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Dining
May 2, 2012
Genting Palace: We Wager You'll Like It
Now you can play the ponies and eat dim sum at the same place—Aqueduct
Blogs
May 2, 2012
Under the Toque: Asian Food Craze, New Menu at WD-50
Wylie Dufresne at WD-50 is creating a completely different menu with brand-new dishes. [NYTimes] Iron Man competitor Joe Bastianich talks about his new book and the dark secrets of restaurants. "The skills of a maître d' are the same skills a hooker has--to please the clients. . . . Make them fee ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Say Hello to Baconery, The Guthrie Inn
Bacon bakery Baconery has opened their very first shop inside Books of Wonder on 18th Street. According to their Twitter feed: "May 1st begins world domination with #bacon treats in #NYC .. Let the #bacon party begin.."[Eater NY] Chelsea's Table, from the founders of Stonyfield Farm, opened at Che ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Happy National Barbecue Month Steak Recipe
May is National Barbecue Month, and though it's an unofficial holiday that no one really knows about, we here at Fork in the Road don't complain when it comes to food-centric holidays. So gather round your grills and steaks for a early summertime potluck. To celebrate, chef Max Hardy has given us a ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Gizzi's New Lounge and Bar Concept
Gizzi's on 8th Street is no longer serving up its usual coffee and pastries. "We're no longer a coffee shop," co-owner John Waldman says. "Don't get that confused." Two months ago, the Greenwich Village restaurant renovated its menu and has since re-branded itself as a restaurant, bar, and lounge. ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
SXSW Nostalgia: Breakfast Tacos at Downtown Bakery
Two to an order, the breakfast tacos are not far from those you had in Texas. Generations of SXSW attendees have returned from Austin totally addicted to breakfast tacos. They've been treated like drug users on a cold-turkey program due to lack of supply in the city. You'd think some canny restaur ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
The Wall Street Journal Gets Africa Wrong
There's an interesting story in The Wall Street Journal about how we should get ready for a "Nigerian P.F. Chang's" because African food is the next big thing.There is only one largely unexplored continent left -- and it isn't Antarctica. With the exception of North African and Ethiopian cuisine, th ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
OMG! Beef on Weck at Mile End Sandwich
The picture-perfect beef on weck sandwich at Mile End Sandwich. It's something of a black eye that New Yorker City dwellers have never quite figured out how to make a beef on weck sandwich until now. Mainly because it's a particular specialty of our sister metropolis of Buffalo, New York -- both c ... 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 >>
Dining
April 25, 2012
Benares: Howdy, Squishy Goat Foot!
Plus spuds and spices at a new upscale Indian spot
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Burger King Promises to Stop Use of Caged Pigs and Hens
Following in McDonald's footsteps, Burger King has announced that it will only serve pork from suppliers who have banned gestation crates, and cage-free eggs in its restaurants nationwide. Burger King is now the only fast food restaurant that has committed to selling cage-free products.
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Super Linda's Matt Abramcyk on Opening a Seafood Brasserie in 2013, Artisanal Foods Part 2
Yesterday, we gabbed with Super Linda's Matt Abramcyk about the pressure for restaurants to provide both dinner and a show aspect to the meal. Today, we delve into the world of small-brand artisanal products, get the scoop on his cousins' sandwich shop, and find out why he has chosen Tribeca to put ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Joe Bastianich on Annoying Dining Trends
"Sometimes I think that the scale has tipped (and it always does, the pendulum goes left and right) so we're at an extreme right now in ultra-casual, deconstructed restaurants and 'product' dining where you have the burgers, the pizzas--you know, the stuff that you guys put on the cover of the magaz ... 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 24, 2012
Say Hello to Pounds & Ounces, Mahzen Grill
Bricola, a tiny wine bar created by the people behind Aria Wine Bar in the West Village, has opened in Hell's Kitchen. [Zagat] Pounds & Ounces, a gastropub outfitted with an in-house DJ, is opening Wednesday in Chelsea. [Grub Street] Granduca di Sicilia, an Italian restaurant with a Sicilian focus ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Super Linda's Matt Abramcyk Talks Branding, Dinner and a Show Part 1
Super Linda is not Matt Abramcyk's first Tribeca restaurant, and it's certainly not his last (but more on that in part two tomorrow). The finance guy turned nightclub honcho now spearheads a mini-empire of restaurants in the neighborhood once dominated by Mr. DeNiro. We caught up with the laid-back ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Where Was I Eating? The Toucan and the Lion
This round was over in a flash. I was eating one of the best dishes on the impressive menu at The Toucan and the Lion in the East Village: duck confit mofongo in a salsa verde sauce with a fried egg on top.
Blogs
April 23, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Wine Tastings, Cheese Party
Harold Dieterle is having a prix fixe dinner at Perilla, featuring dishes made with La Quercia products like prosciutto, guanciale, speck, and lardo. The dinner will be held on Tuesday, April 24 from 5:30 p.m. and will cost $70 per person, excluding tax and tip. The East Village's Spina is hosting ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Where Am I Eating?
Time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Here are the rules: Take a look at the photo below, then name the spot that serves the pictured dish, leaving your guesses in the comments. (If there's more than one location of the restaurant, be as specific ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Yuji Ramen's Seafood Mazemen Ramen
Yuji Ramen, a pop-up noodle shop nestled in a back corner of Williamsburg's Kinfolk Studios, will most likely become your favorite ramen joint come summer. Its specialty dishes feature a style of brothless ramen called mazemen, which is catching on in Tokyo but is still uncommon here. In Yuji Ramen' ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Our 5 Best German Beer Halls
Both spring and soccer season are in full swing, which means that it's time to head to the city's German beer halls for some communal revelry, large-screen sports watching, liter steins of beer, and hearty snacks. Below you'll find our favorite German beer halls in the city.
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Blogroll Gazette: Vegan Test, Disco Robot Waiters
In food blogs this week: Well devises a test to see if you can make it as a vegan. Paleofuture at the Smithsonian looks at the disco robot waiters of 1980s Pasadena. At Food Republic: Why cocktail competitions suck.
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Maison Premiere's Pontarlier Julep
The drink: Pontarlier Julep The bar: Maison Premiere The price: $13 The ingredients: La Clandestine absinthe, Plymouth gin, Aperol, sweet vermouth, orange flower water
Blogs
April 20, 2012
This Week's Specials: German Beer Halls, Mexican Delights
What we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: We give you our picks for German beer halls in the city. Robert Sietsema checks out three types of guacamole and other Mexican offerings at Angelo Sosa's Anejo Tequileria. He also lists the 5 best things to eat at the Cal-Mex restaurant, Floren ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
KFC Faces Suit Over Expired Chicken
Fried chicken chains are not having a good week. First, the NY Daily News brings to light the multiple DOH-related closings of Kennedy Fried Chicken, and Crown Fried Chicken restaurants in New York City. Now, a former employee of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Oregon is claiming in a lawsuit ... 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 >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
Subway Beats Out Other Chains for Most Closings Due to Health Violations in the City
An analysis of Health Department data by the New York Daily News revealed that Subway restaurants were shuttered more times for health-code violations than any other major franchise in the city. In the past five years, the chain's stores have been shut down 55 times.
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Say Hello to Pok Pok NY, Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya
Pok Pok NY, a branch of Andy Ricker's Thai chain, opens tomorrow in Brooklyn's Columbia Waterfront district. [Eater] Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya is now open on the Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie]
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Gold-Medal Cheese Sells for $8,400 at Wisconsin Auction
How much would you be willing to pay for the world's best cheese? As part of an auction held in Milwaukee to raise money for cheese producers, an Illinois company, Hoogwegt US Inc., paid $8,400 for a 24-pound wheel of Dutch cheese, according to the AP (via Bloomberg).
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Where Am I Eating?
Time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Here are the rules: Take a look at the photo below, then name the spot that serves the pictured dish, leaving your guesses in the comments. (If there's more than one location of the restaurant, be as specific ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
The Village's Famous Ray's Pizza Reopens Today as Famous Roio's Pizza
Last October, Famous Ray's Pizza on West 11th Street in the Village shuttered after being sued for using the name "Famous Ray's Pizza" by USA Famous Original Ray's Licensing Corp., a rival group that owns various Ray's pizza joints throughout the city. A sign on the pizzeria's front window attribut ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Famous Roio's Carries Forth Famous Ray's Legacy
On the left, the Canadian-bacon-and-pineapple slice; on the right, the standard cheese slice. Note how the cheese pulls up from the tip in a dense indigestible mass. A gastronomic miracle occurred today when Ray's Famous Pizza reopened at the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 11th Street in Greenwic ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
My 5 Favorite NYC Margaritas
The house margarita at Empellón Cocina By legend, the margarita was invented around 1940 in an Italian restaurant in Ensenada, Mexico, to commemorate the visit of the daughter of the German ambassador, who happened to be named Margarita. Now, you can get a margarita -- often, a sweetish mix ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Americans Suffering From "Frugality Fatigue" When It Comes to Food
Americans are buying expensive products in greater numbers and eating out more, according to various consumer surveys cited in a Bloomberg article. Speaking to the news service, Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. (AMP), attributed this increase in retail activity to "frug ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
This Week's Specials: 5 Favorite Margaritas, Hot Dog Pies
See what we've been up to this week at Fork in the Road: Robert Sietsema lists his five favorite NYC margaritas, and tries (and hates) the spicy chicken sandwich at McDonald's. He also examines Pizza Hut's new British creation, "The Bone," a pie with a hot-dog-stuffed crust, and suggests a hot-d ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
David Burke is Not a Long Shower Guy, Would Do a Great Job on Television Pt. 2
Yesterday, we spoke with Chef David Burke about grilling and ramps. Today we take the chef in a different direction: chatting about over the hill food trends, creativity, and the multiple restaurants he's looking to open in the next few years. What food trends are you tired of seeing? The molecula ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Minzhongle, R.I.P. - Goodbye Corn!
This is Chinese food? Looks more like American succotash: the dish called "fried popcorn pine nuts" at Minzhongle. Yesterday, Counter Culture covered Zero Otto Nove, a pair of southern Italian twins, one in the Bronx, the other in Manhattan. That piece had to be moved up a week because the restaur ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
David Burke on Traveling to Australia With Geoffrey Zakarian, Ramps
David Burke is a man of many words, and many restaurants. The ebullient chef not only helms three high-end restaurants in New York City, but also a café in Bloomingdale's, and restaurants around the country. Also, he's the brains behind spray salad dressing. Sheer genius, indeed. We got the c ... More >>
Dining
April 11, 2012
Zero Otto Nove: Rabbit, Run!
A Salerno-style spot does both Belmont and the Flatiron district
Blogs
April 11, 2012
Restaurant Industry Creates 560,000 Jobs in the Past Two Years
For New Yorkers who see city blocks packed with food joints every day, it's pretty evident that the restaurant industry is booming. Now the numbers are in: the National Restaurant Association reports that restaurants have added more than 560,000 jobs since the beginning of the economic recovery in M ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2012
Chefs v. Yelpers: The Saga Continues
Have chefs finally had it with Yelpers? In Sacramento, the chef/owner of Formoli's Bistro wiled out on Facebook about a negative Yelp review of his restaurant: "To Chriuh C. from the wonderful site yelp! please pay attention, every review you post involves dinner with mommy and daddy. Apparently, ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
15 East's $29 Three-Course Lunch
The chawan mushi appetizer arrives with a black-truffle crag. When was the last time you were exposed to top-shelf sushi? Most of us measure out our lives in mediocre finger sushi and nori rolls, and only on rare occasions do we glimpse how perfect sushi can be. Not that the democratization of sus ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Fatty 'Cue's Fried Oyster Roll
Fatty 'Cue's new lunch menu will surprise fans of the restaurant's porky signature dinner dishes. The best things on it are not the meaty mains--1/4 pound deep-fried bacon, pork ribs, and fried chicken-- which are better saved for a time when you can lay undisturbed in a food coma for hours after yo ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
April Bloomfield's New Cookbook Will Make You a Wiz with Veggies
The Spotted Pig's April Bloomfield might not be the first chef you would think of when seeking tips for perfectly cooked carrots. But her cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig, released today with a cover that boasts a picture of a dead pig draped over Bloomfield's neck, is surprisingly full of terrific reci ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Brooklyn Soon to House the World's Largest Rooftop Garden
An old warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn will become the new home of the world's largest rooftop garden. A Manhattan-based company, BrightFarms, is in charge of planting the garden, which will grow in a 100,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse, and hopefully produce 1 million pounds of local pro ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Say Hello to 5 Boro Burger, Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse
5 Boro Burger has begun serving burgers, hot dogs, and bar snacks to diners in Midtown. [Midtown Lunch] Also in Midtown, a new coffee and pastry shop with outdoor seating called Spresso Cafe has sprung up in the Sanctuary Hotel. [Zagat Buzz] Former Momofuku Noodle Bar chef de cuisine Kevin Pemouli ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Battle of the Black Label Burger
Pat LaFrieda, the meat purveyor of choice for top gourmet burger places like The Spotted Pig and Minetta Tavern, has challenged Wendy's over its use of the name "Black Label Burger" to describe one of its premium patties.
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Say Goodbye to Devi, Soy Cafe
Devi, the Flatiron Indian restaurant headed by Suvir Saran, is out of business. [Eater] The DOH temporarily shut down the West Village's Little Owl because of a mice infestation. [Diner's Journal]
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Dale Talde Talks About Asian-American Cuisine, Chefs He Admires Part 2
Yesterday, we spoke to Chef Dale Talde about the plans for his new Park Slope restaurant, Pork Slope, and the new brunch he's launching at Talde. Today, we delve into his thoughts on the neighborhood where he's chosen to build his mini-empire, Asian-American food, and which kitchen tool he just can' ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Happy Hour at Bobo
In the West Village, new happy hours are popping up everywhere. Bobo, a restaurant and bar situated in a historic townhouse on 10th Street, has begun offering a happy-hour special with steep discounts on both food and drinks.
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