El Quinto Pino

The El Quinto Pino in the Chelsea district of New York offers the city’s countless tapas bar imitators a lesson in authenticity. A tiny place with a high ceiling and hardly any width at all, it has no tables, it takes no reservations, you won’t find Sangria amongst its cocktails list, and the menu doesn’t [...]

Totale Pizza

There’s no need for us to get into the discussion, “Is Pizza America’s national food or not.” We are sure to gather overwhelming votes that will amount to a resounding “Yes.” And, when it comes to great pizzas New York does prove to be a strong contender by offering some jewels of its own that [...]

Hill Country Restaurant

New York is a ruthlessly competitive space for restaurants, but there aren’t many that transplant the very atmosphere and feel of another city right in the midst of the Big Apple. The Hill Country Restaurant is one such, and those familiar with the culture of this sprawling country won’t need to guess that ‘Hill Country’ [...]

Upcoming Food Events in New York City

There’s a whole lot of excitement happening this week and for all of you out there who live to eat, glue your eyes to this article and get all the essential information. On Thursday, August 5, head towards the Brooklyn Kitchen Labs (100 Frost St, between Leonard St and Meeker Ave, 718-349-5032) to participate in [...]

Best Coffeehouses in NYC – II

So, picking up from where we left off, it’s time to continue the “cafelicious” journey we started yesterday. Gimme! Coffee (228 Mott St between Prince and Spring Sts; 212-226-401) Gimme! has been hailed by coffee enthusiasts as among the best coffee places in NYC. Apart from its location in Little Italy it also has an [...]

Best Coffeehouses in NYC – I

Wikipedia describes Coffee as “a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant.” So technically right and so very boring! For us, coffee is a drink that aids conversations, that stimulates the mind for a long day of work and relaxes it when the day gets over. Coffee is [...]

Oceana Restaurant

The much acclaimed Oceana Restaurant has moved to its new location at 1221 Sixth Ave., just west of the Rockefeller Center. To compare the old Oceana with this newer version would be like comparing a vintage ship to a top of the line, state of the art modern cruise vessel. Each is appealing in its [...]

The Cheapest Pizza Places in NYC

Did you know that Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza each second? If you total that up, it comes to about hundred acres of pizza every day! In the US, there are more than 60,000 pizza parlors selling close to 3 billion pizzas every year, not to mention the additional one billion frozen pizzas [...]

Best Hot Dogs in New York

Hot dogs go by various names, which are probably as popular as the fast food itself. Whatever you may call them, frankfurters, franks, floaters, wieners, weenies, or tube steaks; we would prefer to call them the staple food for New Yorkers. They double up as snacks or full blown meals, depending on what your perspective [...]

Best Bagels in New York

It is no secret that the favorite delicatessen food of New Yorkers is the oh-so-delicious and chewy bagel. At one point of time bagels was considered to be bland and uninspiring breakfast food that was made somewhat palatable by the addition of cream cheese and lox. Today, walk into any bagel shop and you are [...]