Food

You may have noticed Desserts NYC, the year-old bakery at 155 East Broadway, has been closed of late. Yesterday the shop's owner, Mary Fitzgerald, posted the following message on Facebook: As you might have noticed, we have closed. We appreciate...

Wanna work at "Sons of Essex," the soon-to-open successor to Mason Dixon?  There's an open call for all positions Saturday afternoon.  The interviews will take place from 2-4 p.m. at the restaurant, 133 Essex Street.  By the way, the...

Each month, on the second Wednesday, we post a report of restaurants in the 10002 ZIP code that scored 28 points or more--the equivalent of a "C" grade--on their health department inspections the previous month. We also call out...

The first cool nights are upon us, meaning  rose season is over. That’s fine by me, as my rose of choice this year, Massaya, from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, sold out its entire bottling weeks ago. What to...

Today's Lower East Side food news: Mathieu Palombino talks to the Village Voice about his new restaurant, the Bowery Diner. It will feature a very diverse menu, including smoked meats and (of course) an oyster bar. The place should open...

Like many New Yorkers, I take pride in having a list of  "off the beaten track" food establishments I hit on a regular basis. This is practically a cliché: it seems like every old schooler knows where to find ...

As you have probably heard, farms in upstate New York and New England took a beating from Hurricane Irene.  Saxelby Cheesmongers in the Essex Street Market is doing its part to help. Here's the blurb from their web site: Saxelby...

Today's Lower East Side food news: Eater brings news of a Saturday night "mishap" at Sorella. Apparently someone dropped a bottle of Coors Light (this is not a joke) onto the glass ceiling in the dining room, forcing the room...

The Hester Street Fair is saying so long to summer this weekend with a special "kids day." Take a look at the menu after the jump. Spatzis:  Fruit & Nut Mixes for Lunch Boxes with Little Baby Bird Spatzis Brown...

Today's neighborhood food news: Sam Sifton says 456 Shanghai Cuisine  "is both the simplest and most marvelous of discoveries in a city that undergoes constant change: a Chinatown restaurant of the old school and new generation, a taste of the...