Seafood

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 >>

Tasty Tailgate Treats: Ceviche and Crab Dip

With football season underway, Jets and Giants fans don't agree on much. From the sidelines, however, chef Aaron Sanchez, of Food Network's Heat Seekers and Chopped, has created two tasty tailgate dishes for Gang Green and G-Men devotees to devour, regardless of touchdowns or team turmoil. Jets fans ... More >>

Seven Favorite NYC Fish Tacos

[See More Favorites: 5 Cooling Dishes to Help You Beat the Heat | 5 Best Cheap Eats on Eldridge Street] Despite the hype, Baja-style fish tacos have never quite gotten the traction here we might have expected, still constituting something of a gastronomic rarity in New York. Following are the seven ... More >>

National Lobster Day: Ale-Infused Lobster Roll at Red Hook Lobster Pound

Today is National Lobster Day and to celebrate, Chef David Burke has created a Samuel Adams Summer Ale-Infused Lobster Roll for Red Hook. They will only sell the Summer Ale-infused lobster roll today. The first 50 visitors to reach the Red Hook Lobster Pound trucks and reference, "Sam Adams!" will ... More >>

The Claw's Lobster Roll: A Review

The Claw opened last month on 23rd Street, dishing up a menu of seafood rolls and other treats from the ocean, including lobster mac and cheese and chowder. Wanting to know how its signature lobster roll stacked up, we popped in for a quick bite.

The Claw Restaurant Will Soon Sling Lobster Rolls on 23rd Street

Lauren ShockeyLobster rolls? Yes, please.​We've already highlighted the 10 Best Things to Eat on 23rd Street, but it looks like there soon might a new contender for good eating on the busy thoroughfare. Signage is up at the Claw, a soon-to-open lobster roll joint located at 269 West 23rd Str ... More >>

La Mar Cebicheria Peruano's Ceviche and Tiraditos

​Hands down the best thing on the menu is the restaurant's signature tiradito, dubbed La Mar: sliced raw hamachi in a gentle yellow aji-pepper sauce flavored with cilantro. This week, Counter Culture ascends the Andean heights of La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, at our new branch of a celebrated ... More >>

Make Scarpetta's Black Cod with Caramelized Fennel and Concentrated Tomatoes, Like Scott Conant

Scarpetta's Black Cod with Caramelized Fennel and Concentrated Tomatoes​Scott Conant's Scarpetta just celebrated its third anniversary with a special menu that ran all last week. In case you missed it, the chef shares the recipe for his signature Black Cod with Caramelized Fennel and Concentra ... More >>

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 ...

Make Patsy's Struffoli This Christmas

Strufoli at Patsy's.​Patsy's is serving its traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes this holiday season. It consists of calamari or baccala salad, linguine with frutti di mare sauce, and a choice of shrimp scampi, stuffed calamari, shrimp fra diavolo, or tilapia livornese. For dessert, as usu ... More >>

Make the Original SoupMan's Seafood Bisque (Sort of)

Soup for you!​Al Yeganeh, a/k/a the Original SoupMan, a/k/a the Soup Nazi, reopened his landmark soup shop at 259A West 55th Street this past summer after taking a few years off to parlay his success into a frozen-foods franchise. Yeganeh, of course, owes much of said success to a character he ... More >>

Dish No. 1: Fatty Beef Casserole at Henan Feng Wei

​Coincident with the publication of the Voice's annual Best Of issue, we hereby finish up with our 100 Dishes to Eat Now. Thanks for paying attention! And please scour the list of all 100 on the last page of this post, to ferret out those dishes you may have missed. Today's Pick: Fatty Beef C ... More >>

Dish No. 9: Bucatini con le Sarde at Donatella Pizzeria

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Bucatini con le sarde ($15) at Donatella Pizzeria (184 Eighth Avenue, Chelsea, 212-493-5150)

Dish No. 10: Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Pretzel Sandwich From Sigmund Pretzel

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Smoked salmon and cream cheese pretzel sandwich ($7) from Sigmund Pretzel (29 Avenue B, 646-410-0333).

Luke's Lobster and Pearl Oyster Bar: The $15 Lobster Roll Versus the $29 Lobster Roll

Luke's Lobster Roll with pen for size perspective​When Fork in the Road caught up with Luke Holden of Luke's Lobster last month, he (very politely) threw down the gauntlet on the subject of fancy $30 lobster rolls: ...seeking a $30 lobster roll was never an intention of mine when I moved to t ... More >>

Battle of the Dishes: Fish Tacos From Pinche Taqueria and Baja Fresh

Pinche's fish taco features a surfeit of crema and limes.​ Today is Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. And although the holiday is celebrated predominately in Puebla (and, of course throughout the United States) ... More >>

Chatting With Luke Holden: Con Edison, $30 Lobster Rolls, Maine Pride

Photo courtesy of Luke's LobsterLuke Holden​Luke Holden is loathe to call himself a chef -- "I am no chef" were his first words after he picked up the phone to talk to us -- but he inarguably knows a thing or two about how to make a superlative lobster roll. The son of the owner of one of Main ... More >>

Luke's Lobster to Serve Chowder Straight From Maine

Luke's lobster roll will soon be joined by chowda​ Luke's Lobster had, until now, contented itself with serving well-priced lobster, shrimp and crab rolls to the East Village. But starting next week, just in time for cold weather, look for chowders--but don't expect homemade.

'Top Chef': The Fine Line Between Being Helped and Being Dominated

Bravo​ Last night, Top Chef gave us the Most Very Special Episode of All, Restaurant Wars! And yes, there were some casualties -- of common sense, egos, and, of course, one hapless chef. And while the episode was not quite the shit show of seasons past, the fan still received its fair share of ... More >>

Our 10 Best: Seafood Restaurants

​Seafood is the great meeting ground of culinary preferences, the foodstuff where all tastes converge. Need a restaurant to please a big crowd? Seafood serves the purpose. Need a place where the scarf ranges from a bland white filet (perfect for dyspeptics) to a quivering raw oyster squirted w ... More >>

Gourmet Mag Lists Best Oldies

Neon Rainbow

Single-minded Egyptian fish joint rules near Journal Square

Supersize Me

Dinosaur specializing in small morsels totters onto Park Avenue

Worth the Splurge

Upper-end places worth the expense

The Passion of Ulrika

Maidens and Big Balls in Midtown

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Edamame and Black Angus

Adult Entertainment

Antique Nipponware

Fish and Chips

White Rum, Fresh Vanilla, and the Fritter Factor

Watering Hole

Bread Amid the Circuses

A Family Affair

Gone Fishin'

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