One of our ten best Manhattan bars-The bartender will whittle you a perfectly spherical ice ball for your Old Fashioned right before your eyes. A jazz trio keeps the place hopping.
One of our ten best Manhattan bars- claims to have invented the Bloody Mary, and the bar serves it with macadamia nuts and a view of the Maxfield Parrish mural behind the bar.
My favorites at this strictly vegetarian (and mainly vegan) spot include the butter masala dosa dripping with ghee, and uppma, a creamy porridge studded with nuts, kari leaves, and black mustard seeds
Stick to the barroom (the gnarled wooden door on the left), get a bucket of Portuguese Sagres beer, and a handful of cod fritters (bar menu only), while you contemplate the chalkboard specials
The bean-and-smoked-meat soup called minestra s kobasicom, and the pint-size skinless sausages known as cevapcici make this former factory in an obscure location a favorite.
Levain's walnut-chocolate chip cookie weigh in at almost a quarter-pound thanks to hefty cargo of whole walnuts, butter, and chocolate, considered by many to be the form's Platonic ideal
Try the Cornish Pastry: The pastry has a flaky crust, fashioned so there's a wobbly ridge on the top. The stuffing is potatoes mixed with ground lamb, peas, and other vegetables.
Must have the sausage and egg breakfast: a traditional diner breakfast of over-easy eggs, buttered whole-wheat toast, oniony home fries, and sage pork sausages,
Try the Schiacciata con l'uva, an Italian flatbread. The surface is strewn with tiny wine grapes and anise seeds, and the bread is slightly sweet. Great for breakfast or dessert!
Enjoy the Seafood Combo, which comes with fried calamari, steamed scungilli (conch), shrimp, and mussels, all of it doused in that brick-red sauce. The calamari somehow maintains its crunch; the shrim Leia mais.
Flavorful, filling, greasy, hot, spicy and yes, still vegetarian! Drown in the Hot Idli and Sambar and don’t hesitate to ask for extra ghee!
Bobwhite Counter (& 50+ other eateries) will be sampling their fare at our 2013 Choice Eats tasting event on 3/19 - can't wait! http://ow.ly/h6OAc
A three story tower of pleasure. Get some weird nori rolls, bubbling crocks of chigae and noodles for any taste-cheap and fast. Winner Best of NYC Critics' choice for best food court.
Readers' Poll winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Beer Garden!
Readers' Poll winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Spicy Food!
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Place to Catch Acts Before They Blow Up the Blogs!
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Horse Track
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Pet-Supply Shop
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Brew-Supply Store
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Kitchen-Supply
We can't wait to try brews from Lagunitas at Village Voice's Brooklyn Pour craft beer festival Oct. 6 in Brooklyn! http://ow.ly/dMqn5
If you like mozzarella then you must try the burrata - a cheese with a very similar soft and milky texture. #38 on our 100 Dishes to Eat Now.
