Category Archives: NYC Dining

Tabata Noodle Ramen: First-Rate Asian Food in Midtown

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Glenwood

There's never a bad time to eat a big bowl of first-rate ramen as far as we're considered. Heck, one of our favorite ramen bowls last summer was at Midtown Manhattan's Totto Ramen, on one of those miserable muggy evenings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Midtown, NYC Dining | Tagged Asian Cuisine, Asian Food, Burmese Food, Midtown Manhattan, Midtown NYC, Midtown Restaurants, Ramen, Ramen Bowl, Ramen Restaurant, restaurant, Restaurants Near Port Authority, Tabata Noodle Ramen | Leave a comment

2 Reasons February is Amazing: Hot Chocolate Festival & National Pancake Month

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Glenwood

Even though it's so far been kind of a fake winter here in the big town (which, by the way, we'll gladly take over last year's epic frozen slog of a season), there are still plenty of reasons to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown, NYC Dining, Top Picks | Tagged City Bakery NYC, City Bakery NYC Menu, Clinton Street Baking Company, February Festivals, Festivals in February, Hot Chocolate Festival, Hot Chocolate Festival NYC, Lower East Side, National Pancake Month, New York, NYC, Pancake Festival, Pancake Mont | Leave a comment

Danny Meyer’s Blue Smoke BBQ NYC Opens in Battery Park City

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Glenwood

Restaurateur extraordinaire Danny Meyer has already conquered great swaths of our fair city: the Flatiron and Madison Square (Shake Shack, Blue Smoke BBQ, Eleven Madison Park); Union Square and Gramercy (Union Square Cafe and Maialino); the Whitney and the MoMA … Continue reading →

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Snack Box & Nuchas in Times Square NYC

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Glenwood

We don't pass through Times Square NYC very often, for obvious reasons, but every once in a while fate (or, more likely, out-of-town visitors) has a way of landing us smack in the middle of all of those crossroads-of-the-world hordes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Midtown, NYC Dining, Westside | Tagged Nuchas, Nuchas Times Square, NYC Times Square, Restaurants near Times Square NYC, Snack Box, Snack Box Times Square, Times Square NYC | Leave a comment

Fatty ‘Cue West Village: Better Than the Brooklyn Original?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Glenwood

Chef Zakary Pelaccio and his kitchens of mad-genius chefs have whipped up some of our favorite meals of the last few years: at the original Maylasian-y Fatty Crab on Hudson Street, and then the Upper West Side version of the … Continue reading →

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Chef Dave Martin’s Meatball Factory Vs. the Meatball Shop

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Glenwood

We've been fans of the Meatball Shop since it opened a few years ago on the Lower East Side, and have cheered on its subsequent expansion to both Williamsburg and the West Village. The more meatballs the merrier, as far … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown, NYC Dining | Tagged Chef Dave Martin, Dave Martin, Meatball Factory, Meatball Factory NYC, Meatball Shop NYC, Meatballs, The Meatball Shop | Leave a comment

Pub Food in New York: The Wren NYC on Bowery

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Glenwood

The stretch of Bowery from Houston to about West 4th needs a new, hip, casual, boozy restaurant like it needs a hole in its head (think: Peels, Hecho en Dumbo, DBGB, Pulinos, etc.). BUT if said (eating- and watering-) hole … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown, NYC Dining | Tagged Bowery, Good pub food, Pub food, pub food menu, The Wren, The Wren NYC | Leave a comment

Torrisi Italian Specialties’ Downtown Restaurant: Parm NYC

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Glenwood

One of our favorite meals of 2010 was the mega-course miracle at Torrisi Italian Specialties on Mulberry Street, a feast of old school dishes given the exact-right update, or twist. The opportunity to indulge in a Torrisi binge hasn't presented … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown, NYC Dining | Tagged Downtown restaurant, Parm NYC, Torrisi Italian Specialties, Torrisi NYC, Torrisi Parm, Torrisi restaurant NYC | Leave a comment

Dos Toros Taqueria & Toloache: NYC’s new Upper East Side Mexican Spot

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Glenwood

Two of our favorite Mexican spots in New York City, Toloache and Dos Toros–both very different; both very good–opened up new locations on the Upper East Side this fall, and we couldn't be more excited about having our periodic taco … Continue reading →

Posted in NYC Dining, Upper East Side | Tagged best of nyc, dos toros, dos toros menu, dos toros nyc, dos toros taqueria, toloache new york, toloache nyc, toloache restaurant, upper east side, upper east side new york | Leave a comment

Schnipper’s on 23rd Street: NYC Flatiron District’s solid quick-bite option

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Glenwood

If you're like us, it'll to happen sooner rather than later: you're walking around in the vicinity of the beautiful Flatiron District, hanging in lovely Madison Square Park, shopping along that stretch of stores on lower Fifth Avenue (or at the … Continue reading →

Posted in NYC Dining, Westside | Tagged flatiron district, flatiron district restaurants, flatiron new york, flatiron nyc, schnipper's quality kitchen, schnippers, schnippers new york, schnippers ny, schnippers nyc | Leave a comment