Event – Mealku.com Friends & Family Brunch Sampler APR28

UPDATE: This event has now been pushed back to APR28.

Every attendee MUST bring a dish (that feeds 10+). Also if you want to bring a friend, they have to bring a dish too. Please do not mooch, as that will be a bad reflection upon us for inviting you. Mooching is not cool and you will be kicked to the curb. Thanks in advance. :) If interested, email us with the dish you will be bringing and we will reply with the time/location.

First Look: Social Eatz’ New Menu


With their 1 year Anniversary Party approaching, Social Eatz is having a ‘Thank You Party’ to give back to their fans on April 24. The new menu and decor sets the tone for more serious food, but it is intentionally anything but that. Continue reading

First Look – Atera

Credit proprietor Jodi Richard for hand-picking Chef Matt Lightner for Atera, the former the Compose space at 77 Worth St in TriBeCa. Even more props for convincing him to come to NYC from Portland. This guy is the real deal, having worked at the highly revered Mugaritz, and it shows. When it comes to textures, temperature, and technique, the execution is practically flawless. None of the food is coerced or phony. Even their butter is intentional. The flavors? Well, read on…

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Event – TAP-NY Taiwanese Night Market APR13 – we’ll be cooking!

Join I8NYC as we embark upon our first Tasting Table at the TAP-NY Taiwanese Night Market. For those of you who haven’t eaten at our i8 Supper Club, you can be sure we will be serving up something tasty and putting our own twist on a classic dish. See ya’ll there and don’t forget to follow us @i8and8.

Expected attendance will be 400-600 guests!

Buy your tickets here before they sell out!!!!

First Look: Ristorante Aglio

It’s not often you find a restaurant group that excels at what they do. Let’s face it: fusion makes cuisine that much harder to pull off. From the same peeps that brought Greenwich Grill and Sushi Azabu spawns Ristorante Aglio. Where? On 277 Church Street. Yes, you read right. On a street riddled with misses [ahem, Stuzzicheria, Da Mikele, Kori, Matsugen (R.I.P.)], the odds are highly stacked against them. Primarily known for car traffic vs pedestrian traffic, you have to give people a reason to walk this street. How does Aglio rank?

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First Look: Playground Authentic Thai Cuisine

The epitome of a good meal: How much your nose runs.— at Playground.

“The City That Never Sleeps” has one borough that is heads above the rest when it comes to Thai food: Queens. In a vicinity inundated with Thai establishments within a 5-10 mile radius, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. To be ‘made’, your food not only has to speak volumes, but also has to be price right. Upon a recommendation from a friend, we decided to take a gamble and pay Playground Thai a visit on a weeknight. Continue reading

Event – MiN NY presents: APHRODISIACS, LOVE POTIONS of MIXOLOGY & SCENTS JAN31

Join us in our flight of perfumes paired with bespoke elixirs designed by COCKTAIL ARCHITECT YUSEF AUSTIN.Our celebration of APHRODISIACS, LOVE POTIONS of MIXOLOGY & SCENTS will take place on Tuesday, January 31st from 7-9PM at the MiN New York Atelier 117 Crosby Street, New York NY 10012Very limited number of tickets are available for $85/person.

Special discount to our readers: RSVP to “Chad’s List” for $20 off

Phone: (212) 206-6366

Age Suitability: 21 and up

$85

 

First Look: Yorganic presents: “My Belly’s Playlist”

Wouldn’t it be refreshing to know that there was something new and inviting in the Downtown Manhattan food scene? Well we’re glad you asked. We were invited to partake in a sampling of new offerings by the owners of Yorganic, a health conscious place that offers a new line of sandwiches. Not quite sure what the tomorrow will bring but it looks promising, especially for Corporate catering. Their future looks bright since the flavors are major and the tweaks needed are minor, which we’re positive they will make. They currently do take-out and delivery only at their 2 current Yorganic locations.

With a paucity of good and atypical lunch options, we were quite eager to check out how creative the Chefs here could get. We could tell that much thought was put into the menu and what we sampled was anything but typical. “My Belly’s Playlist” is quite a catchy name, even though the menu format in which we sampled many new menu items will simply be a la carte offerings to the general public.

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The Top 10 Workout Songs For Winter 2012

With the cold Winter among us and parks closed, it’s easy to fall in a rut and hibernate. That’s where we come in. One can’t simply gorge without working off the calories right? Well, one can. One would just be a fat bastard, that’s all. Here’s some pump-you-up music to get you going… Continue reading

2011 RESTAURANTS – OUR GREATEST HITS/MISSES

After 1500+ check-ins in 2011, here is a compilation of Jeff’s most notable eats, both good and bad. Take note that the lists below are not necessarily new establishments, but ones we went to for the first time last year, aka newly visited. All price ranges were taken into consideration and the lists are sorted in alphabetical order for your viewing pleasure. We are hopeful that to avoid bad eats but we already kicked off 2012 with 5 misses in a row. Not promising but we are keeping our tongues brushed and fingers crossed. Here are the lists…

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Review – ACME Restaurant and Bar

No, this is not a review of Cajun food, Po’ Boys and/or Hush Puppies. Instead, we are focusing on the newly reopened ACME with San Pellegrino’s #1 Restaurant in the World, Noma Co-Founder Mads Refslund a the helm. For the 2 smart people that read this blog, you will recall that we did an article on Mads, deemed the ‘other’ Golden Child,  last year. In case you didn’t here’s the Recap: 2011 Omnivore Professional Master Classes. We were no less impressed with the food this time around. Since the demo, we have been longing to fly to Denmark, but work beckons. Luckily, Mads came to us, and in strong form. I mean, just look at that picture. Continue reading

2012 Winter Restaurant Week – Our Picks

Yes, it is that time again. This time 20 days of discounted menus for all you bargain hunters. Below are our recommendations which we hope will prove useful to you. Some restaurants did not post their RW menus, but such is life. Your mileage may vary in terms of Lunch/Dinner, so please check accordingly. We feel the selection is much thinner than years past, but I guess you can still save a bundle if hitting multiple venues. Oh yeah, don’t forget to redeem your $20 off by using your AMEX. You can register by clicking on the pic above. Feel like we left something out? Comment below.

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Event – CULTUREfix: Chi Modu “Hip Hop – The Defining Years” Opening Reception OCT28

Chi Modu “HIP HOP – THE DEFINING YEARS”


October 26th – November 6th
OPENING RECEPTION
October 28th 7pm- midnight

Industry veteran photographer Chi Modu will showcase some of his most significant and defining photographs of hip hop legends fromOctober 26th through November 6th at culturefix.

This exhibit will offer a collection of Chi’s most iconic portraits that made him one of the most celebrated photographers of the Hip Hop Golden Era. Modu will present some never published images of iconic artists to include The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, with whom Modu had developed strong professional relationships and friendships with. Future exhibits will take visitors into a photo chronicle of the travels that the Chi has been documenting for the last decade.

Born in Nigeria and raised in New Jersey, Modu’s passion for photography and hip hop landed him a position in the early nineties as Director Of Photography at the then prestigious and culture defining magazine The Source. During the years spent at The Source, Chi was responsible for shooting 30 of the most popular covers for the magazine. Thanks to his strong artistic sensibility he was also able to develop great relationships with some of the greatest artists of that era. As he was allowed into their world, Modu captured them in some of the most iconic “picture moments” in hip hop

Event – 3rd Annual NYC Bake-Off OCT16 – we’ll be judging there

It’s Back!

What: A bake-off where you pit your baking skills against others and the best amateur baker wins!

And since sharing is caring, once again there will be an ask for donations as part of The Great American Bake Sale to Share Our Strength (http://www.strength.org) – a national organization that works towards making sure that no child in this country ever needs to go hungry.

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