New York has never been a first-class fried chicken town, but these days, it's popping up on more high-end menus than pork belly. And though we've eaten our fair share, we hadn't done an exhaustive survey. Until now.
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You still have until this Thursday, April 2, to hit up
Dine in Brooklyn, Brooklyn's annual Restaurant Week. With over 175 eateries offering the $23 prix fixe deal, choosing can be a tad overwhelming. Let's hear what the local Brooklyn bloggers have to say.
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Blue Ribbon Bakery Market is the only
toast bar that I know of. The owners conceived of it as a place where they could spread deliciousness on toast made from all the terrific breads they bake in a hundred-year-old coal oven. It turns out that a toast bar is a brilliant idea, one worthy of a MacArthur Genius Grant.
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For the September Details Magazine (on newsstands now) I wrote a story on 22 sandwiches that will change your life. It's worth buying the magazine for Anthony Cotsifas' pictures alone. Here's some of the story cut for space reasons: There...
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Lots coming in from the Serious Eats community on Fried Chicken in NYC: I myself went to Dirty Bird to Go (204 W. 14th St., 212-620-4836) on Friday and was very happy with my expensive four piece box ($10.99). The...
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-->I don't know why, but lately I find myself eating fancy-pants burgers at every turn. Perhaps I'm coming under the influence of Adam Kuban, who really does order a hamburger in every restaurant that has one on the menu. Whatever...
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It was a week of memorable bites: The prosciutto balls at Joe's Superette on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens. There's still very little else on the shelves in the store, but those creamy, tangy, peppery, crunchy prosciutto balls rock. And...
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