The Sunday Mexican cart scene we mentioned last week had Gothamist thinking about tacos all this week – again. After our new friend Pam asked us to provide her with a salsa recipe over a communal table at the continuing downhill experience that unfortunately is New Green Bo, we decided to highlight our favorite red salsa this week for Subway Fare. While juicy local tomatoes are still a bit off in our future, you......

We continue our march across 14th street this week, skipping over Union Square and landing just shy of the ever expanding Meatpacking District. As far as good eats, the block of 14th street running east from the 1/2/3 stop on 7th Avenue packs good undercover bang for the buck. Either tucked behind modest storefronts, down under staircases on the ground level of a building or showing up only one day a week, it takes......

- When our work colleague showed us this in his copy of the Post yesterday he said the below described sandwich was for sale at McDonald's: A new steak sandwich going on sale today in London will make your mouth water and your wallet cry - because it costs a whopping $148. The McDonald sandwich consists of pricey Wagyu beef, Brie de Meaux cheese, 24-hour fermented sourdough bread, and foie gras-flavored mayonnaise. Turns out it......

We were fortunate this week to score an invite to a dinner, hosted by a currently unkitchened chef, where a sampling of 5 varieties of heritage-style pigs was set to take place. More on the pork served next week in a post about the evening. The invite came with a request for side dishes and wine. Wine was the easy part; standard rule for us is to grab the oldest bottle that is appropriate......

Twentyaday weighs in with a look at some of the places covered in last weeks Subway Fare. We like that they refer the uniqueness of the fries for a fast food place. Please go to one of these restaurants on Sunday, April 30th to do your bit fighting the damage left by genocide in Darfur. Right now we are leaning toward Tia Pol or Cafe D'Alsace. A light and enjoyable post from the Mr. Asimov's......

Shifting one stop West on the L train this week puts us at Third Avenue and 14th Street, an area on the food uptick since the opening of Whole Foods and more recently Trader Joes. Although the immediate area lacks any real stellar restaurants, there is an abundance of places to grab a good bite to eat and even a little Japantown that has been brewing on 9th Street for a few years. Some......

Back when, as wee bit food junkies learning about the relation of pork bellies to bacon from Trading Places, we never imagined that bacon was already living a double life right in front of our eyes on non-breakfast menus, hiding as fatty pork down at places like Judy Doo’s Chinese Restaurant. Grateful for the early exposure, we were full-on joyful when chefs at innumerable restaurants in the early 2000’s began to prepare it every......

In recognition of last weeks' welcome news that CNET has purchased Chowhound.com, we off these selections from the Chowhound Boards. - Obligatory Shake Shack coverage. - Right in sync with Shake Shack buzz is the first Arepa Lady inquiry of the season, another great outdoor NYC eating experience. - A thread we are looking forward to seeing continue. Good Potato Pancake intel so far. - Polish Meat Markets in Williamsburg, this will probably bring Subway......

The stretch of First Avenue from the L station at 14th Street down to Saint Marks is chock full of great stops for food junkies. While most of the great stops are casual restaurants that excel at what they are doing, there is a bona fide great restaurant in the mix and a smattering of excellent food stores. Quick casual bites: Caracas Arepa Bar – a wonderful little room with a wide variety of......

When we go on our Subway Fare excursions the foodstuffs we see at the markets we visit always tempts us. In order justify buying more during each stop, we will begin working up a recipe or two from what we find that looks great, alternating weekly with the Subway Fare dispatches. During our research last week we mentioned a visit to the well-stocked El Tepeyac market. Gothamist returned recently intent to pick up the......

This week, planning to go explore the 116th Street stop on the 6 train, we popped out of the subway on a chilly Saturday afternoon. After a few minutes walking around, scoping some West Indian shops, talking to locals and seeing the barren marketplace under the Metro North Viaduct above Park Avenue we decided to return there in the warmer months. We will probably wait till La Marqueta Internacional opens in the summer, all......

Down in our lower, Lower Manhattan work neighborhood, amongst the pizza places serving cheesesteaks and the catch-all spots trying to pull off turkey sandwiches, tossed salads and Udon, there are a few places that rise above the clutter. We utilize the following spots for lunch when we don’t brown bag it, you may find them handy if you are caught showing some visitors around the Financial District or you get dragged down to Century......

Upon exiting at the M/R station at the 4th and Union stop we were tempted to pop into Schnack Express, but did not want to risk offending our much appreciated local guides Colin and Kate who spent hours preparing our gastronomical hit list. Soon we were very happy about our restraint - the hit list was very long. Union Street north of the station on 4th Avenue, as well as 5th Avenue south from......

For such a long and storied crosstown street, it is odd that Bleecker Street on has only one subway stop. That stop on the 6 train will drop you square into NoHo, providing easy access to that neighborhood as well as the East Village and NoLita. Regardless of the time of day or scope of your agenda, there is a great place for food within striking distance. - Maybe you need some food before......

Gothamist hit the transportation trifecta while stepping onto the platform from the 7 Train at the 61st Street –Woodside stop. While the subway left the station, a train passed below and a plane passed above. Given that the Subway platform is smack under a LaGuardia arrival flight path, and high above the LIRR tracks, this timing dependant sensation is rivaled only by the horizontal superfecta in Elizabeth New Jersey where the seaport, train tracks,......

In a time before Pastis transformed the Gansevoort Market forever, Gothamist lived in shared commercial space on Little West 12th Street with some artistically inclined folks. The food routine was straightforward; La Taza de Oro and Hector’s (44 Little West 12th Street, 212-206-7592) for day to day prepared food, Chelsea Market and Western Beef to buy raw foodstuffs, and Rio Mar served endless tapas with your Sangria. As time marches on some things change,......

Exiting the Grand Street stop on the B or D train will put you in the heart of Chinatown’s light industrial NE district – indoor lumber yards and metal shops up Chrystie, lighting shops on Bowery, as well as signage and printing shops further Northeast. Bustle is everywhere on the sidewalks with old men fixing shoes for waiting customers, vendors selling food from shopping carts and makeshift booths, and shoppers scurrying from one market......

Ed. note: This new weekly column will guide you to a subways stop and its surrounding food destinations. We hope that it will inspire you to take some time over the weekend to explore some new food in a new 'hood! While the Marcy Avenue stop on the JMZ line may not be the most popular Subway stop in Williamsburg, you may want to consider it if you are searching for good eats and food......

The MTA and the People (as represented by the Straphangers and the Automobile club) go back to court to debate whether or not fare increases should be rolled back. The big issues are how the MTA deliberately misled everyone to believe that they were in financial dire straits and that the MTA is providing a costly service that probably will need some sort of fare and toll increases some point soon. More coverage from NY1.......