Corner Bistro – The Best Restaurants in NYC
Like many New Yorkers, I have a long and warm association with Corner Bistro. My “first time” was in March of 2001, when I was staying in the West Village with a family friend, visiting for an audition. (A story I know half of New Yorkers my age share in common;) Tired from the […]
Clinton Street Baking Company – The Best Restaurants in NYC
You can thank Bobby Flay for the lines. At least partially. In 2009 Flay challenged the good proprietors of Clinton Street Baking Company to a pancake match on his ridiculous/wonderful show Throwdown, and a legend was born. 35 minutes of continuous high-definition blueberry pancake porn must deaden the reasoning centers in the brain. Why […]
Aburiya Kinnosuke – the Best Restaurants in NYC
Photo by Maarten Heerlien 213 E 45th St New York, NY 10017 There’s a category of Japanese restaurant where you’ll see an elaborate open charcoal fire in the center of the room, and various configurations of meat, shellfish, and vegetables are run through with skewers or placed on spits and arranged like funeral spectators, at […]
Xi An Famous Foods (西安名吃) – The Best Restaurants in NYC
Photo by Gary Stevens 81 St Marks Pl New York, NY 10003 Xi An Famous Foods, named for the city in western China, had humble beginnings in two basement food courts in Flushing. No more. The Famous Foods are taking the City by storm, with locations in Midtown Manhattan, the East Village, Williamsburg, and a […]
Basta Pasta – the Best Restaurants in NYC
37 W 17th St (between Avenue Of The Americas & 5th Ave) New York, NY 10011 Basta Pasta is far from a traditional Italian Restaurant. NYC has those in spades, to be sure, but Basta Pasta is neither old-school-family-run nor new-cuisine Italian. It’s actually Japanese, founded in 1985 and inspired by the open-kitchen design […]
The NU Hotel – New York – Smart Getaways for Couples
Chih-Yu and I have an entire blog dedicated to the premise that Manhattan’s charms are wearing thin for many smart travelers. Far from being more adventurous, Brooklyn is actually a sightly-less-frenetic cousin of Manhattan. One where the pace is a little slower, the people a little hipper, the bars and restaurants a little less […]
New York Hotels – Smart Getaways for Couples
What’s the most underserved information query for New York City? Something interesting or sexy like subterranean tours, Cumbia bars in Brooklyn, the best tattoo parlors, or the Mole People? Fraid not – it’s hotels. Specific hotels, and by quite a long shot. As New Yorkers Chih-Yu and I don’t make a practice of staying […]
New York – JFK, the Airtrain, and the LIRR
You can fly into any airport you like, as long as it’s JFK. -Henry Ford (not really) As naturalized citizens of New York, we’re in an especially good position to advise you on ground transportation. Which is lucky, because most of our other destinations have fairly straightforward, fairly affordable ground transportation options. (E.G. Seattle […]
