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Archive for the 'Food' Category

Starbucks Clover lands in SoHo

Starbucks just renovated their SoHo location on Spring at Crosby. This is basically their NYC flagship location, or at least their lower Manhattan flagship, so it’s a bit of a big deal given Starbucks’ desire (need?) to innovate. More importantly it’s the first and only NYC location to have a Clover machine. Starbucks bought Clover [...]

I really like FreshDirect. It, as you probably know, is a grocery delivery service in NYC. They have a nice web site, a huge selection, and very good food. I find that shopping through them saves me some money and, more importantly, a lot of time.
For the most part the service is incredibly good at [...]

Here it is- a tour of NYC’s finest coffee establishments. No it’s not by me (I wish I had the patience to collect my thoughts on the matter) but I just stumbled on a great virtual tour collected over at Man Seeking Coffee. In this case, I’m just the curator.
I’ll be reading through most of [...]

Great design- Ineeka Tea

I was at Whole Foods yesterday doing some tea shopping (really… I ran out) and noticed a few kinds from Ineeka. This is not a company I had tried before (I generally drink Ito En) but the packaging was so cool I could not resist. I ended up with the Darjeeling, but there were a [...]

Review: Momofuku Ssam Bar

So recently I checked out New York’s hottest new Asian restaurant, Momofuku Ssam Bar. This hip East Village establishment is the sister restaurant to the permanently-packed Momofuku Noodle Bar. Over the past three weeks I stopped by three times (twice for dinner and once for lunch) and have gotten a pretty good feel for the [...]

From Eater:
1. Subterranean dining room = bad.
2. Gothamist was invited to taste it.
3. Pizzeria De Santo, which opened after Cronkite, is both newer and better.
4. PR Firm of record, Bullfrog & Baum is not cheap; expected cash flow problems will force parting of ways with PR when venue needs buzz most.
5. Shameless Valentine’s Day stunt.
6. [...]

You probably saw this already, it made a pretty big internet splash, but it’s great reading. I honestly can’t stand Anthony Bourdain’s writing, but these posts are becoming legendary.
I actually WATCH Food Network now and again, more often than not drawn in by the progressive horrors on screen. I find myself riveted by its awfulness, [...]

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