"Even my Diet Coke was awful." [Photos: Robyn Lee] At Serious Eats, we eat an awful lot of meals we don't tell you about. And usually, if there's nothing to recommend, we keep our mouths shut. Why review an unremarkable...
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] While many in New York City spent Halloween watching the parade, I did it up Queens style. There's something incredible about walking the pan-Latin stretch of Roosevelt Avenue, from Jackson Heights into Corona, and seeing all...
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Photo: Joe DiStefano Football holds even less interest for me than watching paint dry, but when bacon-wrapped hot dogs loaded with all manner of toppings are involved, I can be persuaded to pretend to watch a few... innings? (That...
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"In general, whatever they slather with their slightly tangy, bright-tasting verde sauce is good." [Photographs: Robyn Lee] El Ranchito del Agave 476 9th Avenue (b/n 36th and 37th; map); 212-904-1198 Service: It's all you, buddy! Must-Haves: Anything with verde sauce,...
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Note: The 2009 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art (buy tickets here). All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban...
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Last week, the Calexico Cart brothers appeared on The Martha Stewart Show. Since winning the Vendy Awards last year, they've earned enough to open a restaurant (as in, not on wheels), which they say will be in Red Hook,...
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It's the largest tequila-consuming day of the year. There's probably a statistic somewhere about a lot of tacos today too. Find out where to get the serious ones.
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As a Californian, I’ll be the first to admit it: my people can get pretty damn annoying when they start lamenting the state of Mexican food in New York. “That’s not a real burrito,” they inform Jersey-born friends chomping...
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Mercadito, Mercadito Cantina, and Mercadito Grove are offering all-you-can-eat taco deals. At Mercadito Cantina, it's $21 (plus you get a free draft beer on Tuesdays) and at Mercadito and Mercadito Grove, it's $23. Check the website for addresses and hours....
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There are still plenty of reservations left for all eight nights of Passover (April 9 through 15) at Toloache in Hells Kitchen. Some menu highlights: Julian's matzo ball soup in a jalapeno scented chicken consomme, matzo tostada "Yucatan" (yes, that's...
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