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May 25, 2012
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 >>
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May 10, 2012
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 >>
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May 9, 2012
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:
Blogs
May 8, 2012
Where Am I Eating? Here's A Clue
Good tries so far, but I was not at Egg Williamsburg, Parish Hall, Buvette, Cafe Cluny, Cafe Colette, or Buttermilk Channel.
Blogs
May 5, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
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 >>
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 16, 2012
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 >>
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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]
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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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March 23, 2012
Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition
Uniting egg and eggplant, possibly for the first time -- the sabich sandwich at Taim Despite a plethora of overpriced and pretentious restaurants, the West Village is still one of the damned best places to eat in the city in nearly every price range. And here's the list to prove it. Note that ther ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
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.
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Fork in the Road's Favorite Breakfasts in New York City
WordRidden / FlickrIt'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 >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
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 >>
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November 2, 2011
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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October 26, 2011
Chick Corea
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 >>
Voice Choices
September 28, 2011
DEN OF SIN
Party like it's Seattle 1991
Blogs
September 26, 2011
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.
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September 2, 2011
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 >>
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August 18, 2011
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.
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August 15, 2011
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 >>
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August 12, 2011
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 >>
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July 25, 2011
Peeing Man Flees Police in Greenwich Village
viaFirst there was the East Village doorshitter, now the West Village has its very own excreting felon. The Daily News reports via video surveillance that the man -- described as a either black or Hispanic, 5 foot 8 inches and 20 to 25 years old -- was spotted undoing his belt and peeing or a ... More >>
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July 17, 2011
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 >>
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July 12, 2011
Was It Hot Enough to Fry an Egg?
A cast-iron skillet, a spatula, a pat of butter -- and an egg -- were the only experimental materials needed. With temps reaching up to 95 degrees today, the Food Science team at Fork in the Road set out to test the age-old assertion on the part of heat sufferers, "It's so hot out there you ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Wild Encounter With a Real NYC Zany
I was waiting for my order at a West Village felafel place the other night when a 30-ish woman in a brightly patterned minidress skipped in and screeched, "Hi!" I immediately thought "actress on an audition." "Can I have some felafel to go?" she boomed to the counter guy, who dutifully got ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
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 >>
Dining
May 18, 2011
Spasso Lets You Ciao Down
Some laid-back Italian charm eases into the West Village
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May 3, 2011
Aki Goes Macrobiotic for Lunch
flickr/A Culinary (Photo) JournalHealth food never looked so goodWest 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 >>
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April 29, 2011
Gay Bars' Patrons Targeted by Thug Robbers in West Village
Suspects in muggingsCops are looking for a team of thugs preying on men leaving gay bars in the West Village. The bad people have mugged and robbed at least five men in the past 2 and a half weeks, in the area of Seventh Avenue South and Christopher Street. The crew of scumbags may be as large a ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Flex Mussels Looking to Open More Locations. Prepare for a Bivalve Bonanza!
flickr/rdpeytonFlex those musselsAccording 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 >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
French Wine Bar Vin Sur Vingt Coming to the West Village
A new wine bar is coming to the West Village that promises to be the most authentic French bar à vin the city has yet seen, according to owner Sebastien Auvet's Facebook page.
Blogs
March 18, 2011
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.
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Ditch Plains Travels North to the Upper West Side
Ditch PlainsIf the continuing success of Luke's Lobster is any indication, inhabitants of the city's upper climes love consuming crustaceans in hot dog buns. And beginning today, they'll have even greater opportunity to do so.
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Power Player-Filled Restaurant Is Actually Good
The LionUsually, 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 >>
Blogs
January 23, 2011
Keith Olbermann, Thank You!
For more than six years, I was a regular on your show, and from the start I felt we had a way more comfortable rapport than, let's say, Spitzer and whatshername. As we chewed over topics from Tom Cruise's love life to Sarah Palin's family values and beyond, I'd say impishly outrageous things ... More >>
Dining
January 12, 2011
Caliu Thinks Small
Small plates, that is. A new West Village tapas bar.
Blogs
January 11, 2011
The Meatball Shop Sets Its Sights on the West Village
A couple of nights ago, in between making port toddies (hot toddies with port) and expounding upon their "secret to a great meatball" on Jimmy Fallon, the Meatball Shop's Michael Chernow and Daniel Holzman revealed that in addition to their upcoming location in Williamsburg, they're also planning ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Seeking Queries for Ask the Critics
chelle1miracle.blogspot.comFork 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 >>
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December 21, 2010
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 >>
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December 8, 2010
An Xmas Warning From Joe: The Art of Coffee
Waverly Place, West Village, 11:35 am
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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 >>
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November 18, 2010
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 >>
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October 27, 2010
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 >>
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October 22, 2010
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 >>
Dining
August 25, 2010
Aria, Pinkerton, and Enoteca on Court Bring Different Things to the Table
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 >>
Blogs
November 10, 2009
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 >>
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September 5, 2006
Scaring Pigeons
Not your Friends' bistro anymore in the West Village
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August 13, 2002
Schnitzel Watch
Not your Friends' bistro anymore in the West Village
Dining
March 7, 2000
What a Dif’rence a Day Makes
Not your Friends' bistro anymore in the West Village
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