West Village

What's Happening This Weekend: NYC Pizza Run, Taste the West Village, Hammer & Claws, Stone Street Oyster Festival & More

You could head upstate on an apple picking trip this weekend, but if you're feeling like it's a little early for that, there are plenty of fall activities happening in the city to get you in a more autumnal mood. Here's a look at where to head.

Reader: "I Miss the Old Days When Christopher Street Would Have Scared the Bejesus Out of People"

We caught up with Vanessa Repice last week, who detailed her desire to reclaim a bit of her West Village neighborhood, where she's been a resident for 12 years, and restore some of the charm she's seen ebb away via her new restaurant Charlemagne. But as with most areas of this city, some of her ne ... More >>

Num Pang Launches a Sandwich Happy Hour

Harold Dieterle's West Village restaurant, Perilla, has launched a Monday night three-course spring menu. The family-stye meal includes dishes like wild rice with eggplant and cherry tomatoes, lamb-stuffed artichoke, and bay leaf sorbet. Make a reservation for $34 a person. 9 Jones Street; 212-929-6 ... More >>

A Look at New 'Cue around NYC; Pigs Ears Amidst Chaos at Salvation Taco

Our own Robert Sietsema surveys the latest barbecue offerings from "the East Village to Gowanus," and finds worthwhile rib-stickers throughout the boroughs. His saucy list of favorites includes Daniel Delany's BrisketTown, "which obsesses on beef brisket smoked in a trailer located just off Flushing ... More >>

Chez Sardine Opens in West Village; Sen in Flatiron

Gabriel Stulman added another West Village restaurant to his dossier. Chez Sardine is his newest endeavor, following Fedora, Joseph Leonard, Jeffrey's Grocery, and Perla. Chez Sardine is an izakaya set against a menu featuring things like a foie gras and smoked cheddar grilled cheese sandwich. 183 W ... More >>

Big Gay Ice Cream Opens in the West Village; Barcade Looks For Space in Chelsea

Big Gay Ice Cream opened a storefront in the West Village yesterday. No sparkly unicorn murals just yet, but Salty Pimps are up for grabs. 61 Grove St.

Cowgirl Sea-Horse Is Serving Food, Four Weeks After Sandy

"This is my first day off since the hurricane," said Sherry Delamarter, the owner of Cowgirl Sea-Horse, on Wednesday morning. Sea-Horse is the even further downtown sister of Cowgirl Hall of Fame in the West Village, and was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Sea-Horse endured up to six feet of flooding i ... More >>

West Villagers "Traumatized" By Five Whole Days Of No Electricity Now Have A "Support Group"

While the vast majority of West Village residents had power restored last week after a harrowing five-day blackout following Hurricane Sandy, the trauma of being without power for a few days can have lingering effects.Those trips to Trader Joe's to replace the perishable gourmet foods that didn't su ... More >>

Q&A: Jesus Nunez of Barraca on Remaining Open During Hurricane Sandy, Part 1

Jesus Nunez is the chef of Barraca, a newly opened Spanish spot in the West Village owned by Hector Sanz, whose restaurant group is also behind downtown spots Macondo and Rayuela. Formerly of Gastroarte on the Upper West Side, Nunez is dishing out authentic Spanish tapas and paella in West Village ... More >>

Restaurants Reopen in the West Village, Despite Lack of Electricity

Flood waters rising in the West Village after the power went out. Looking toward the Hudson River from the intersection of Perry and Washington streets. In the West Village, prospects for power reinstatement seem grim. The explosion at the 14th Street and Avenue D transformer farm could be seen fr ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Chao Thai Too; Tejal Rao at Sel et Gras

Robert Sietsema is at Chao Thai Too, maybe one of the best Thai places in the city. He notes that they serve blood Jell-O "interspersed with pork meatballs, and crispy stir-fried frog legs flavored with basil (pad kra prao kob). Gnaw on these, and you might never go back to chicken wings." Tejal R ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Fatty Crab Boil, Omnivore Food Festival

Tuesday, September 18 Crab Boil. Fatty Crew Hospitality Group announces the seventh anniversary of Fatty Crab this month. To celebrate, the restaurant will be hosting a Maryland-style crab boil from September 17 through October 17. It's serving blue crabs with "Malay old bay" seasoned water, steamed ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Babbo Restaurant

[See Where Else I Ate: Union Square Cafe | Ai Fiori | The Modern] A big congratulations to phoebey who guessed Babbo Restaurant.

Swine: Pork Obsessed Restaurant In The West Village

[See More Openings: Wafels & Dinges Expands To Downtown And Brooklyn | Wasabi To Bring Individually Wrapped Sushi To NYC] If you thought Northeast Kingdom was a bit pork obsessed with their home grown pig feast, you were completely wrong. Meet Swine, the new pork-centric bar and restaurant in the W ... More >>

Come Rain or Shine, A Few Eating Options For Memorial Day Weekend

Hopefully this rainy week will turn into a stunningly sunny weekend. No one wants a washed out Memorial Day weekend, so we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best as we make our plans. We're mostly half-glass-full types anyway. With that in mind, we'll offer up a few outdoor eats for the c ... More >>

Where Am I Eating? Gusto Ristorante e Bar Americano

It took a while but you guessed it. I was eating at Gusto Ristorante e Bar Americano, a cozy, rustic Italian joint in the West Village. It's great for brunch and they have one hour unlimited cocktails (the bellini is divine). The dish pictured here is the cianfotta -- two poached eggs with zucchin ... More >>

Under Review: Perla's Italian with a Midwestern Accent

I review Perla this week, a charming new Italian restaurant in the West Village from restaurateur Gabriel Stulman, with chef Michael Toscano in the kitchen. Read the full review here. I also got a tip on the best kind of eatin' pants:

Cinco de Mayo, West-Village Style

By 10pm, there were long lines in front of the West Village's most notorious margarita mills. [click on any image to enlarge] Though not much celebrated in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that commemorates an 1862 victory of Mexico over France at the Battle of Puebla. In New York City, the rece ... More >>

Happy Hour at Vyne

Sometimes life calls for a glass of wine. Vyne in the West Village focuses on white varietals, and has a particularly interesting selection from Eastern Europe. They have happy hour until 7pm every day. Get your hands on their Gruner Veltliner, Nero d' Avola, Cava Rose, or Six Point for just $5. Jus ... More >>

Doma Reopens as Doma Na Rohu at Bedford and 7th Avenue South

After a hiatus of only a few weeks, the West Village's Doma reopens. To some, a beloved coffee shop, to others just a pick-up joint for 30-somethings, Doma first appeared a decade ago at the corner of West 4th and Perry Street just off Seventh Avenue South. Ensconced on the parlor floor of a char ... More >>

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]

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.

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition

The fabled Niku-Uni (chuck flap topped with sea urchin) at Takashi. But is it good enough to catapult the restaurant into Our 10 Best? It's been two years since Fork in the Road has offered up a ranking of Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants.

Fork in the Road's Favorite Breakfasts in New York City

WordRidden / Flickr​It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and p ... More >>

Thursday Night Whole-Lobster Special at Petite Abeille

​Flame-grilling the lobster produces a slight smoky flavor. One of the best red-crustacean deals in town is found Thursday evenings at Petite Abeille, where $25 gets you a whole lobster of an estimated pound-and-a-half with a bowl of fries and a Stella. Oh, and there's a little salad, too, s ... More >>

Lauren Shockey Goes 'Bowling' for Ramen

This week in the Voice, Lauren Shockey samples the Japanese noodle soups at newcomers Chuko, Tabata, and Ramen Misoya.photo by Liz BarclayMiso happy.​ Eric Asimov finds hits and misses at Saxon & Parole: "All told, one sits down to dinner at Saxon & Parole anticipating warmth, good times and ... More >>

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DEN OF SIN

Party like it's Seattle 1991

Stuffed Artisan Cannolis to Relocate to West Village

Chantal MartineauNow it's the West Village who will get Stuffed.​After news broke last week that Stuffed Artisan Cannolis would be closing its Lower East Side shop last week, a bit of good news: it's relocating.

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Isa; Goodbye to Moonshine Bar

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Moonshine Bar, in Red Hook, has announced it's closing on its Facebook page. The bar was known to have one of the only working cigarett ... More >>

Bobo Already Reopened After DOH Closure

bobonyc.tumblr.com/Bobo's gorgeous garden.​Earlier today, we linked to a post on the unromantically named Food Poison Journal about West Village restaurant Bobo being closed due to health department violations this past weekend. The restaurant reopened its doors Tuesday night.

After 32 Years in the West Village, Hercules Fancy Grocery Falls Victim to Rising Rents

​Hercules Fancy Grocery, which has sat on the corner of Morton Street and Seventh Avenue since 1997 and existed in some form in the West Village since 1979, is packing it in by the end of the month. The culprit, as usual, is the rent. According to DNAInfo, the store's owner, Hercules Dimitrato ... More >>

Open and Closed: Say 'Bonjour' to Cedric; So Long to P & G

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Blue Donkey Bar on the Upper West Side has closed after complaints to police, specifically from a neighbor. [West Side Rag via Eater] The Upper East Side location of healthy pizza joint Sl ... More >>

Second Branch of Dos Toros Opens on Carmine Street

​Notice the difference between this and the original place? If you're a fan of Dos Toros, like me, you'll be elated to hear that a new branch has appeared on Carmine Street in the West Village, not all that far from the original on the very short stretch of Fourth Avenue. If you're on a bike, ... More >>

Sietsema Judges Plethora of Pizzas at 900 Degrees; Shockey Spends Big at Bouley's Brushstroke

No, 900 Degrees isn't a new boyband; it's the Greenwich Village offshoot of a San Francisco pizzeria, where the Voice's Robert Sietsema was a bit overwhelmed by the six different categories of pizza, from the fantastic Naples pies to the "rib-sticking, but unremarkable" thick Sicilian pies to the gi ... More >>

Spasso Lets You Ciao Down

Some laid-back Italian charm eases into the West Village

Aki Goes Macrobiotic for Lunch

flickr/A Culinary (Photo) JournalHealth food never looked so good​West Village Japanese restaurant Aki (181 West 4th Street, 212-989-5440) has shifted its focus slightly and now offers macrobiotic fare come lunchtime. Japanese food is already considered to be relatively healthful, so why woul ... More >>

Flex Mussels Looking to Open More Locations. Prepare for a Bivalve Bonanza!

flickr/rdpeytonFlex those mussels​According to Crain's New York, Flex Mussels owners Alex, Bobby, and Laura Shapiro's bivalve business has done so well over the past three years since its opening, in addition to their Upper East Side and West Village digs, they're currently scouting for an Upp ... More >>

Why Pineapple is an Excellent Name for a Restaurant

​A pair of pineapples flank the stairway of a house on Charles Street, welcoming visitors. After seeing wrought iron pineapples all over the West Village and wondering what they meant, I decided to investigate.

Power Player-Filled Restaurant Is Actually Good

The Lion​Usually, joints that attract power brokers are awful, with lousy food and terrible service, because when you come down to it, people with power secretly love nothing more than to be humiliated. But The Lion, the cozy West Village eatery at 62 W. 9th Street, deserves to be the king of ... More >>

Caliu Thinks Small

Small plates, that is. A new West Village tapas bar.

Seeking Queries for Ask the Critics

chelle1miracle.blogspot.com​Fork in the Road is soliciting questions from our readers for our weekly Ask the Critics column. Wondering where to take your girlfriend on a cheap date or need recommendations for Italian restaurants in the West Village? Go ahead, ask us anything, and we'll have a ... More >>

Westville East Is Closed for Renovations, but Will Re-Open Jan. 3

​It's been a busy year in home improvements for Westville East, which sparked a bit of a neighborhood kerfuffle earlier this year with its application for a sidewalk café. The Avenue A restaurant has now turned its attentions inwards: according to signs posted in its papered-up windows, ... More >>

An Xmas Warning From Joe: The Art of Coffee

​Waverly Place, West Village, 11:35 am

TaïmMobile Will Hit the Road Nov. 29

​In just 11 days' time, the falafel faithful will have new reason to rejoice: That's when, should all go according to plan, TaïmMobile will take to the street. Grub Street brings word that the truck, the four-wheeled incarnation of the tiny West Village takeout counter, will be overseen b ... More >>

OliO Pizza e Più Opens Even Later, Gives Away a Pizza a Day for the Rest of 2010

Pizza till the wee hours.​Late-night revelers in the West Village will now be able to satisfy their craving for pizza until even later. OliO Pizza e Più is now open until 4 a.m. The newish Neapolitan-style pizzeria has also launched a new late-night menu, available every night from 11:30 p.m. ... More >>

Lowcountry to Add Fried Chicken and Football Dinners

​This Saturday, Lowcountry, the new Southern restaurant in the West Village, will start offering the requisite brunch, featuring a Kentucky hot brown and shrimp and grits with country ham and red eye gravy, among other dishes. More interesting, though, are the restaurant's new fried chicken a ... More >>

Certified Open: Bar Henry in the West Village

​Bar Henry (90 West Houston Street), the purported "American sister" of the West Village's Cafe Henri, opened last night. This wine-centric American bistro, housed in the space formerly occupied by Zinc Bar, is serving up Pat LaFrieda and Niman Ranch-sourced meats prepared by chefs Christian O ... More >>

Scaring Pigeons

Not your Friends' bistro anymore in the West Village

What a Dif’rence a Day Makes