Category Archives: Food
Cheese in the Big Apple
Beecher’s on Broadway and east 20th is well placed as a stopover for decent coffee and one of their delicious cheese and fig grilled sandwiches. But on Saturday there was another bonus, Sean & I were loitering over a second … Continue reading
Bavarian bakery
Diners are a classic American institution that have been gradually disappearing in NYC. The all day menus of everything meant you could have burgers at 10am or bacon & eggs at 3pm, reflecting the non-stop, around the clock activity of … Continue reading
Manhattan Special in Brooklyn
Brooklyn has a completely different atmosphere than Manhattan, it’s more laid back, suburban even, without the intensity and energetic evolution of the city. So last week when we explored the old Italian neighborhood around Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill we … Continue reading
San Gennaro and Joey
The San Gennaro Festival is currently being celebrated in Little Italy, and after years of avoiding rather than indulging in the tourist packed festivities, this week I found the big heart of Little Italy still thrives with la dolce vita. … Continue reading
Red Rooster
There is a swish new destination in NYC where you don’t want to get caught in your jeans. Unlike so many restaurants and bars in this city where anything goes, Red Rooster is a place you want to fluff your … Continue reading
Courting at the Plaza
From the dim dark ages of my youth, I have vivid memories of visiting the Harrod’s Food Hall at Christmas time and feeling like I was in a dream. There were full feathered pheasants hanging in rows with geese and … Continue reading
River Park Restaurant
Bellevue Hospital is probably the most well known medical center in NYC. Spread over the upper 20’s on the east side, it has always been the first port of call if a visiting president is shot, an inmate of Riker’s … Continue reading
tout va bien!
The storming of the Bastille had nothing on the storming of 60th Street today as hundreds of people gathered to celebrate French Independence Day. Between Fifth and Park Avenues, 60th street was wall-to-wall macaroons, pastries and highly accented goodies. My … Continue reading
Little Brown
If you needed a reason to be an uptown girl, Little Brown is it. On 85th and Lexington the bald man has opened a fabulous new cafe / bakery in the family tradition of rich quality chocolate. Little Brown is … Continue reading
Vegan vittles
The dearth of food trucks this summer in NYC show that all things organic and alternative are zooming in popularity. Wishing to expand my familiarity with the genres, I jumped at an invitation to attend a Vegan event in Soho. … Continue reading
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