Robataya! [Photographs: Tam Ngo] Robataya is the latest from the restaurant group that manages such Japanese gems as Sobaya. Its grilled menu offerings are similar to those of Aburiya Kinnosuke, but presented with greater fidelity to the rowdy spirit...
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"Airy and crisp, the sandwich tasted like the sea." El Quinto Pino is known for the sea urchin sandwich that Peter Meehan of the New York Times declared the "sandwich of the year" in 2007, and has been extolled by...
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When I think of delivery options in New York, I round up the usual suspects: pizza, Chinese, and maybe the occasional foray into Indian or Japanese food. So I was certainly intrigued, and perhaps a bit skeptical, when
Lolo Manso started delivering tapas and paella from
Socarrat, his fine Chelsea paella bar.
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Editor's note: It's time for another dispatch from Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who checks in now and again about the various one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Given all the hoopla surrounding the creations...
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Time Out New York's Feed Blog is reporting that Chef Alex Raij, formerly of Tia Pol and El Quinto Pino, "will open Txkito (that’s chee-kee-to), a Basque pintxos bar with her husband Eder Montero (also a Tia Pol vet)." According...
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This weekend, I was on the prowl around the neighborhood in Williamsburg looking for delicious late night eats. The idea of late night dining may conjure up the sights and smells of greasy pizza, hot dogs, Halal trucks, and...
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