Brooklyn

Hi! When I was in Montreal, I found a great number of restaurants with open kitchens. I loved sitting up at a bar watching the chefs at work. Now that I am back in NYC, however, I find them few a...

by jen kalb 21 days ago

Had a lovely brief visit this morning to this under-appreciated Italian market, though David Lebowitz did write about his visit earlier this year. They are getting stocked up for the holidays with ...

The title really says it all. A friend spoke fondly of this cake at Thanksgiving. I am familiar with Brooklyn Blackout Cake, but had not heard of Kiwanis Cake. A google search confirmed there is...

The last 20 Thai restaurants in Brooklyn I have visited or ordered from have all been mediocre, Americanized, overpriced, bland Thai food. There are couple of half-decent places (Sky Ice in Park S...

Hi! I have some time off and want to go and explore Chinatown in Sunset Park and Flushing, NY. I know dim sum is usually a family style meal, but if I were to eat solo, where would be the best ...

Hi all - we are coming to visit NYC this weekend and have tickets to a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Can you suggest restaurants/bars nearby for before/after the show? Thank you!

Hi. Does anyone know where to find these in Brooklyn?

by thegforceny 2 months ago

But still no credit cards. Baby steps into 2020...

by Tapas52 4 years ago

Anyone have a picture of Hy Tulip Jewish Deli in Brooklyn 86th St? I need it badly for a report...it was years back 60's, 70's etc.. Thanx in advance......if so please post it her.... thank ...

Dropped into Difara yesterday at 1 p.m. and there was nobody there. Not a single customer. Dom was out, his son doing the cooking. We had a square with charred tomato and onion and a round with sa...

I am pretty obsessed with tripe in all its forms but I have not been too lucky lately with where I get my tripe. The best has been Raku in the East Village, the tripe at Via Carota wasnt half bad e...

by thegforceny 4 months ago

Via Gothamist:

DH and I will be visiting Manhattan (staying in the Upper West Side) and Brooklyn over Memorial Day weekend. We like to find restaurants using the Calvin Trillin method (i.e. asking a local "if you...

Hi! Having moved from the UK to New York, I have pretty high standards when it comes to any North Indian food. With the exception of Punjabi Deli in the East Village, I have yet to find a good ...

Hi there, I was wondering if there are any restaurants in the NYC area that specialize in the food of the Ilocano region of the Philippines? (It does not have to be exclusive but if i can find ...

Where can I get good donuts that aren't Dunkin' or hipster? (Look, I enjoy hipster donuts as much as the next person, but sometimes you just want a normal donut.) I would particularly die if I foun...

Does anyone out there know when this wonderful traditional "old fashioned" Cantonese restaurant closed? And, did they, perhaps move from their location at 6504 Bay Parkway to another spot in the n...

I grew up in Midwood and every Sunday for a dozen years would stop at Butterbun's Bakery on Nostrand Avenue. I could never get enough of their seven layer cake and eventually they closed and when I...