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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2013

    Trending: Banana Cocktails to Drink Right Now

    When we spotted the rhubarb banana daiquiri on the list at ABC Cocina, we joked that we "don't often see banana in drinks that aren't smoothies." In our interview with beverage manager Ann Marie De Bello this morning, we learned that she added the creative concoction to mirror the bananas on the foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2013

    FiTR's NYC Neighborhood Dining Guide

    On the Upper East Side, where can you drink a digestif out of this crazy glass, which seems bent on demonstrating a scientific principle? Four years ago Fork in the Road inaugurated the Our 10 Best guides, and we've never looked back. They've proved so popular that readers have asked for some sort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2013

    Cull & Pistol Opens in Chelsea Market; MP Taverna Hits Astoria

    Michael Psilakis opened the latest version of MP Taverna in Astoria on Monday. Other outposts of the Greek restaurant have become popular in Roslyn, Long Island, and Irvington, N.Y. Psilakis told Flo Fab that lamb dumplings, a favorite from his original restaurants, and a Greek paella with seafood a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2013

    Andrew Carmellini's Lafayette Opened on Monday

    Andrew Carmellini's new French restaurant, Lafayette, opened on Monday. He tweeted that the bakery opened at noon and dinner service was available at 5:30. Carmellini joined forces with his partners from Locanda Verde and the Dutch, Josh Pickard and Luke Ostrom, to run the bistro. Chef Damon Wise cr ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 3, 2013

    Cata's Rustic Spanish Flavors Are Spot-on

    Excellent tapas on Bowery

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2013

    Big Gay Ice Cream Launches New Soft-Serve This Friday

    Doug Quint road tests the old chocolate mix (left) against the new (right). When Doug Quint of Big Gay Ice Cream started selling his enhanced soft-serve from a Mister Softee-type truck back in 2009, he was constrained to use a commercial ice cream mix provided by a local manufacturer, which came i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2013

    Kirschen-Clark's Painterly New Food at Café Cluny

    Heirloom beet salad -- Bartlett pear, arugula, ricotta, walnuts First cutting his eye teeth at Jimmy's No. 43, playing a pair of hot plates like a DJ, chef Philip Kirschen-Clark bounced around trying to find a new place that was a good fit. Most recently, he developed a menu at Vandaag representin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2013

    Setback for Spectra Pipeline Opponents as State Judge Throws Out Lawsuit

    The juggernaut that is the NJ-NY Expansion Project, familiarly known as the Spectra Pipeline, has crushed another obstacle, bringing the operation of a 30-inch-diameter transmission line full of highly-pressurized explosive natural gas in the heart of the West Village one step closer to reality. Op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    Say Goodbye to Rub BBQ, Brown Cafe, and Suzie's

    Rub BBQ on 23rd Street shut its doors after eight years. Dec. 31 was its last day and owner Andrew Fischel posted on Facebook, "The universe has spoken and we must abide." This is after the restaurant survived Hurricane Sandy and a stolen Hummer that crashed into its facade. 208 W. 23rd St.

  • Dining

    November 21, 2012

    How Good Are Brooklyn's Japanese Noodle Spots?

    The ramen ride

  • News

    October 31, 2012

    The West Village, Hurricane Edition

    A nabe's unwanted new waterfront views

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2012

    Sandy: A Storm Diary, Updated Mid-Storm

    Perhaps because the waterway is at low tide, the barriers to the Hudson River Park have been removed. Here storm watchers gather on the Christopher Street pier. Despite promises to the contrary in many cases, 95% of the restaurants in the West Village are now closed. Those that remain open, like T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2012

    Spectra Pipeline Construction Halted By Activist

    Construction on a pipeline that will bring fracked natural gas under the Hudson and into the West Village was halted for two hours Wednesday when George Pingeon, a member of the opposition group Occupy the Pipeline, chained himself to a backhoe on the construction site. Opponents have been fighting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2012

    See How Much Your Favorite James Bond Drinks, Kills, and Hooks Up

    The Economist has composed a chart of James Bond's alcohol consumption in relation to his take-downs and hook-ups. [See More Drink Up: 5 Great Sodas in NYC | 5 Best West Village Wine Bars | The 10 Best Draft-Beer Bars in New York]

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    5 Great Sodas in NYC

    Now that the days of dropping five bucks on a jumbo, movie theater Coke will be going the way of smoking in bars, New Yorkers might want to consider a carbonation contingency plan. Despite Mayor Bloomberg's approved soda ban, plenty of NYC restaurants are crafting their own sodas in-house. Although ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    Homophobic Fatso Sought In West Village McDonald's Slicing

    Cops are looking for a homophobic fatso who slashed a gay guy with a razor blade at a West Village McDonald's earlier this week. But that was only after making homophobic comments to the man.The NYPD released photos of the 350-plus-pound man this morning. He's huge.According to authorities, about 7 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    Robert Sietsema At Tacos Cachanilla; Tejal Rao At Neta

    Robert Sietsema visits Tacos Cachanilla, one of the city's most evolved taquerias: "Relatively new to New York, these 'market tacos' are fabricated from giant flatbreads too big to be called tortillas. Also within find yellow rice, fried chile strips, onions cooked to softness, and--brace yourself-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2012

    Drag Club Is Moving Uptown

    The long-running Lucky Cheng's has found that it's getting harder and harder to get the tourists to come to its East Village locale, so, as you may have heard, it's moving on up. Just like Lips did; three years ago, that drag boite went from the West Village to the East 50s, where it's apparently e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2012

    Robert Sietsema at Rosemary's; Tejal Rao at Hillside

    See what NYC's restaurant critics have been up to this week: Robert Sietsema files a piece on Rosemary's in the West Village. He compares the restaurant's recipes to that of Italian pasta guru Alfredo Viazzi: "While one is often well-advised not to stray into secondi in Tuscan-style restaurants bec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    New Review: Landbrot

    For this week's review, I visited Landbrot in the West Village (the opening of a sister location in the Lower East Side had been delayed several times over the last few months, but it finally opened this past weekend).

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2012

    The City's Weirdest Frozen Treat? Salted Licorice Pops

    Glistening seductively, the salted licorice frozen pop from Sockerbit If you thought licorice, salt, and dairy products could never occupy the same gastro-space, consider the frozen ice-milk pop flavored with salted licorice recently made available at Sockerbit, for around $4.

  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

    Sex writing done right

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    A Plethora of Bread at Landbrot

    At Landbrot, a German bakery and café that opened yesterday in the West Village (137 7th Ave. South), you'll find an entire wall covered with loaves of bread and stands full of pretzels on the front counter.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Australia Day: Where to Party

    ​Today is Australia Day. The day when our buddies down under get off of work in order to eat, drink, and attend public celebrations like concerts and festivals. Unfortunately, unlike, Cinco de Mayo or Bastille Day, it's a holiday that Americans rarely piggy-back on turning a traditional soiree int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Chilaquiles Migrate North to New York Menus

    Lauren BloombergDon't you want to bathe in El Parador's cheesy crock of chilaquiles?​Belgium boasts its waffles. Japan's sushi customs have spread the world over, and French fries are in every happy meal across the globe. So, what foodstuff to we credit Mexico with exporting? You could say it's ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Robert Sietsema at Banana Leaf

    Going bananas for Malay plates​This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples screwpine at Banana Leaf, Sunset Park's new Malaysian outpost. Slurp the super-sour asam laksa for a true sense of the archipelago's aromas. Eric Asimov savors Sushi Yasuda. His verdict: Even with the departure of ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 9, 2011

    RedFarm: Dim Sum and Then Some

    Find your fancy Chinese food in the West Village

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    "Twin Towers" on Sixth Avenue About a Mile Apart

    Steven Thrasher​Yesterday, we wrote about how from the middle of Sixth Avenue in the West Village, you can get a view that is eerily reminiscent of what the Twin Towers looked like from the same spot a decade ago. The optical illusion is created by the pairing of the Trump SoHo Tower and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Michael Chernow Reveals His Favorite Recipes From The Meatball Shop Cookbook

    Photo courtesy Michael ChernowMichael Chernow makes a mean meatball​Michael Chernow is one half of the duo behind the wildly successful Meatball Shop, located on the Lower East Side. This past summer saw the opening of the shop's Williamsburg branch, and now Chernow has co-written The Meatbal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    What's a Brunch Restaurant with Non-Boring Brunch Food?

    Monica P. asks: Brunch is by far my favorite meal, but I always seem to end up at restaurants that have the same brunch menu, like eggs Benedict, eggs Florentine, buttermilk pancakes, and mimosas. I'm looking for an awesome brunch spot that offers something different. Any ideas? Dear Monica: When ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 5, 2011

    Rosarito Fish Shack: Ayup, It's a Seafood Shack

    Williamsburg gets a taste of life on the ocean

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Ask the Critics: The Sweet Spot

    Calvin Godfrey​ Everyone I Know asks: Do you know where I can the find a restaurant that serves inventive, exceptionally prepared food at dirt-cheap prices with a fun atmosphere and plentiful booze? Dear Everyone I Know: I am not a magician. I cannot conjure up a restaurant with the food of P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Robert Sietsema at Birreria; Lauren Shockey at Left Bank

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema ascends to the summit of Eataly, to Birreria, where "the food is superb." Lauren Shockey is not so impressed by Left Bank: "Although the food and exceptionally friendly service more than pass muster, the culinary creativity is, well, lacking." Sam Sifton, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Dish No. 56: Beans, Pecorino, & Good Olive Oil at Left Bank

    Lauren ShockeyA side of deliciousness at Left Bank​ We're not generally fans of ordering sides when frequenting restaurants since they usually end up being a rip-off, like $9 for a single chopped potato that costs, oh, 10 cents. But a recent visit to West Village newcomer Left Bank convinced ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 13, 2011

    Jones Wood Foundry Puts Some English On It

    Bubble and squeak your way through a new Yorkville gastropub

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    This Week in the Voice: The Queer Issue

    ​It's the Queer Issue! This week in the Voice, Steven Thrasher takes a look at the complicated relationship between members of Bronx Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz Sr.'s family when it comes to gay rights. Senior is staunchly anti-gay marriage; his son, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    The East Village Is NYC's Most Popular 'Date Spot'

    ​HowAboutWe, the online dating site based on what you want to do -- how about we wake up early and blog together? -- has pulled together information from the more than 100,000 dates posted on its site to determine the neighborhoods New Yorkers most frequently pick as date spots (at least, acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    A Clip Of Young Vin Diesel Rapping (Or Trying To) Over Arthur Russell's Beats Has Surfaced

    Back in the '80s, New York's downtown brought together lots of people, and, well, let's just let the official description of the file take over here: "Fragments of an aborted recording session at Battery Sound NYC in 1986 which brought together fledgling rapper Mark Sinclair--today better known as ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 20, 2011

    Buvette in the West Village--Wave Hello to Franco Boho

    Jody Williams tries a 'gastroteque'—whatever that is

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    This Week in the Voice: The Life and Times of a Craigslist Heroin Dealer

    ​This week in the Voice, David Shapiro and Runnin' Scared's own Joe Coscarelli shadow "Kai," an internet-age heroin dealer who pushes smack on Craigslist. He's not your average dealer; a graduate of "an elite private university in Boston," Kai impatiently paces throughout Manhattan, waiting fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Suspect in West Village Stabbing ID'd by Cops

    Suspect in stabbing​Cops have identified the man they say is suspected of stabbing a 23-year-old man in the wee hours of March 27 around the area of 256 West Fourth Street in the West Village. The victim's name hasn't been released; at last report, he was in critical condition. The suspect, cops s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Where Was I Eating? Il Cantuccio

    Lauren ShockeyWhat to feed the Italian Cookie Monster​Fork in the Road Readers have eagle eyes, for sure. We were eating apricot cantucci at Il Cantuccio, the charming West Village Italian pastry shop.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2011

    Brooklyn Building Suffers Heavy Fire Damage; More Than 180 Dead In Libya Protests (Sunday Links)

    via Gothamist/AP​A six-story residential building in Flatbush was partially destroyed by a fire last night. Over 70 people now have to seek housing elsewhere, and two dozen were injured (minor injuries mostly). It took firefighters more than four hours to control the blaze because of last night's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Fatty Foods Can Make You Depressed; Veselka Kiosk at First & First Could Close

    ​A new study shows that people who eat more trans fats from cheese, milk, or processed foods may have a 48 percent increased risk of depression. [Bloomberg] McDonald's Hamburger University, on the outskirts of Shanghai in China, can be harder to get into than Harvard. [Bloomberg] The Veselka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to 61 Local, Goodbye to The City Grill

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. La Taqueria in Park Slope has closed completely after downsizing from sit-down restaurant to takeout joint in October. [Eater] East Village vegan café the Little Bird appears to be closed and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    West Village Restaurants Largely Dug Out and Accessible, But Can Employees Make It Into Work?

    ​Magnolia Bakery's walks were shoveled, but a shortage of workers kept the place closed. For restaurants in the West Village, digging out from the reported 20 inches of snow last night -- still blowing and drifting in a harsh wind gusting up to 40 mph -- opening the premises to foot traffic w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at Harold Dieterle's Kin Shop

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema approves of Kin Shop: "When [Harold Dieterle] debuted Perilla in 2007, it wasn't a marquee assignment, but a small West Village bistro that gradually attracted a fervent following. Now, after a measured period of time, he's opened a second place a few blocks d ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 10, 2005

    Nudies

    New Clinton Street trattoria kicks the Spotted Pig's ass

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