Lanza’s Restaurant, an old-school red sauce joint in the East Village, has been serving customers veal scaloppine and spaghetti and meatballs since 1904. If you have doubts, swing by and you may run into the younger siblings of the very same customers. “Younger,” of course, in the relative sense here. It’s for this reason, after passing by the restaurant for many years, I never stepped inside. Last week, I decided it was time to change that. And the result? READ MORE »

If you read EV Grieve or Gothamist, you may have heard the terribly sad news about Cesar, a 17-year-long employee at Stromboli Pizza in the East Village. Cesar, while biking home after his shift, got hit by a delivery truck on Smith and Schermerhorn in Brooklyn and died a few days later from internal injuries. READ MORE »

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone’s weekend wasn’t too crazy with Halloween upon us. I personally could live without the holiday, but then again I’m a grumpy individual. Something that makes me less grumpy, however, is the cheesecake at Eileen’s Special Cheesecake. READ MORE »

In terms of banh mi, $7 may seem a lot, but at Xe May Sandwich Shop, in exchange, you get variety you normally wouldn’t find at a regular Vietnamese sandwich shop. READ MORE »

I have friends who are obsessed with desserts at Dessert Club, ChikaLicious, but I always found the desserts a little too light at the casual Japanese/French bakery helmed by Pastry Chef/Co-Owner Chika Tillman. That is until I discovered the chocolate éclair ($5.50). READ MORE »