Gothic meets French in this dimly lit East Village restaurant. Chandeliers and candles provide the source of light, illuminating the red and black walls. Low, throne style chairs fill the lower level of the room with high, velour stools and grey marble counter tops lining the smaller side room. The dark décor makes the restaurant cozy, attracting duos of friends or couples sipping cocktails and … Continue reading Bourgeois Pig
Everyone can easily agree, it’s always the alcohol that makes a reasonably priced meal really expensive. Unless you’re looking for a dive bar with decent and far from healthy grub, you will spend a fortune on drinks. Thanks to Thrillist’s List of 101 BYOB Restaurants, broken down by neighborhood, you can enjoy delicious food and save money on liquor. Manhattan Chelsea La Luncheonette 130 10th … Continue reading Thrillist’s Top BYOB Restaurants
Endless Mimosas, good food and great music creates a winning formula for drunk brunch. This weekend ritual of drinking, dancing and eating has slowly taken over the city, allowing for those in their early to mid twenties to pretend like they’re back in college for a few hours. For a friend’s birthday, a large group of us made our way to Murray Hill meeting at … Continue reading PS 450
What do you get when you combine liquid nitrogen cocktails and Momofuku pork buns? One of the best cocktail bars in the city. At a first glance, the snack menu is concise and the cocktail list seems relatively straight forward. But like all things David Chang touches, not everything is what it seems. After all, this is the man who created cereal milk ice cream. … Continue reading Booker and Dax
There are very few things I love more then a great football tailgate. Beer, burgers and rowdy fans; what’s better then that? It’s the only moment when winners and losers are irrelevant and we can just celebrate and gear up for the hopefully victorious game. I have been going to New York Giants games with my dad for the past twenty years and our crew … Continue reading Football Tailgate
Traditional Dives draw crowds for the food, not the style. Cafe Habana, in the generally trendy SoHo, lives by these rules. The store front on the Corner of Elizabeth and Prince used to be occupied by a Dominican Diner in the 1990’s, before the change of ownership and Cuban facelift in 1998. Besides a few decorations on the wall, it still has that diner feel … Continue reading Cafe Habana
You know a restaurant is in trouble when they blame their emptiness on “the holiday” when Labor Day was a week ago and the Jewish Holiday ended two days before. The Saturday after Labor Day is Christmas for NYC restaurants. Everyone is back from the Hamptons and hungry for a taste of the city. Alison Eighteen has all of the makings of a great New … Continue reading Alison Eighteen (CLOSED)
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