Finding a reasonably quick and not too expensive place to eat before a show on Broadway can be tricky. Several years ago, I found Schnipper’s. It’s fast food where everythig is made to order, so not so fast. I found it during a taping of “Beat Bobby Flay”, where Bobby was making his own spicy […]
Last weekend, we went to a movie in my old neighborhood of Midwood. With little time and nothing much open in the area on a Saturday, we headed to the pizza place I had my first slice at. Ground zero for my lifelong love of pizza, DiFara. I know much has been written about this […]
After a rough morning, we needed a place for Mexican food in south Brooklyn and found Taqueria Talavera in Bay Ridge. It’s a bright, colorful space on Bay Ridge Parkway, just a couple of blocks from the New Utrecht subway stop. We showed up on the later side of lunch, around 2:30pm, and were seated […]
For my first birthday dinner of the year, mom took me to L’Incontro by Rocco on the Upper East Side — a lovely Italian spot in my old neighborhood. After zero wait, we were led to a table in the back of the very crowded restaurant. Our appetizer was the calamari, and this was one […]
For Father’s Day dinner, we headed to one of my favorite Italian restaurants in Brooklyn: Randazzo’s in Sheepshead Bay. Randazzo’s has been serving seafood covered in their signature marinara sauce for four generations, and they are consistently wonderful. Even Anthony Bourdain professed his love for the place on the last episode of “No Reservations.” What […]
Growing up in Brooklyn, I knew of Bay Ridge — that neighborhood in the far southwestern corner of the borough, made famous by “Saturday Night Fever.” We’d shop at the Korvette’s on Bay Parkway and think that was all Bay Ridge had to offer. Oh, were we ignorant. Last week I read about the Bay […]
Katz’s Delicatessen is famous for its massive, hand-carved pastrami sandwiches, its enduring legacy as New York’s oldest operating deli (established 1888), and its iconic feature in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.
Well, this post is gonna change in tone from the one I’d planned. So, to start, I found this marvelous little Southeast Asian food hall in midtown, about 1/2 block from Radio City, called Urban Hawker. Stall after stall of wonderful foods and drinks at reasonable prices. We stopped by last weekend before seeing a […]
After seeing a play recently, we were looking for a spot to eat a late-ish dinner in Hell’s Kitchen that we hadn’t tried before. We’ve passed Lovely’s Old Fashioned many times, and that night was the night to try it. It’s a small place with a counter and a brisk to-go business. Walking inside, the […]
Last night was a family celebration, so it was back to L&B Spumoni Gardens and this time for something more than just pizza, don’t worry, we got a pie as well. We started with the garlic bread parmigiana and the fried zucchini. Both superb. Then chicken parm in portions so big, everyone will have a […]