Pretty soon you won't have to follow the Big Gay Ice Cream truck's tweets for their rolling whereabouts (though, you should, since their tweets are usually pretty entertaining). In mid-June, Bryan Petroff and Doug Quint will open a brick-and-mortar shop on the East 7th Street block between First Avenue and Avenue A, what's already been nicknamed one of the tastiest blocks in the city. More
"Welcome to Harlem," was the greeting diners got from a smiling Marcus Samuelsson at the Friday night opening of Red Rooster, his eagerly anticipated Harlem restaurant and lounge. A six-year resident of the neighborhood, he's banking his reputation and payroll on Harlem being able to support a moderately high-end restaurant. More
"Xiao Ye's cuisine is typical night market fare—or what Huang likes to call 'booty call food.'" Xiao Ye's Ghost Face Dumpling, with its creator lurking in the shadows. [Photos: Joe DiStefano] Leave it to Eddie Huang, the man who put... More
[Photographs: Adam Kuban] Looks like Pho Cho Ben Thanh, which has Grand Opening! banners plastered across its façade and is running a debut special of 15% off, is so new there's no intel on it on the various websites.... More
"There was never a doubt in my mind that I would wind up smoking anything and everything." —Robbie Richter The sign from pitmaster Robbie Richter's KCBS team now graces the wall of Fatty 'Cue. I first met Robbie Richter back... More
Black Market, the latest venture from nightlife impresarios Jesse Malin and Johnny T—owners of East Village bars Niagara, Cabin Down Below and The Bowery Electric—opened its doors this week. Don't be intimidated by the shuttered gates or the tales of... More
Maury Rubin of City Bakery already had two outposts of Birdbath: Build a Green Bakery in the East and West Villages. But just yesterday, he opened a third—on Prince Street in Soho, the former home of the ancient bakery... More
April Bloomfield's burger at the Spotted Pig. Her newest project, The Breslin, opens this fall. This week, both New York Magazine and Time Out New York released their massive fall preview issues—bringing all sorts of intel about upcoming restaurant... More
Daniel Boulud's new spot DBGB won't open until early June, but here are a few shots of the food to come. The classically-trained French chef is going for a brasserie-meets-diner menu, which includes matzoh ball soup, hot dogs, and a bunch of other sausages. More
Recent rumors that Jacques Torres would open an ice cream parlor have been confirmed in an email by his people. He'll roll out the homemade goodness at his two Manhattan locations, then open the actual shop in Dumbo, adjacent to... More
