Minetta Tavern’s Black Label Burger
It was my birthday yesterday and my friends were asking what I was going to do early in the week. I did mention that it'd be fun having a Ronald McDonald birthday, but more just hanging out with him rather than...
Papacitos’ Chile Relleno Burrito
Eat this! A chile relleno stuffed in a burrito ($12) at the recently expanded Papacitos in Greenpoint. Dowse it with their homemade rojo or verde hot sauces, it's frickin awesome.
Note that I had just come f...
Shopsin’s / Free Emporium & Gift Exchange
Had lunch with Matt and Erica at Shopsin's in the Essex Street Market. I've heard and read the crazy stories about this place. People getting cussed or kicked out for having more than four people or asking too ...
Roberta’s Pizza
Braved the cold with Ashley to have pizza at Roberta's in Bushwick. Walking from the train, you wonder if you are going the right way. But maybe one reason is I was trying to tell a story about how I'd imagine ...
Tibetan Kitchen’s Sha Momo Dumplings
I wanted to like a place called Tibetan Kitchen. When I entered the empty restaurant during lunch time, I pointed to where I wanted to sit near the window. Somehow the waitress led me to another table. I ordere...
Famous Sichuan / Quickly / Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
A Yoshie/Ramen & Friends get-together at Famous Sichuan, the place across the street from the people waiting outside to get into Joe's Shanghai. We did it up family style. I got to eat the tail from the Cam...
No.1 Ice Cream / H858 Corp Handpulled Noodles
On a whim, I headed out with Jimmy to Sunset Park to go karaoke with his friends. We stopped over at No.1 Ice Cream because I liked the name. We chatted up the ice cream chef. Turns out she makes the ice cream ...
Westville East
Went to see my old friend, Andrea's film "I Remember Andrea" --a documentary of how she hired a stripper to impersonate her at her 10th year high school reunion. There was a lot of press a few months ago - Good...