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Jim Leff

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    David's Brisket House Seemingly Bites the Dust; Early Jim Leff Find and Chowhound Fave

    ​David's overstuffed brisket sandwich (with gravy) was legendary. One of the city's best and most unique delis has apparently gone down for the count. On Friday I went to David's Brisket House for my usual bimonthly roast beef brisket sandwich on rye with gravy (a notably delicious mess) an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    A New Report Offers New Visions for New York's Street Fairs

    A plague of souvlaki and tube socks.​The folks at Terroir aren't the only ones who have noticed that summer street fairs tend to suck. The Center for an Urban Future has just released "New Visions for New York Street Fairs," a report designed to "kick off a discussion about how these staples o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    The Miracle of David's Brisket House in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    ​David's hyperbolically good $10 roast brisket sandwich, in this case on rye with gravy. The history of David's Brisket House is lost in the murk of time. Surprisingly, it's a Jewish-style deli in the commercial heart of Bed-Stuy. Does it date from the days early in the last century when the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Following in Jim Leff's Footsteps, Mark Bittman Now Has a Slog

    Markbittman.comMark Bittman and friend.​A year in the making, Mark Bittman's markbittman.com re-launched earlier today, not as a blog or a website, but as a slog.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Steve Plotnicki Expounds Upon Food Blogger Antipathy

    Wineloverspage.comSteve Plotnicki, opinionated about drinking.​Opinionated About Dining's Steven Plotnicki was "quite happy" to appear on last week's "Obsessed" episode of No Reservations. But not happy enough to refrain from taking to his blog to rant about it. In the episode, which showcase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Our 10 Best Fried Chickens

    ​Open 24 hours, New Caporal has long served the fried chicken needs of Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, and its logo is a cowboy chick standing on a clump of foliage with a blazing pistol. Almost everybody loves fried chicken. The dish was brought to America by enslaved persons from W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    How to Get a Taste of DiFara's

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Jim Leff's Favorite Tofu

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2007

    Jim Leff's Street Food Map

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Jim Leff: 'blogosphere loves conspiracy'

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2006

    The Great Kvetch: Hounds on hot dogs, pizza, and cheesecake

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2006

    Fat Tuesday: The Patriot Edition

    This is what it looks like, kids. Read on to see how to get it. (And click to admire its vegetable fecundity) I first ate at DiFara's years ago in the company of Jim Leff, the chowhound.com founder whose most durable legacy is not his former website, but the elevation of a besieged neighbor ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    March 7, 2006

    Chowhound Sold to CNET Networks

    Talking with Jim Leff, founder and alpha hound

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