Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The is the first year that I took my son to the Vendy Awards and he was aware of what was going on. He’s on his way to being two year’s old. So while he still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you read this blog, it’s no secret that I absolutely love The Vendy Awards. It’s a full day of eating such amazing diverse food on an island minutes away from Manhattan. But it’s also a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The Vendy Awards is my favorite day of the year. For the last eight years, I have done everything in my power to attend the festival dedicated to the best street food in the city. Not only is …
This Friday, one of the biggest and most diverse food events is happening in Manhattan once again! Village Voice hosts the ninth annual Choice Eats and tickets are still on sale here. This event has always been a great and fun way to taste food from many new and classic restaurants in one place. More …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Yes, it is turkey day and I probably should have found some interesting Thanksgiving related dish to write about today. Something like this or this. But last week I had the pleasure to attend Holiday Spirits …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. Last week, I got to board the Hornblower Infinity cruise ship for a taste of the best local …
It hasn’t happened yet, but it will get cold in this city (unless global warming has changed all that already). And the best way to warm up during the cold season is, not with a coat, but with locally made spirits and cocktails. Village Voice will be showcasing the exciting local distilling scene once again with …
I have the best job in the world. Every weekend through October, the tour company I work for Urban Oyster teams up with Manhattan by Sail to give the Craft Beer Harbor Sail. People get on a sailboat and cruise around Lower Manhattan while tasting samples of New York state craft beer, like Broken Bow …
One of my favorite events every year is Village Voice’s Brooklyn Pour. It’s a great way to explore and celebrate the ever-growing craft beer scene in New York City. So many local breweries have popped up in the last few years that it has become difficult for me to keep up. Brooklyn Pour brings them …
Back in the 1980’s, New York City has put a cap on the number of permits available to street vendors. This has caused a very expensive black market and has forced many new immigrants to operate illegally. The Street Vendor Project is working on a new campaign to eliminate the cap and allow more fair …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. I’ve put together a brand new tour for Urban Adventures, one of the tour companies I work …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, THE GORBALS IS NOW CLOSED. Walking around the food tables at Village Voice’s Choice Eats, I begin to wonder how the represented restaurants and food businesses decided on the dishes they brought to the table. Is …
Every March, Village Voice presents a huge food event called Choice Eats. It’s definitely one of my favorite evenings of eating each year, as restaurants from all over the city congregate under one roof. This year, the feasting will occur on Friday, March 13 at Metropolitan Plaza. The line-up has not been fully announced yet, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I started this website really to combine my two passions: food and performance. And I continue to have success (and lots of fun) doing that with my comedic food videos. But I recently went to a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It seems like the holidays come earlier every year. This year I noticed decorations and Christmas cheer starting in September. The Bryant Park Holiday Market even opened two weeks before Halloween!! In my mind, you shouldn’t …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NYC Food Cart Tour is my exploration of the hard-working vendors feeding NYC’s population every day. For five weeks, the folks at the Vendy Awards (and the Street Vendor Project) teamed up with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito to host …
The cold has come. It has taken hold of this city and will probably not release its grasp until April. So what’s the best way to prepare for this onslaught of freezing? Drinking, of course. Village Voice has another big food and drink event coming up this Thursday, November 20 from 6-9pm and I, for …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I was invited to attend two very unqiue dinners this past month. Both were run by a company called Dinner Lab, which was started in New Orleans and now runs secret member-only pop-up dinners throughout New …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Once again, the beer lovers of New York descended on the beautiful Skylight Hanson One in Fort Greene for Village Voice’s annual Brooklyn Pour. I was invited and although my Saturday afternoon was booked with tours, …
Since Brooklyn Pour, Village Voice’s annual celebration of craft beer occured just under a year ago, New York City has become a major brewing city for the first time since before Prohibition. At last year’s Brooklyn Pour, there were a couple of new exciting local offerings (Grimm Ales, City Island), but this year, it will …