co-owner of an East Village mini-empire that includes Desnuda, Mayahuel, Cienfuegos, and Death and Co, is opening a new spot called Gin Palace, a spin on the original Victorian dive bars.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    What to Eat While Drinking and Ogling at Cienfuegos

    ​At Cienfuegos, the new rum emporia in the East Village, the food is somewhat less impressive than the cocktails and the atmosphere. What a room! It's a turquoise-and-pink fantasia of Sinatra-era Havana crossed with Alice in Wonderland. The servers are dressed up in colorful aprons like 50s ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at Halikarnas and Marmaris; Sarah DiGregorio at 5 & Diamond

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema takes to Sheepshead Bay to visit Halikarnas and Marmaris, two competing Turkish seafood spots; while Sarah DiGregorio heads up to Harlem to see just how Twitter-happy chef Ryan Skeen is holding up at 5 & Diamond. Sam Sifton approves of Takashi: "a modest and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Cienfuegos Celebrates Rum, Says Adios to 'Miami Cuba'

    Sarah DiGregorioCarteles' fried El Cubano sandwich.​From the street, you'd never guess what's in store for Carteles, that sliver of a sandwich shop on East 6th Street that had the neighborhood swooning over its classic Cuban sandwiches when it opened earlier this year. But soon a staircase at ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2000

    Ina Dancehall Groove—Finally

    Sarah DiGregorioCarteles' fried El Cubano sandwich.​From the street, you'd never guess what's in store for Carteles, that sliver of a sandwich shop on East 6th Street that had the neighborhood swooning over its classic Cuban sandwiches when it opened earlier this year. But soon a staircase at ... More >>

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