Raving "Mad", Part One
MADISON SQUARE EATS (URBANSPACE) | Madison Square Park, NYC | urbanspacenyc.com/mad-sq-eats/
Gramercy/Flatiron
A Harding's Night
HARDING'S | 32 E 21st St. (bet. Park Ave. & Broadway) | 212.600.2105 | hardingsnyc.com
Loving Harding's
HARDING'S | 32 E 21st St. (bet. Park Ave. & Broadway) | 212.600.2105 | hardingsnyc.com
Sweet-aly
...The food Parthenon that is Eataly, divined by restauranteurs and celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich brings a spectacular culinary museum of Italian cuisine to the masses, who are literally and figuratively eating it up.... [Full post]
Union Squared
...Although I already knew what I wanted (and not being able to remember what Karie had recommended), I took a look at the huge, lit up menu as a formality, and then ordered the Pork Dog with Truffled Gruyére, and a Coconut Soda.... [cont.]
Fond of Defonte's
... No pimply-faced, faux slacker "sandwich artists" here; the real art obviously happens in the kitchen, and the proof is in the ingredients' presentation, and in the exquisite smell of the place: more like a kitchen and less like a store. They were even baking cookies from scratch during my visit!.... [Full post]
You Say, "Good Bao", I Say, "Hello!"
...Knowing full well I was going to check out this new place called Baoguette for lunch after the movie. Baoguette is the, I beleive, second endeavor of up-and-coming Vietnamese chef, Michael Bao Huynh, who also opened Bar Bao on West 82nd & Columbus. Baoguette has been getting a lot of press—in the food community—for its banh mí sandwich, having been touted as the best on many restaurant lists, food blogs, and menu search reviews. It's the new hot sandwich of the year, so I had to check it out!... [Full post]
Shacking Things Up
...So, it's not a debate of which burger is better. Sometimes—and thank goodness not often—, I'm really in the mood for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, and nothing else would make me happier. Most burgers I consume during a year I prepare and cook myself. Could you do a lot, lot worse than Shake Shack? Easily. Could you do better? Maybe, but you'd have to work to find it.... [Full Post]
