Snack Box & Nuchas in Times Square NYC
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. Now, wading through 700 million tourists can make us feel many different things, from irritation […]

A Midtown West Restaurant Near Emerald Green Apartments: Casa Nonna
Glenwood residents of Emerald Green looking for midtown west restaurants–and anyone who lives in, works near, or frequently passes through this somewhat culinarily-challenged stretch of Midtown West–just received some excellent pizza-related news. Less than a month ago the folks at ESquared Hospitality (whom New Yorkers know mostly for their first-rate BLT restaurants) brought their well-regarded […]

Totto Ramen: Among the Best Ramen in NYC
We're right in thick of ramen season here in New York City, a time of slush and sleet and snow when few foods sound as appealing as a big bowl of hot, hearty, noodle-y soup. Good to know, then, about Totto Ramen NYC, located on the western edge of Midtown, and an excellent workaday way […]

Foodparc NYC: Jeffrey Chodorow’s High-Tech “Food Hall”
Three's a trend? Foodparc NYC, Jeffrey Chodorow and Ed Schoenfeld's futuristic food court in northern Chelsea/southwest Midtown, joins the Plaza Food Hall (from Todd English) and the gigundo Eataly (from Mario Batalli) as 2010's most-likely-to-succeed multi-station restaurants with a high-end pedigree. But while Foodparc definitely shares some of the features of its food court counterparts–multiple, differently […]

Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts World NYC
Kellogg's Pop-Tarts World, which just opened on the heavily trafficked but somehow abandoned-feeling stretch of 42nd Street between Bryant Park and Times Square proper, is a loud, aggressively cheerful, crazily-lit, undisguised attempt by the makers of these iconic treats to scream about their brand for a bit and make a pile of money from visitors […]

Nanoosh NYC
Oh Nanoosh, you're such a tease.  When the first invitingly-designed space of what has become a humus-centric chainlet opened on the Upper West Side, we were more than a little excited. At the time, eating on Broadway in the 60s, 70s and 80s was pretty much like this: bad diner, boring salad/sandwich chain, bad pizza, […]

Ma Peche, aka Momofuku Midtown
We'd follow chefs David Chang, Christina Tosi and the rest of the Momofuku crew just about anywhere… even, as it turns out, to the lobby of a Midtown hotel. Yes, as we're sure you've heard by now, after opening FOUR game-changers in the East Village over the past six years–in order of appearance: Momofukus Noodle […]

Casellula Cheese and Wine Cafe
  At some point this holiday season–or any other season, really–you may find yourself, as we sometimes do, taking in some Times Square, Broadway theater, or Rockefeller Center-based entertainment. And when you do, you’ll need a place to eat. And if you’re in the mood to eat lots of good cheese dishes in NYC served […]

Kolache Mama in Midtown
 The Czech Pastry Kolache Comes to NYC  The Czech pastry kolache is an Eastern European street-food staple, but it would be a mistake to think of midtown’s newish Kolache Mama as a dour place to grab a quick bite. In fact, this may just be the perkiest, pinkest new fast food spot we’ve seen since […]

Golosi New York Gelato and Artisan Pizza in Midtown Manhattan
It’s sort of an odd spot, where the Roman-inspired Artisan Pizza and Gelato parlor set up shop last spring, on a non-descript block just south of Grand Central. Just the other day, we noticed that they opened a second location, at an equally unmemorable address in the east mid-30s. Sure, the lunchtime crowd is thick […]