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LILY & MELVIN

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:41 +0000

Happy to have Melvin & Lily together at MISS LILY’S BAKE SHOP & MELVIN’S JUICE BAR. As good as a jerk can be, for me it’s more about Melvin’s elixirs – he comes by way of the juice bar at my neighborhood health food store, LifetThyme, and Miss Lilly, well she’s a Jamaican figment of a very brilliant culinary imagination. 130 West Houston Street, enter on Sullivan Street next to Miss Lily’s Variety. Tel. 646.588.5375

Sheltering Sky

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:28:55 +0000

RUSTIC L.E.S.? Not possible as the once rundown quadrant of New York city that is the Lower East Side as clearly crossed over from 20th century immigrant and rundown to 21st century hipster. It’s all a bit of a staged play called “Cool” but there are some really good acts to entertain. Morocco is the star at this Mediterranean themed eats house opening today. 124 Ridge Street (at Stanton Street).

YUNNAN KITCHEN

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:18:16 +0000

Small plates and Chinese food? With no family style moments in the future, that doesn’t seem like a marriage that will work with YUNNAN KITCHEN but heck, this is the Lower East Side and a delicate portion of chrysanthemum salad might just hit the spot. What that spot is is another story….79 Clinton Street (at Rivington)

CLAWED ON 9TH

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:02:47 +0000

Not too far a stroll from Broadway theater environs to the 9th Avenue food strip. Lots of misses (and, not only with the boys) among the less-than polished restaurants populating 42nd to 5th Streets. CLAW, the latest outpost of the Chelsea seafood shack makes a Maine lobster roll a reasonable reality in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. 744 9th Avenue (at 50th Street), tel. 212-581-8400

THE MAPPETITE MILE: NORTH CAROLINA, NYC

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:05:38 +0000

TXIKIFEST – the annual spring festival hosted by TXIKITO restaurant in the alley behind it’s kitchen – celebrates the arrival of Txakoli wine (talk about a refreshing pour) from the Basque Country in Spain. The crisp white wines flow freely and are paired with some very delicious and not-necessarily-Spanish-minded edibles – at $45 this annual (and quickly sold-out) event brings you an abundance of menu samplings from some pretty terrific restaurants…..

: When a Fried Oyster Meets a Deviled Egg….

: A Chorizo Corn Dog Gets A Batter Dip

Yes we enjoyed the Basque minded bites from the event’s host along with an array of other offerings from New York restaurants like PEARL OYSTER BAR, PALO SANTO of Park Slope, Brooklyn, and pizza brilliance from nearby CO. But, even with all that homegrown goodness, days later we were still dreaming about North Carolina and the fried oyster atop a tarragon laced deviled egg from POOLE’S DINER in Raleigh and the deep fried goodness on a stick that was the chorizo corn dog from the soon-to-open MATEO in Durham.

Ah, a little bit of North Carolina in New York.