Photographs by Robyn Lee Last night, 56 restaurants downsized into table form, dispensing bites of signature goodies inside the Lexington Avenue Armory for Village Voice's 2nd annual Choice Eats. Boy, were there a lot of bodies in there. So...
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This isn't a white tablecloth, fancy-pants restaurant event. Those affairs are fine and dandy, but they don't really bring Serious Eaters much in the way of different or delicious ethnic fare, which is a shame given how much terrific ethnic...
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What was called "a global cheap-eats summit" last year, the Village Voice's Choice Eats is back again to spotlight New York grub celebrated by critics Robert Sietsema and Sarah DiGregorio. Though the event isn't until Tuesday, March 31, the $35...
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The Village Voice's 2008 "Best of" issue hits the newsstands today, and as usual their food list is long and filled with a lot of less than obvious picks. It would probably take you all year to hit up every...
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At the risk of sounding like one of those self-referential egomaniacs I have to take issue with the Village Voice's best bagel search. A cursory glance at my New York Times bagel story would have yielded a myriad of best...
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The Village Voice has a nice roundup of Brooklyn banh mi sandwiches. Yeah. I know. Everyone thinks of the various holes-in-the-wall in Manhattan when it comes to these inexpensive Vietnamese subs, but Sarah DiGregorio digs up four places in...
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"Well, I’m a huge fan of Gray’s Papaya; it’s one of my really guilty treats. I think you kind of have to be a New Yorker to like the papaya drink, but I even like that. I love the crispness...
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The Village Voice's new food blogger (replacing the terrific Nina Lalli) Sarah DiGregorio held a chopped liver taste test. The winners: Russ & Daughters and Katz's tied for first place. The 2nd Avenue Deli didn't fare so well. Neither did...
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Most eat-around events in New York feature exclusively white tablecloth, fancy-pants restaurants. Those affairs are fine and dandy, but they don't really bring serious eaters much in the way of different or delicious ethnic fare, which is a shame given...
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