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Brooklyn Fare will have mo’ of everything: Moe

BY MICHELE HERMAN | One supermarket door closes and another opens. At the north end of the West Village, we have lost the Associated despite spirited protests. But at the southern end of the neighborhood, in the Archive Building, the new Brooklyn Fare has a firm opening date of July 22. I’m just back from read more here »

June 2, 20165 CommentsRead More

Salad days for new business in old Bleecker pharmacy spot

May 2, 2016 1 Comment

By Tequila Minsky | After its building was sold and the landlord tripled the rent, Avignone Chemists, a Village pharmacy with decades of history, shuttered its doors one year ago. All that remains of the former Bleecker St. pharmacy is the painted sign on the building’s wall facing Sixth Ave. What sort of place could possibly read more here »

‘Where’s your ticket?’ A prison of pastrami

March 3, 2016 No Comment

BY BETH KAISERMAN | Everything was planned out perfectly. My co-worker Rachel and I would eat a feast at Katz’s, down a couple beers and then head to my last day of work before I moved Upstate for a summer internship on a vegan farm. We were only a few stops away on the F train read more here »

The Meatpacking night of the breakfast battle

February 25, 2016 No Comment

BY BETH KAISERMAN | It’s Sunday morning, and the restaurant is quiet and calm. You turn on the ovens in a haze of bodega coffee and flashbacks of the 500 burgers you cooked the night before. It’s time to prep the kitchen for brunch service. The idea of a breakfast challenge may sound daunting to anyone read more here »

Bespoke Kitchen: Local food, expertly prepared

February 11, 2016 No Comment

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Are you a locavore? Would you love delicious food — locally sourced — and prepared by one of the city’s premier chefs? Do you maybe have some food allergies — let’s face it, who doesn’t nowadays? But most important, do you pine for fine cuisine, prepared in a style that’s not read more here »

Frankly, Supper is my fave

August 27, 2015 No Comment

BY NEELOU MALEKPOUR | Unofficially, Supper is the most successful member of Frank Prisinzano’s East Village Italian restaurant empire, and it’s the perfect date spot. This cash-only restaurant, at 156 Second St., is always packed and doesn’t accept reservations, but you can wait for your table at their bar next door. The extensive wine list trumps read more here »

Dirt Candy is beet, doesn’t live up to the hype

May 21, 2015 3 Comments

BY DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC | Expectations are funny. This thought kept running through my head while eating at Dirt Candy, which recently reopened in February in a larger space at 86 Allen St. I enlisted the help of two companions, my sister and a good friend, to dine with me after finally scoring a 5:30 p.m. read more here »

Vegan queen’s eatery empire has roots in Chelsea

October 9, 2014 No Comment

BY DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC | Pamela Elizabeth is one busy restaurateur. Last month alone, two new vegan restaurants — one fast-food and one an upscale sit-down — opened on the Upper West Side, expanding Elizabeth’s empire that began nine years ago in Chelsea. Elizabeth and her business partner, Ronen Seri, opened their first vegan eatery, read more here »

Blenheim is taking farm-fresh to the next level

August 28, 2014 2 Comments

BY HEATHER DUBIN | A rainy Tuesday night was no deterrent to diners last week at Blenheim, a new farm-to-table restaurant in the West Village. Located at W. 12th and Fourth Sts., it’s named after the owners’ 150-acre farm in the Catskills. Morten Sohlberg and Min Ye, the proprietors of Smorgas Chef, a Scandinavian restaurant chain, have turned one read more here »

Apartment 13 makes diners feel at home, offers discount

November 7, 2013 4 Comments

BY HEATHER DUBIN | John Keller and Lorrae Doig want you to feel at home in their restaurant. They even named it after their own apartment. Apartment 13, modern American cuisine with Japanese and Caribbean influences, opened in August on Avenue C near Eighth St. They hoped to open last November, but then the read more here »