Lucy’s August 24, 2020A classic East Village dive by any definition, Lucy’s has been a mainstay in the neighborhood for three...
The Central Bar May 4, 2020[CLOSED] A generic bar name for a generic sports bar. Seems fitting. Because someone actually sat around thinking...
Boulton & Watt May 31, 2019The last time I was in this space it was an awful mish-mash sports dive bar called Nice...
Hunan Slurp May 9, 2019Generally you like your restaurants to have appetizing names. You know, names that evoke velvety richness, or hominess....
Miss Lily’s 7A Cafe April 17, 2019I’ve been to Jamaica. I’ve been to Turks & Caicos. That doesn’t make me special per se, but...
Amor y Amargo April 4, 2019Being a bar in NYC must be tough. First, there are like a million of them. Second, even...
The Penny Farthing March 15, 2019There are bars out there that you only end up in late at night and can’t seem to...
Cooper’s Craft & Kitchen – East Village November 28, 2018It’s only in recent years that I learned about what the heck a “cooper” is. And now I...
Drexler’s November 11, 2018Fancy doesn’t usually fly in the East Village. Or maybe that’s my 1995 brain talking. But, as it...
Avenida Cantina October 26, 2018[CLOSED] Who doesn’t love a taco? Well, apparently like everyone online who has ever been to this joint....
The Summit Bar October 5, 2018There was a time when Avenue C was a place where you’d be more likely to score crack...
Momofuku Noodle Bar – NY September 5, 2018Momofuku, muthafucker! Yessiree, this is the original restaurant in the Momofuku empire. Ok, calling it an empire is...
Holiday Cocktail Lounge August 22, 2018I’ve probably walked by this Hobbit-lookin’ dump a thousand times in my wanderings over the past twenty years....
Root & Bone August 3, 2018I will admit that I was not entirely sober when I ate at Root & Bone. Granted, these...
Zum Schneider December 25, 2017[CLOSED] There were decades of my life in which I never considered eating German food. I thought of...
Momofuku Ssäm Bar January 14, 2017[CLOSED at the location] I’m still not sure I know what a ssäm is, but I assume it’s...
Fat Buddha July 18, 2014I walked in this joint wondering almost out loud why the hell I was doing it. “Self,” I...
Black & White February 9, 2014[CLOSED] I looked around the World Wide Web to see if any reputable sites distinguished this as a...
