Outer Boroughs

What do you think about this? Safety first, right? How are you dealing with the new vaccination mandates spreading across the country?

We are seeking a bakery or market that prepares a delish celebratory Bouche de Noel in the greater Westchester area. Fresh as possible, of course. Anyone try the Bouche sold at La Renaissance Patis...

Whether you've been naughty or nice, it's time to gather with friends and family and enjoy the Holiday Season. What are your favorite venues for dining & cocktails this time of the year? Places tha...

Does anybody know where I can find frisee in or near NYC. My traditional Christmas Eve dinner is French Onion Soup w/ Frisee salad, but last year it was impossible to find frisee anywhere. ...

Is there/was there a restaurant in Brooklyn named Seniors?

Hanukkah, the 'Festival of Lights', is coming up fast. What traditional dishes are your family favorites? Which markets/stores offer the best variety of ingredients? Do you cook it up at home, or d...

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

This evening I've spent a few hours on my social media feeds following the pain and the protests raging across our country. This tweet from Ijeoma Oluo struck a chord, "White people: whatever o...

Does any other c'hound from the boomer generation remember the hamburger place on 73rd avenue in Bayside that served burgers and fries at a counter ringed by a model railroad track? They sent your...

by Melanie Wong 3 months ago

Should you need more reasons to despise DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, here are a couple more: "...as I began to probe the history of the delivery-app sector, the thirty-per-cent commission re...

by Jim Leff 5 years ago

Legend of Taste 2002 Utopia Pkwy, Whitestone, Queens 718-423-4888 http://legendoftasteny.com Good photos on Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/legend-of-taste-whitestone Not even close. This i...

With the High Holidays approaching, we had a yen for some good old-fashioned Jewish deli and a visit to Ben's on Central Park Ave. in Scarsdale satiated our most recent cravings. This is the food t...

I have noticed it more and more. Restaurants are posting up to a 3% processing fee to your final bill. I guess its an effort to defray some of the loss eateries incur to credit card companies. They...

by jen kalb 9 months ago

Its pretty amazing to eat Burmese food in ones own neighborhood. Finally COVID and all we made it over to this newcomer at Prospect and Classon Aves which presents its dishes with style and a menu...

I have been clued out of the food scene for the past 10 years, and now have a week to explore. What are the tastiest items (good enough for a top 10 list) that people have eaten in the 5 NYC boroug...

We came to NY in late June for a week to see friends, family and have some good food and I thought worth putting together a little write-up. The highlights were the two Mexican spots we went to,...

It's back and apparently bigger than ever. New York City Restaurant Week has expanded and now boasts more than 500 participating eateries in all 5 boroughs. Prices: lunch, $21; dinner, $39; and wha...

In the 80s and 90s I used to go to an awesome pizzeria in downtown Brooklyn across from Albee Square Mall. The only sign I remember was "PIZZA". I heard they moved or ‘closed’ due to high rental re...

I’m finally set to do this next week, after wanting to do it for years - only to learn that Golden shopping mall is closed. Did Tianjin relocate? Or Lao Wang Ji? I know there’s White Bear, and Xi’...

Has anyone seen fresh huitlacoche (also spelled cuitlacoche, and also known as corn smut), the blue fungus that grows on fresh corn, in stores or farmers markets in NYC? It's on a number of menus ...