Yesterday the beloved pizzeria Di Fara posted an age-old question on their Facebook. A question we are faced with, and argue with our significant others, on a regular basis: "Pizza for breakfast? A Do or Don't?" more ›

Adrian Grenier is many things: New Yorker, musician, food co-op shopper and now we can add retro-flat top beer purveyor. Grenier is co-founder of Churchkey Can Co., which Men's Journal calls... the Instagram of beers. So, it's fuzzy, precious and targeted to hipsters? more ›

Planning on having a nice, juicy burger this Memorial Day weekend? Well, you are in the right city. We may not have the most expensive hot dogs in the world, but it sure seems like we must have the most expensive burgers at this point. And while one of them is definitely, sadly, real, we have our doubts about the other... more ›

Call us old fashioned or uncouth, but coffee isn't nearly enough to take the edge off in this humidity: we demand margaritas. Or, canned malt beverages that are designed to taste like spirits but are actually 8% ABV Frankendrinks. After reading HuffPo's raving "fairly palatable" review, we've been prowling bodegas and Duane Reades in Manhattan and Brooklyn for Bud Light's new youth marketing Trojan horse concoction, Bud Light Lime-A-Rita, but have come up short. We even asked one large beer distributor in New Jersey if they stocked it. "We tasted it and decided not to keep it in stock," a clerk told us. Your loss: you have to put Hennessy in it to unlock the magic. more ›

Sadly, we must report that tonight's debut of Hester Nights—the twilight food festival brought to you by the Hester Street fair folks—has been postponed due to the unending rain that's been falling off and on since forever. Tonight's debut would have brought gourmet food from vendors like Luke's Lobster and Pies 'n' Thighs to the Hotel Eventi Courtyard on Sixth Avenue, but now we'll have to wait until next Thursday, May 31th to nibble under the stars when the festival does their grand opening, take two. more ›

With summer almost here its about time to start thinking about fun seasonal foods. And for the still fine folks at the various Mermaid Inns that means the return of their weekly Old-Fashioned Crab Boil—which brings Maryland blue crabs, corn bread, potatoes and grilled corn to your table every summer Tuesday for a mere $24. But wait, you still get intimidated by breaking down crabs with your hands and a mallet? Let this adorable little boy (as well as a grownup) teach you what's what. more ›

The NYPL's upcoming exhibition Lunch Hour NYC won't open to the public until June 22nd—but it already has managed to teach us things we didn't know and whetted our appetite for the full show. Who knew school lunches got their start in New York? more ›

Perhaps we shouldn't be celebrating Vegetarian Week with fried cauliflower and waffles. PETA has announced their Sexiest Vegetarians of the year, and their cruelty-free tongues have probably never touched a pat of batter. more ›

The time has come to make the switch from hot to cold coffee drinks. But like their steaming doppelgangers, not all iced coffee drinks are created equal. Because the sweltering New York summer approaches (It's coming!), here are six cool drinks perfect for those days when all you want to do is curl up inside an open refrigerator and listen to German technopop. more ›

There were roughly 4,000 VIP Extra Mooga ticket buyers in Prospect Park for the Great GoogaMooga festival, each one paying $267 for the privilege of waiting on lines for stingy food samples from a handful of vendors—hardly the "heaping plates" of food they were promised. All of them will be getting full refunds, which means, according to our back-of-the-envelope calculations, event organizer Superfly could lose about $1 million in an attempt to smooth things over. Of course, the VIP tickets weren't their only source of revenue... more ›

In today's Un-Useless Inventions news, researchers at MIT have developed a product that tackles the very real problem of getting ketchup to come out of the bottle. We've all been there: futility pounding on the glass for a few fevered minutes then finally jamming a knife in there to release the pent-up tomato product trapped inside. Now, with the advent of LiquiGlide, our days of ketchup rage might finally be over! more ›

New York's influx of west coast interpretations of Asian food continues! Hot on the heels of Portland import Pok Pok's two locations comes the highly anticipated arrival of San Francisco's much-loved restaurant Mission Chinese. The tiny restaurant in the old Rhong Tiam space in the LES officially opened last night and immediately had a line outside. Luckily always-reliable Gothamist flickr contributor wallyg got in for an early tasting with their camera and we've got the food porn to prove it. more ›

If you've spent the cold months fortifying yourself with foie/faux gras doughnuts or gorged yourself at a certain food festival last weekend, no doubt you're experiencing some anxiety about the prospect of donning a bathing suit for that first trip out to the Rockaways. So here's a roundup of seafood burgers around town that are lighter on the calories than a hamburger and cheaper than the ubiquitous lobster roll! N.B.: while purists may scoff at the "burger" classification, if it's patty-shaped and between two buns then it passes for our purposes! more ›

Back in 2006 two former waitresses at the Sutton Place Bar & Restaurant sued their former employers for $15 million claiming they'd been fired for complaining about a policy there that essentially came down to "no fatties allowed." Now, after years of legal wrangling, the pair's suit has been given the go-ahead to go before a jury. more ›

Superfly is offering Extra Mooga customers a 100% refund, including those $17.71 handling fees. "We promised you a terrific Extra Mooga experience this past weekend and we didn’t deliver," the organizers write on their website. "We’re very sorry if we disappointed you." Roughly 4,000 people paid for the Extra Mooga experience over the weekend, so at $267.21 per ticket, they'll be paying over $1 million in refunds. No word on whether Superfly will pump the stomachs of David Chang, Aziz Ansari, James Murphy, and Ruth Reichl, and let us all watch. more ›

Okay, Fun Buns is technically run out of a cart, but the offshoot from the Bian Dang folks has been up and running for the past month. Fun Buns serves Taiwanese-style bao—yes, the open-faced bougie kind. more ›

We've been keeping our eye on Brooklyn Crab, which has been building out their space in Red Hook for a little while now. The restaurant is run by the people behind the great rooftop Mexican restaurant Alma, and they haven't announced their opening date yet (but hint that it's coming "soon"). Here's what we do know so far: more ›

Everybody say hello to Demi Monde, the newest cool kid on the cocktail block. Located in the Financial District and boasting serious cocktail and cooking cred—it has strong ties to Death & Company and the chef opened Van Daag—Demi Monde is the place you can blame when your cocktail compatriots all go gaga for a SodaStream this summer. Also, this might be the perfect place to get a pricy cocktail when you don't want to drink a tall boy on the Staten Island Ferry just yet. more ›

This week 7-Eleven is introducing their new Slurpee Lite, which is sugar-free, and contains 50% fewer calories (20 calories for 8 ounces), and marks the first time in 45 years (that's how long the Slurpee has been around) that the Slurpee is being offered to the sugar-free set. more ›

Why take the subway to a beer garden when you can take a boat? This weekend Governors Island gets its own outdoor imbibing station at their southwestern Picnic Point spot. According to Brooklyn Based, Little Eva is run by husband and wife team Kevin Moore and Caroline Parker, who also run Kevin’s in Red Hook. more ›

The formation of the New York City Brewers Guild (NYCBG), an organization that professes unwavering dedication "to advancing the local brewing industry and thereby lessening human misery," will kick off with a big beer bash tonight at the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg. A truly local collaboration, the NYCBG includes the Bronx Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Chelsea Brewing Co., Eataly Birreria, Harlem Brewing Co., Heartland Brewing Co., KelSo Beer Co., Shmaltz Brewing Co., Sixpoint Brewery, and 508 GastroBrewery. more ›

Prime Burger, the 74-year-old burger joint at 5 East 51st Street, will shutter on Saturday, May 26, co-owner John DiMiceli reluctantly confirmed this morning with a sigh. "We're sad to close," he told us, "We truly appreciate the many years we had. We're going to miss it. We're going to miss everyone." Now owned by brothers John and Michael, the DiMiceli family has operated Prime Burger for 36 years. As if that wasn't impressive enough, server Artie Ward started waiting tables at 19-years-old and remained a faithful employee for nearly 60 years! DiMiceli tells us that the building has been sold, and he was unable to reach an agreement with the new owner that would allow them to stay open. more ›

With the Public Theater's renovation well underway and Joe's Pub all refurbished would you be surprised to hear that the storied theater has signed up a storied chef to help feed the masses of hungry theatergoers? The Public has tapped Andrew Carmellini (The Dutch) and restaurateur Luke Ostrom to run its expanded dining options—including a brand new lounge called The Library at The Public Theater. more ›

On Saturday, May 12, Sam J. Porcello passed away in NJ. You may not know Porcello's name, but you are likely familiar with what he worked on: He was a principal scientist at Nabisco, "where he was known as "Mr. Oreo." He holds five patents relating to Oreo and developed the current Oreo filling and chocolate-covered Oreos." more ›

Since 2009, coffee giant Starbucks has been rolling out "stealth" Starbucks in various cities around the country which serve the Seattle-company's coffee in less branded, more "coffeeshop" like spaces. Now, it appears, New York City is about to get its first taste of the trend. And there is one good part: They will likely serve beer. more ›

Alanis Morissette: Seventeen years ago, she was singing, "I wish nothing but the best for you both/ An older version of me/ Is she perverted like me/ Would she go down on you in a theatre/ Does she speak eloquently/ And would she have your baby/ I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother." Now she's talking up breastfeeding her 16-month-old son: "I'll breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans." Which could be until high school. more ›

Today is the first day of National Vegetarian Week (which appears to only be in the UK?) and World Vegetarian Week (here on Earth)—so if you want to celebrate by going meat-free for a week, we have some suggestions for dining out. Vegetarian dishes can go next level when the experts are preparing them. And going meat-free doesn't mean you can't have meat-like substances in your meals—they taste better than they sound, promise. Last year we gave you these six spots that serve up fantastic fake meat fare, from tempeh to seitan to soy protein-based meals. Below, some more dishes we've spotted on the meat-free menus around town. more ›

Nanny Bloomberg is reportedly turning his junk food-hating eye towards NYC jails. The Daily News is reporting that City Hall is mulling an outright ban on selling junk foods including soda, potato chips, honey buns and candy in city jail commissaries. In the future, will sugary Pixi Stix be the new jailhouse currency? more ›

A hallmark of every over-hyped summer festival is a strictly enforced caste system that distills American class and privilege down to a laminated badge or a special colored wristband. This weekend's Great Googa Mooga was no different, and those who paid $249.50 (plus a service charge of $17.71) to be vaulted into the "Extra Mooga" VIP section were promised shelter from the flip-flopped barbarians and enough sustenance to keep cackling at them long into the evening. So was it worth it? more ›

Grand Central Terminal is getting ready for its big Centennial next year, and it hopes to add two more restaurants in 2013. Today, it's been announced that the MTA will ask restaurateurs to RFP for two new spaces in the glorious landmark building. more ›

For those who weren't able to spend $250 on an Extra Mooga ticket yesterday, here's a taste of what Anthony Bourdain told the assembled crowd: he'd take a "big f*cking can of gasoline" to Olive Garden, that the James Beard house should be turned "into something useful like a methadone clinic," and that a unicorn meat is delicious. Oh yeah, and he'd definitely eat human flesh if he had to. more ›

By now, the tales of "no toilet paper" and "we didn't have cell phone service for three hours!" are being spun into yarns that will be spoken in hushed voices of generations of jilted foodies to come. But we braved yesterday's crowds and can give you intel more useful than a passive-aggressive (or just aggressive!) tweet. more ›

So reports from Day 1 of The Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park have been mixed at best—a massive food/music festival like this was always going to have its share of stumbles, but people have been complaining on Twitter about epic beers lines, a broken scanner system, and even a lack of toilet paper. And AO Scott is furious! We've put together six tips for those going to the fest on Sunday so you can hopefully have a better experience: more ›

A.O. Scott, the NY Times' film critic, is generally a pretty even-tempered guy, except when it comes to certain blockbusters. But when it comes to huge, weekend-long food-and-music festivals at Prospect Park, Scott says this: "hey #GoogaMooga: EAT ME!" more ›

Looks like you can add pyrogies, borscht and babka to this weekend's mid-May food fetes: the East Village's St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church is hosting its annual Ukrainian Festival, a smorgasbord of Ukrainian food, music and dance. The festival kicked off yesterday, and continues today from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on E. 7th St between 2nd and 3rd Aves. more ›

After months of anticipation and preparation, the Great GoogaMooga is officially underway! And already, Twitter is overflowing with people complaining about epic beers lines, and a broken scanner system. As one colleague mentioned, standing on line is what New Yorkers DO. But there may be an even darker crisis afoot: "Really @GoogaMooga a food festival with no toilet paper? And it's only noon..." tweeted Annie O'Neil. more ›

Not going to be chowing down on Fried Cheesecake Bombs and fois gras doughnuts at this weekend's Great GoogaMooga gorgefest? No need to go hungry; this weekend is also the 39th Annual Ninth Avenue International Food Festival! more ›

The big food-and-music festival, The Great GoogaMooga, is starting in less than an hour in Prospect Park. The natives are eager to try the decadent dishes—Fried Cheesecake Bombs and Dirty Duck Dogs, anyone?—while listening to the sweet sounds of Hall & Oates, The Roots and many more bands (here's the lineup for today and tomorrow). But here's a look at the quiet before the storm. more ›

We already gave you ten tempting items that will help you stretch your waistline at the Great GoogaMooga tomorrow, but what if you're not looking to put on a few pounds to fill out that swimsuit? Enter: Wooly's Ice. The low-calorie shaved ice creators (Danny Che, David Sat and Kenneth Sa) won a Vendy Award last year, and will be on hand tomorrow with different flavors of their unique treat. They just released this video showing how their ice sausage gets made: more ›

Gothamist publisher Jake Dobkin is blowing the cover on this whole overhyped PokPok "Beer Slushie." Here is his exclusive report: more ›

The Rockaway Beach food vendors are open for business starting tomorrow! more ›

Gluten-free food is here to stay. Though some still scoff at the gluten-sensitive, the option of eating sans gluten is increasingly popular for both health and diet reasons. Heck, Domino's is even getting into the game (though we'd recommend trying the gluten-free pie at Pala or L'asso first). But the biggest growth area in the gluten-free game is in baking. To that end, Pip's Place ("a Gluten Free Cakery") has just opened its doors on the Upper East Side. Meanwhile, here are five other bakeries whose food tastes good even if you can eat gluten. more ›

If you didn't get a ticket to this weekend's huge Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park, there's still plenty of great outdoor eats to take advantage of, like the Taste of Tribeca and the New Taste of the Upper West Side. And over on the East River Waterfront in Williamsburg, there's another great reason to check out this Saturday's Smorgasburg, which welcomes Miss Lily's (Anna Wintour's most-hated local eatery) to the party this week. more ›

We've looked back at how New Yorkers ate in 1938 and restaurants from the old days, but now let's travel to the bars they tied one on at. Click through for a look at bars spanning three decades: the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. They're all In New York, except for that sweet cocktail lounge in Newark Airport, which was too good not to include. more ›

The Dark Knight Rises isn't coming to the big screen until July, but the blockbuster's advertising tie-ins are already in full swing. As you can see, Batman is now peddling Mountain Dew, after Warner Bros. and PepsiCo formed an evil alliance that have the caped crusader trapped in an ad campaign. But it's their in-store displays that have the Dark Knight looking super bummed out—just look at him, slouched over and defeated, staring into an extreme can of his own Dewy despair. more ›

After critics lambasted the sweet, sweet government subsidies that online grocer Fresh Direct received to move its headquarters to the South Bronx, the company is trying to fix some of the more glaring criticisms against it. Come May 21st Fresh Direct will expand beyond the higher-income ZIP codes in the borough and, arguably more important in the long run, the company will now accept food stamps over the internet. more ›

Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day and with the weather set to be stunning again there really isn't a good excuse not to ride to work tomorrow (well, there are some, like if you don't own a bike or your parents never loved you enough to teach you how to ride one, but you know what we mean). Plus! If you do bike in you can get a free breakfast on your way. more ›

Last night, everyone's favorite granny Betty White was roasted at the Friar's Club, where she entered via a white pony and was feted with off-color jokes. For instance, Jeffrey Ross referenced her Snickers commercial, "I thought Kim Kardashian was the only one who got famous for putting chocolate in her mouth." more ›

Applying for food stamps in New York City is about to get a whole lot easier. Today Governor Cuomo announced he would end a finger imaging requirement for people applying for the Food Stamp Program in New York City. The proposal was filed today just five months after Governor Cuomo publicly declared his intentions to end the controversial program. The Governor released a statement today pointing to the policy's "negative connotations, including the perceived implication of criminality" and the "impediment to employment and child care because parents may have to take time off from work" as basis for a change in policy. more ›

The weather is warming up and Memorial Day is around the corner—time for New Yorkers to drink up. Literally. Because if there is one thing it seems we all love, it is a chance to flirt, mingle and drink while paying a premium for the possibility of a cool breeze or the glimpse of a star. To get the season rolling, we've rounded up a few of our favorites for you. Oh, you prefer your outdoor drinking a little closer to the ground? We've totally got you covered there, too. more ›

Greenpoint will get some irresistibly flaky confections when pie makers Cheryl Perry and Felipa Lopez plant their roots on Driggs Avenue this summer, reports Greepointers. The popular Pie Corps has already been peddling their pastries on Saturdays and Sundays at the Hester Street Fair and New Amsterdam Market, respectively, but this will be their first brick-and-mortar outpost. The ladies took to Lucky Ant, a crowdfunding site not unlike Kickstarter, to gather donations to fund the move and also purchase a new oven to increase their pie making abilities. The campaign worked and now they are almost ready to open their bakeshop and cafe. more ›

Tomorrow Millesime, the French seafood brasserie inside of The Carlton Hotel (née the Seville Hotel), will be offering a vintage menu featuring 1904 pricing of just $1.25 per person. Take it away Crazy Eddie: those prices are INSANE! And this is very fitting, since Millesime means "vintage" in French. more ›

You may want to wear some stylish elastic waistband Zubaz to the Great GoogaMooga Festival this weekend, because the food vendors are stealing the show with their dishes. Below, a few we're looking forward to having seconds of. more ›

If you want to stand up and step away from that Bud Lite Lime-a-rita and have a grown-up drink this summer, may we recommend the following five? From kale to lobster claws, click through for the cocktails we're putting on our Summer To Do List. more ›

A Long Island pizzeria owner was arrested yesterday as authorities allege that he was selling illegal prescription drugs from the eatery. Newsday reports, "Francesco Miceli of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria was charged with multiple counts of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance." more ›

Finally, someone has created a Tumblr that documents Very Important Moments in Law & Order. No, not the screen cards that show the various fake addresses (600 West 78th Street would be in the Hudson River!)—the Law & Order & Food Tumblr has screengrabs of Law & Order characters eating food. Time to feast your eyes on Detective Lennie Briscoe eating some street meat! more ›

Times Square may no longer have TV-based ESPN Zone or the modeliciously tacky Hawaiian Tropic Zone but that's okay. Today news arrives that no less an authority on TV tack than Food Network's Guy Fieri is planning to bring a restaurant to the area. But will it be a diner, a drive-in or a dive? more ›

It seems like every week food truck launches, slinging Philly Cheesesteaks or lovingly handmade licorice strips locally sourced from Long Island's famous licorice mines. And while we're pumped to try out all the new taco trucks and lobster roll rickshaws, we're also noticing that every bistro and its mother is now pushing gluten-free duck sliders and artisanal chorizo meatballs on its mobile menu. Since the food truck options are seemingly limitless, we'd like to make a few requests: If there are any food truck entrepreneurs out there taking notes, here are a few specialized food trucks we would love to donate to on Kickstarter: more ›

You can't cry over spilled milk, but can you cry over spilled Greek Yogurt? Last night, a truck carrying 18 tons (36,000 pounds, 576,000 ounces, or 96,000 servings) of Chobani yogurt spilled onto Interstate 88 in Chenango when the driver "got on the ramp to Interstate 81 too fast. When it rounded a curve, the trailer slid over the embankment and spilled 36,000 pounds of yogurt on the shoulder and down the hillside," according to WBNG. more ›

It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, so it is your duty to indulge at least once today. Did you know the chocolate chip cookie wasn't even invented until 1930? Ruth Graves Wakefield owned The Toll House Inn in Massachusetts and... you can pretty much guess what happened next. more ›

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was once banned in India for its "racist portrayal of Indians and overt imperialistic tendencies." In particular, some Indians object to a scene showing monkey brains being eaten as a delicacy, as well the "black sleep of Kali Ma" potion that puts Dr. Jones in a trance. But when Burnside Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon decided to make a special beer in homage to "their favorite childhood movie," they were "unaware that it could be offensive to anyone." That "Temple of Doom"—released the same year as Ghostbusters —could be their favorite childhood movie is probably even more offensive in some circles. more ›

When Motorino mastermind Mathieu Palombino opened his Bowery Diner by The New Museum in January many of our readers were highly critical of the joint by virtue of its prices alone. "$7 FOR A SIDE OF FRIES?" one commenter cried out. "UGHHHH. GO AWAY!" But it didn't—though it did drop the price of fries by a buck. Instead the restaurant, initially open only after 5 p.m., has slowly expanded its hours until last night, when it finally lived up to its promise and started offering 24-hour service. Anybody up for a 4 a.m. $15 cheeseburger? more ›

In midtown and looking for a sumptuous summer snack? Starting next Thursday, you're in luck! The cuisiniers behind the Hester Street Fair are bringing a batch of artisanal goodness a little farther uptown, with the launch of their new weekly evening street fair, Hester Nights. more ›

Could an old Times Square classic be getting ready for a revival? McHale's, a watering hole that served one hell of a burger on 46th and Eighth closed in early 2006, but now Jeremiah's Vanishing New York has a very interesting rumor about it. Seems that something called McHale's is coming back to the area! This could be very awesome. Or it could be yet another cheap Broadway revival looking to make a buck. Time will tell! more ›

Guess someone's been busy not bulking up during the off-season! Garrulous Jets coach Rex Ryan showed off a slimmer physique at the team's ALR Walk to Cure Lupus this past weekend. And the Internet is stunned. more ›

The TV upfronts—when networks present their new fall lineups, in hopes that advertisers will love it and spend millions—have started, and if it's not a monkey on the shoulder of a former Hell's Kitchen rocker-turned-"Uncle Andy" (go to the 50-second mark) and seeing Britney Spears as a X-Factor judge (3-minute mark), then it's all about the lavish parties and the food the networks will provide to make sure advertisers are happy and full enough to let their guards down and open their media spending wallets. more ›

Hark, is there a new refuge in Herald Square, that crowded festering urban bloodclot that short-tempered New Yorkers avoid at all cost? Too soon to tell, but there does seem to be ample elbow room inside The Liberty, a gigantic new cocktail lounge, beer hall, and restaurant on West 35th Street. Owned by a pair of Australians who promise to save "the neighborhood that cool forgot," The Liberty has 5,000 square feet, 18-foot-high ceilings, and two levels to explore while pre-gaming before an event at the Garden or avoiding a dreaded LIRR commute. more ›

The State Liquor Authority has taken the rare step of denying a liquor license to a Chinese restaurant on Second Avenue near East 91st Street because of the reckless conduct of its delivery men. Vicky's Cottage wanted to add wine and beer to its menu, but after local residents complained to Community Board 8 about its employees roaring around on electric bikes and riding on the sidewalk, the CB voted not to recommend a liquor license, and the SLA brought the hammer down. more ›

How foreboding! The Starbucks on Second Avenue and 9th Street—which moved into the once "cursed" corner restaurant spot after outgrowing its previous location across the street—is currently shut down. And according to the sign in the window from the Department of Consumer Affairs it's because they were "operating illegally." Or is this just part of an elaborate cover story for the sinister Starbucks Phase 2? more ›

The Taste of Tribeca isn't the only food festival happening this weekend; the New Taste of the Upper West Side is once again busting waistbands on Columbus Avenue. Now in its fifth year, the multi-day feast culminates with a big food orgy under a giant tent next to Shake Shack, where, over the course of several hours, you inhale a wide range of delicacies from the best neighborhood chefs. (There's also a lot to drink, and they give you a wine glass to wear as a necklace.) It costs $125 all inclusive, which ain't cheap, but net proceeds go to benefit the Columbus Avenue BID’s streetscape beautification projects, as well as the New York Sun Works Greenhouse Classroom Project at I.S. 44 and Citymeals-on-Wheels. more ›

We already revisited the smog incident in last night's episode of Mad Men, but there were also a lot of food-based historical references. Check them out below, from Weight Watchers to Manischewitz. more ›

Approximately 150 people were sickened with food poisoning during a Mother's Day trip to Chuang Yen Monastery in Putnam County yesterday. About 700 people visited the monastery for a Mother’s Day garden party—some 500 of them came up on buses from Chinatown. There's unconfirmed speculation that the source of the food poisoning was the sticky-rice balls served at the temple—which made the moms in attendance sicker than that time you got caught shoplifting a Samantha Fox poster from Spencer Gifts. more ›

New York hot dog purveyors, you are letting us down. How in the world can a place in Arkansas be selling a hot dog more expensive than any available in the five boroughs? We are a city of $52-per-pound smoked salmon, $18-for-two soup dumplings, and $1,000 sundaes. Somebody here bought a freaking $689 t-shirt of bad graffiti last week and yet we can't manage a hot dog that costs a couple grand? more ›

When Time magazine put a young Los Angeles mom on its cover, with her nearly four-year-old son suckling on her left breast, it was for an article about attachment parenting—but let's face it, everyone is just obsessed with breastfeeding. And wondering why that little kid is on a chair (the mom says it's obviously for dramatic effect). So now we must turn to Blossom to clear our stupid, boob-distracted minds. more ›

For more information about local food sustainability, visit the Brooklyn Food Coalition's website here. more ›

Have you ever wanted to dine on delicious pastas underneath an Illumination Lawn? If you head to Lincoln Center and really want to treat yourself to a luxurious brunch, enter Lincoln, the Italian restaurant tucked underneath a shimmering parabolic swath of grass. more ›

There's nothing that makes us happier than getting to imbibe in museums—it feels particularly appropriate when learning about Alexander the Great or gazing over De Kooning's works. And the New York Historical Society has made our dreams come true: a summer-long exhibit dedicated to the city's relationship with beer! And that'll include different tastings every Saturday all summer long. more ›

Hey, waitresses: trying to drum up some extra rent money? Well, you might want to slap on some Revlon Ravish Me Red—according to a recent French study, waitresses who wear red lipstick make more tips. more ›

Have you ever dreamed of having some roti and chick pea curry—and not paying for it? Well, the Wall Street Journal is making that dream come true with an article about the elaborate cooking operation at the Sikh Cultural Society in Richmond Hill. Yes, Queens. more ›

And here we have Bishops & Barons, a new cocktail lounge and supper club from the man who brought you The Gates, the infamously awkward Chelsea nightclub that got so exclusive it went out of business. This time around, co-owner Danny Kane promises a more inclusive environment that will somehow still attract a high percentage of pretty people—but he's reviving The Gates' "Ambassador Program," which entitled members to a golden key, a membership card, and the right to bring five guests. more ›

Food companies not wanting to fend off lawsuits need to be a bit better about their marketing, it seems! After the maker of Nutella settled a lawsuit over its claims that the spread was "a healthy and nutritious part of a balanced breakfast" now we get word of another suit in the same vein. On behalf of all of us, Annie Lam of Daly City California has sued General Mills because—gasp!—the company's Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit By The Foot products are not actually "made with real fruit." Or, rather, not the fruit you think they are made with. more ›

The mother breastfeeding her nearly four-year-old son on Time magazine's latest cover appeared on the Today Show and made everyone feel a lot better when she confirmed that the suckling situation shown "isn’t how we breast-feed at home, it’s more of a cradling, nurturing situation." more ›

This week is Winged Animal Week here on Gothamist, and what better way to celebrate than by eating some of those delicious, delicious wings. To that end we've put together a list of some of our favorite spots in town to go and do just that. more ›

Listen, people—you may have been mesmerized by the freak of nature blue lobster, but here's something even freakier: A calico lobster. This guy, now named Calvin, was originally picked to be cooked and served at a Massachusetts restaurant, but the chef realized there was something magical about him. more ›

In an effort to battle the ongoing war against childhood obesity, Brooklyn assemblyman Felix Ortiz has called for legislation to ban toys from children's meals in large fast-food chains, unless they meet certain nutritional standards. If, and only if, a children's meal has fewer than 500 calories, fewer than 600 milligrams of sodium, and less than 35% of the total daily fat calorie allowance, will a toy be allowed. The meal would also need to have less than 10% of the meal's calorie content from sugars, no fake sweeteners or caffeine, and 98% less freedom of choice. more ›

Just in time for the return of CBGB comes the return of one of the greatest CBGBs bands...in food truck form. Longtime Ramones drummer (and only living member of the band's longest-running lineup) Marky Ramone has started his own meatball truck, Marky Ramone’s Cruisin’ Kitchen. Too bad you won't be able to get Cretin Crepes there. more ›

After pleading guilty to prostitution, the so-called "hot dog hooker" of Long Island returned to work yesterday slinging her dirty water dogs. But—perhaps because she is now known as the "hot dog hooker"—things didn't go so great for 45-year-old Catherine Scalia. The police shut her down after just three hours back on the job. more ›

Those in Hell's Kitchen craving some lobstah' have now got a new spot to go and grab some. Claw, a "Hamptons-inspired" seafood restaurant specializing in luscious lobster rolls has expanded from its initial Chelsea location to take over the old Hallo Berlin Express storefront on Ninth Avenue. And unlike the first one, this new Claw serves beer and wine. more ›

We've known that attachment parenting has become trendy. The practice encourages parents to closely bond with children by wearing slings (instead of putting them in bouncers), co-sleeping (versus putting the kid in a crib) and breastfeeding until the child is ready for college—and even Blossom has written a book about it. But now Time Magazine is jumping into the bourgie parenting debate with a cover featuring a three-year-old boy suckling on his 26-year-old mother's breast. Suck it, Newsweek's rape fantasy cover! more ›

Teenagers: Their drive to have sex is so extreme, yet their opportunities so limited. Who among us hasn't succumbed to an adolescent passion in an inappropriate setting, deep in the overgrown weeds of a highway median, or the brightly-lit embalming room of a funeral parlor? In this video, two desperate NYC youths are allegedly caught in flagrante delicto by a McDonald's manager after locking themselves in the bathroom for "an hour." Mildly NSFW due to the employee's profanity and a pair of moobs at the two minute mark: more ›

You've heard of beer and cheese pairings, but now you can enjoy the two entities fused together, in a new cheese that's been basted with the boozy beverage. Sprout Creek Farm, a Poughkeepsie cheese maker, has partnered with Red Hook's Sixpoint Ales to create "Point of Origin," the first of what will be a series of washed-rind cheeses from the collaboration. more ›

Boozy brunch early birds, rejoice! While the meddlesome masterminds behind Community Board 1 have been trying to squash Sunday morning brunches by enforcing a ban on restaurants in Greenpoint and Williamsburg serving outdoors before noon, City Councilman Steve Levin (D-Greenpoint) has stepped in to stop them in their Bloodys-and-bagels-hating tracks. more ›

Astoria is now home to another beer garden-type establishment now that Max Bratwurst und Bier has opened. The restaurant began serving authentic, German style comfort foods and beers at the end of April in a cozy, brick-walled space on 30th Avenue. The dining area is simple but inviting, with large communal tables and a few vintage posters adorning the walls. While there is no actual garden, the large, windowed doors can be flung wide open, affording views of the neighborhood and allowing the requisite warm, summer breezes to blow through. (Remember those?) more ›

A Brooklyn-based art cooperative called United Photo Industries is going to create a little village out of shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 3 Uplands this summer, and they promise that "central to the Village will be a communal beer & food garden serving chilled brews and artisanal snacks." Details of vendors are "coming soon," but we were told this afternoon that "Brooklyn Brewery will be providing Ice cold beers (served by our friends at Water Street Restaurant in DUMBO) and we have teamed up with the amazing NY Food Truck Association. We are working on the schedule right now but we will have at least 4-5 food trucks every day in the beer garden." more ›

So, the alleged Long Island "Hot Dog Hooker" was in court yesterday and she pleaded guilty to... prostitution. Catherine Scalia admitted that she agreed to serve up some pleasure after an undercover cop paid $50 for a hot dog, but then outside the courthouse, she told reporters, "Prostitution is sex. I’m not selling sex, I’m selling my cleavage." Confused? Yes, we are, too. more ›

Smorgasburg darlings BonChovie have teamed up with new crowdfunding platform Smallknot to raise capital to expand their anchovy empire. While ultimately they want to open up their own storefront, owners Neill and Renae Holland realize that this unstable economy might not be the best expansion environment. (Then again, Brooklyn does have a store devoted entirely to mayonnaise.) But BonChovie has expanded its food fest presence since we spoke to the couple last year, and is in desperate need of a cargo van to transport the fishy offerings between the kitchen, Smorgasburg and their new residency at the Brooklyn Flea. more ›

New Yorkers now have another reason to travel to Newark besides superhero mayor Cory Booker: true-blue BBQ favorite Dinosaur Bar-B-Que has officially opened its doors across the Hudson. The popular BBQ restaurant—whose Harlem location almost always has a long wait to get in—has taken over a massive turn-of-the-20th-century warehouse space downtown. The restaurant pays homage to the building's history—the space has housed a haberdashery, a lighting plant and Newark's first spirit and wine bottler, among other things—with original mosaic floors and a bar counter made from wooden beams recovered during construction. Salvaged wood on the walls and table lends a rustic, homey feel to the space, while lampshades made of tin cutouts of pigs add a touch of suicide food. more ›

Tucked away on a corner beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, a beauty of a bar, Donna, beckons. more ›

Ahead of its marquee sponsorship of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, McDonald's is amassing a group of 400 food bloggers to write positively about the chain in exchange for "free gifts and parties." PR Week quotes a McDonald's PR consultant saying that the year-long initiative is an opportunity to "teach" regular folks how to become "brand ambassadors." This is vastly preferable to the old way of being a brand ambassador to McDonald's, which involves simply being fat and holding a McFlurry. more ›

The Coney Island amusement district will get a tasty new addition this summer when Park Slope's Zito's Sandwich Shoppe opens an outpost near the boardwalk. The well-regarded sandwich shop opened last August to serve Italian-style heroes to the stroller set and has been buzzing along ever since. With the area gradually transforming into a soulless corporate shopping mall, it comes as no surprise that a successful restaurant would want to get in on the action. Zito's will join the list of established Brooklyn restaurants—Grimaldi's and Tom's to start— trying to make a go of it in the landmark neighborhood. more ›

From the Tavern on the Green in 1934 to the famous Cavanaugh's Restaurant on West 23rd in 1938 to an old dining shack in Sheepshead Bay in 1953—click through for a look at where New Yorkers used to eat back in the day. The captions (along with the photographs) are all courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives, who just released nearly one million photos online. Now if only there were a million hours in a day or the NYPL Old Menus crew could combine forces with the Municipal Archives and fully piece together these old spots for us. more ›

If you open up a bar in Hell's Kitchen, should you expect the air to smell fresh as a daisy? Newly opened bar and restaurant the Beer Authority is now blaming street vendors on West 40th Street for the dropoff in their business. more ›

James Beard was a profoundly orotund sensualist who got famous in the '50s promoting gourmet French food to middlebrow America through a number of cookbooks and essays—he also co-founded Citymeals-on-Wheels, which delivers food to the home-bound elderly in NYC, as well as an eponymous cooking school. He died in the '80s, and now there's a James Beard Foundation that carries on his foodie legacy, operating out of his old West Village townhouse. (To give you a sense of Beard's flamboyant personality, the upstairs bathroom is floor-to-ceiling mirrors.) Every year the Foundation gives out a bunch of awards at a big pretentious event the food blogs breathlessly fawn over. more ›

There will be no restaurant atop 1 World Trade Center, but there will be concessions, and Danny "Shake Shack" Meyer would like a piece of the action. more ›

The popular Park Slope hot doggery is expanding their franchise with a new, seasonal Manhattan location on warm weather mainstay The High Line. On May 26th the stand will open its "doors" at the Chelsea Market Passage on 10th Avenue between 15th and 16th streets serving an abridged version of their restaurant menu. Choose from a classic dog, veggie dog or Nueske's Smoked Cheddar Brat for the tubular offerings and a hamburger or veggie burger for something between-the-buns, all priced under $7. You can also customize your meal with free toppings like sweet pepper relish, diced red onions and sauerkraut from the Fixins Bar to make your own special creation. more ›

The owner of a Montreal-style bagel shop in Cobble Hill says Health Department inspectors are asking the impossible, levying heavy fines for insignificant infractions like seeds on the floor. B&B Empire Bagels, which we reviewed as soon as it opened last year, has been fined $1,650 by the city for supposedly "incidental infractions" such as fallen sesames. Owner Alex Gormakh says inspectors cited him for sesame and poppy seeds that fall on the floor, telling the Post, “It is impossible to clean up after each and every bagel. It is impossible. It is a process." more ›

Just in time for tomorrow's intermittent showers, Häagen-Dazs is once again doing its Free Cone Day promotion—which is just like Ben & Jerry's but with fewer cartoon cows. more ›

Domino's pizza just made a whole lot of friends in the Celiac's disease community—to a degree. The pizza chain today announced that it will begin to sell pizza made with a gluten-free crust (though be wary if you are super-sensitive: they'll still be made in the same ovens, see the warning above). Is this the start a gluten-free fast food renaissance? more ›

Last year the "secret" lily-white pop-up event Diner En Blanc made the jump across the pond from Paris with a successful meal in New York. And now it is coming back for another round. Time to bust out the bleach! more ›

Senator Chuck Schumer has taken many a courageous stand against issues like arsenic in apple juice and OnStar snooping, but his defense of the microbreweries in the face of a recent elimination of a tax exemption in New York ranks among his most noble. “It would be a great thing for our state to have this industry grow, but this court decision could clobber them,” Schumer said at an appearance at the East Village Tavern. Too bad he didn't extend that Super Bowl bet to making Robert Kraft pick up the new taxes. more ›

Michael Wolff was leaning on an umbrella outside his East Village apartment and seemed to be apologizing for the lack of SWAT team units responding to his return to Sunshine Cinema after last week's Juicegate debacle. "Ultimately, this was all very inadvertent," he said with the twinge of sadness that a shark must feel after it bites into a tire. Confrontation was averted when Whit Stillman had stopped Wolff at the ticket booth, snatched his $10 juice and crammed it in into his jacket. "Good God, Michael," Stillman said, bristling at his friend's brazenness. Once we sat down the director urged us to enjoy his film, Damsels In Distress. "Michael, you want any rum for your juice?" Stillman produced an airplane bottle of Bacardi. "No thanks, I'll take it straight." more ›

Next time you dump out the stale water that's been sitting in your Brita for two weeks, think twice. Yesterday, the New York City Water Board approved a seven percent water rate increase for city residents. The price hike, which was proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection, is the smallest increase the city has seen in seven years, but, as Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer noted in a release yesterday, in the past decade water rates have increased by nearly 150 percent! more ›

Can you believe that someone selling hot dogs out of an RV on the side of the highway is less than scrupulous? the Post reports that Nassau County police arrested 45-year-old Catherine Scalia after she offered to perform sex acts on an undercover cop who bought two of her hot dogs. CBS calls the arrest "shocking," but a real bombshell would be finding a successful hot dog vender who uses a Winnebago and just sells hot dogs. more ›

Still looking for a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Well, if our previous suggestions didn't pique your interest, perhaps free artisanal mayo will do the trick? more ›

Last night was perhaps the cruelest playoff loss yet for the Knicks in this series against the Miami Heat: while game 1 was a blowout and game 2 was just glass-smashing, the Heat actually played really badly for a large amount of Thursday night at the Garden. LeBron James seemed to be doing everything he could in the first three quarters to give this one to the Knicks, yet they couldn't quite keep their first half momentum going, resulting in a thoroughly depressing 87-70 loss. Between their looming sweep and his lingering injuries, it's practically a certainty that Jeremy Lin won't risk more injury by playing in Game 4 on Sunday. But there is something he can do for the team: invite them over to binge eat his jersey made entirely of fruit-roll ups. more ›

Here's a closer look at the new Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, a 72-room lodging house formed out of an old cooperage built in 1901. As we noted last month, the hotel radiates turn-of-the-century industrial rustic charm, with lots of exposed pine beams, cast-iron columns, and furnishings made from old wood reclaimed from the building itself. It also features an instantly-hyped ground-floor restaurant called Reynards, from the team behind Diner and Marlow & Sons. Take a look around, and peruse the current menu below. more ›

Celeb chef David Bouley's flagship restaurant Bouley is undoubtedly one of the finer restaurants in the city. But if a recent Yelp posting sent in by a reader is to be believed, it might not be the ideal place to pop the question. more ›

Considering how often we hear about Community Boards shooting down small bars, let alone huge ones, the fact that Community Board 12's Economic Development Committee just gave approval for a massive, 30,000-square-foot eatery in Washington Heights is a bit of a surprise. Whether it was a pleasant one, however, depends on your perspective. more ›

New Yorkers in the past decade or so have become masters at waiting on long lines. We'll wait on line for food, for phones, for opera tickets, for TV show screenings, even to look (and just look) at clothing. How serious do we take our lines? So seriously that New Yorkers have been known to literally cut line cutters. Luckily (we guess), when Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show sent a reporter out to cut some food cart lines in midtown that didn't happen. But it still led to some humorous moments: more ›

New York City isn't known for its Mexican food, and while you can get decent offerings (Papacitos in Brooklyn knocks out a pretty tasty seitan taco, for example), we all know that some of what passes as Mexican cuisine here is downright insulting. Case in point: a couple of weekends ago we went to Lobo on Court Street (as first timers) with some friends (who should have known better) for a meal after some light daydrinking, and it was so terrible that we still haven't been able to wash the memories from our palate. more ›

Among the many (first world) problems of going to massive food and drink festivals is actually remembering what you ate and drank the next morning. Well, remember nevermore! This year the Manhattan Cocktail Classic has finally solved this age old problem, with electronic tracking bracelets for all 3,500 guests who attend the opening night party at the NYPL. It's still unclear whether the bracelets are programmed to explode if a guest continues drinking after last call. more ›

Every so often, the planets align and two holidays ripe for debauchery fall on the same day. This year, the Kentucky Derby coincides Cinco de Mayo, and the two very different celebrations will presumably give birth to one epic fiesta we're dubbing Cinco de Derby. (Kentucky de Mayo doesn't focus-group so well.) So this Saturday presents the perfect excuse to pull out your best pastels and seersucker blazers, slap on a sombrero, stick a mint sprig in a bottle of Corona, and remember the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Puebla by betting next month's rent on Daddy Nose Best. Here's where to do it: more ›

Earlier this afternoon Max Silvestri Tweeted, "Which PopChips Ashton Kutcher character is your fave? It's so hard to pick! (how I'm gonna drown myself fastest)," with a link that sent us into a world where Kutcher portrays a diva; a hippie; a biker; and Raj, an Indian. Soon after, New York band Das Racist—who are 2/3 Indian—also noted the ad campaign on Twitter, calling Kutcher out for playing a "brownface character." more ›

If you've been dying to try fried chicken based on recipes from Momofuku's David Chang and the Roots' Questlove, we've got good news. As you'll recall, the pair recently faced off on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in an epic battle in which Chang walked away victorious (not sure what we are talking about? Catch up here). Now the pair are teaming up for a special charity dinner [PDF] and the best part? It is actually something you could theoretically get into. more ›

In what seemed to take mere minutes, the former Gallery restaurant across from the York Street stop in DUMBO has become the new Dumbo Kitchen. The shop kicked things off today with a preview that runs until 7 p.m., but exactly what'll be available there day-to-day seems to be a little touch and go. Judging by the current selection—which appears to be aiming to attract the lunchers who currently flock to the Foragers supermarket—we'd say getting Italian-inspired lunch food there looks like a safe bet. more ›

While Lansky's Traditional Jewish Deli on the Upper West Side boasts delicious pastrami sandwiches and matzoh ball soup that tempts Jon Hamm, there is one option for the seriously ravenous: It's the Jackpot Sandwich, which features seven pounds of meat (pastrami, turkey, corned beef, salami) on ten pieces of rye bread with Muenster and American cheeses, cole slaw, sweet peppers and Russian dressing. more ›

May Day wasn't just about protests. Because New York contains multitudes, there were a number of other events going on yesterday, at least one of which involved drinking dozens of decadent fancy cocktails in the Bowery Hotel. After all, May is one of the big months for food and drink events in the Big Apple. more ›

Furiously chewing your fingernails to the bone won't make those 24-hour cupcake ATM machines come any faster to NYC—so tide yourself over with some free cupcakes courtesy of Sweetery today. more ›

When you're tired of getting yelled at by the ninety-nine percent just because you're a winner winner chicken dinner, repair to this discreet nest above Chelsea, where you can dip your toes in the pool, look down upon the High Line, and nibble on light Mediterranean fare. Located on the roof of the semi-newish Hotel Americano, La Piscine offers commanding views of the western Manhattan skyline, as well as fresh breezes off the Hudson. Take a look around. more ›

After meeting with Mayor Bloomberg for breakfast, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney delivered lunch—from Joe's Pizza—to some lower Manhattan firefighters. And he showed up with Mr. 9/11 himself, Rudy Giuliani. more ›

We've got good news and bad news for New York beer drinkers. The good news? Our Happy Hours are probably safe for the time being. The bad news? Because of changes in the tax rules, buying local beer around town is probably about to get a bit pricier. "We're definitely going to have to pass it on," Larry Goldstein of Long Island brewery Spider Bite Beer tells us. more ›

Wheat beer drinkers rejoice! In a big departure from its usually hops-heavy line-up, Sixpoint Brewery in Redhook has just introduced Apollo, a wheat ale, to its seasonal rotation. more ›