Tonight, Patsy’s Has Prices You Can Really Get Behind

90-cent pies in East Harlem today!

Posted 08/19/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: east harlem, newsfeed, patsy's, pizza

Patsy’s Pizza for 60 Cents in Harlem This August; Fresher Isn’t Always Better in Sushi

Frank Bruni picks restaurants for their looks, and Craftbar has some standout cocktails, in today's neighborhood food news.

Posted 07/14/08 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: a and s pork store, astoria, clinton hill, craftbar, east harlem, flatiron, four seasons, little italy, midtown east, neighborhood watch, paris commune, park slope, patsy's, sushi yasuda, west village, winegasm

Frying Pan Secure for Next Five Years; Whole Foods Selling Flat Beer on the LES?

Chelsea: The Frying Pan has signed a five-year lease that will begin next May. [Chelsea Now via Eater] Clinton Hill: Get your Oktoberfest on with a beer, cider, and sausage fest at 55 Lexington Avenue on September 29. [A Brooklyn Life] East Harlem: Italian Americans are still mourning the August closure of Morrone & Sons bakery on East 116th Street. Especially the 72-year-old matron who opened the shop in 1956. [NYT] Fort Greene: Crisp artichokes make a great burger topping at 67, even when the beef is greasy and overcooked. [Eat for Victory/VV] Jackson Heights: Jackson Diner and Rajbhog Sweets are among some 85 restaurants participating in Queens Restaurant Week running September 17 to 20 and 24 to 27. [About.com] Lower East Side: Whole Foods should top off beer-container refills with CO2 if they care about customers getting home to find flat beer. [Eat] Park Slope: Frank Bruni was inundated with responses to his feature on handicapped-accessible restaurants, including one about his “beloved Franny’s” who wouldn’t slice “a pizza for someone who had just undergone neurosurgery on her (writing) hand because ‘the chef doesn’t do that.’” [Diner’s Journal/NYT] Soho: Barcelona’s artisanal-candy chain Papabubble has settled on a U.S. location at 380 Broome Street and an opening date of October 18. [Papabubble via Down by the Hipster]

Posted 09/18/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: 67 burger, barcelona, chelsea, clinton hill, east harlem, fort greene, frank bruni, franny's, frying pan, jackson diner, jackson heights, lower east side, morrone and sons, neighborhood watch, october fest, oktoberfest, papabubble, park slope, rajbhog sweets, soho, whole foods

Rizzo's Square Pizza Rules in Astoria; Picholine Alum Takes on the West Village

Astoria: There was a bit of volatile reaction from our readers to the quality of Rose & Joe's Sicilian pies: “Any self-respecting pizza eater in Astoria will know that going anywhere but Rizzo’s for a square pie/slice is absolutely maniacal.” [Grub Street] East Harlem: If you have trouble finding “cuchifritos (a.k.a. Puerto Rican soul food), Mexican, French, Caribbean, and pizza” in the nabe, you can join NoshWalks for a food tour this Saturday. [Uptown Flavor] Flatiron: Gramercy Tavern jumps on the beer-for-dessert train by pairing stout with chocolate bread pudding. [NYDN] Park Slope: Another cupcake shop mobilizes to join the bakery front on Flatbush Avenue. [Eater] Upper West Side: Two food writers found a special of gnocchi with short-rib ragù and ricotta cheese at Ouest to be a perfect plate of food, and want it to make the fall menu. [Ed Levine Eats/Serious Eats] West Village: Picholine alum Craig Hopson moves into the kitchen of One if by Land, Two if by Sea, now that Gary Volkov is opening his own spot. [Restaurant Girl] Da Silvano may not have been taken out of the rat feature on Inside Edition, but his lawyer was given uncommonly ample on-air time to respond. [Gawker]

Posted 09/07/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: astoria, brandy library, craig hopson, cupcakes, da silvano, east harlem, fat cat billiards, flatiron, gary volkov, gramercy tavern, neighborhood watch, nosh walks, ouest, park slope, rizzo's, rose and joe's, tribeca, upper west side, west village

It’s August, and the Eating’s Easy

It’s August, cheap-eats time, when you should be gobbling down raw artichokes, Cuban sandwiches, tapas, and pasta. It’s time to chill out, in other words. And that’s the idea behind this week’s food coverage.

Posted 08/06/07 in Grub Street : In the Magazine

Tags: ben pollinger, cafe cortadito, clinton hill, east harlem, east village, in the magazine, oceana, tapas, tom colicchio, west village, wichcraft