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Alphabet City, East Village, Restaurants

Buckwheat Ricotta Pancake at Goat Town – NYC

Unless you love black-colored foods, this may not look very appetizing, but in actuality this was hella’ OMFG delicious. On Sunday, I had an odd craving for pancakes — odd because for breakfast/brunch, I normally prefer savory over sweet and waffles over pancakes — and ended up ordering the Buckwheat Ricotta Pancake ($12) at Goat Town. Notice pancake is singular. At Goat Town, instead of a stack of pancakes, you get one large, domed buckwheat pancake studded with pink lady apple slices, topped with whipped ricotta cream and walnuts, drizzled with honey, and dusted with powdered sugar. MORE »

East Village, Restaurants

First Brunch at Maharlika – NYC

09.03.11 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Variations on brunch are always welcome in my book, so when I heard
Maharlika — of past Filipino pop-up fame — opened a real restaurant on 1st Avenue, I was pretty stoked. Sizzling sisig for brunch? I’m down. So a few weeks later, I was there bright and early with David in tow. MORE »

Morningside Heights, Restaurants

Brunch & Dinner at Community Food & Juice – NYC

03.26.11 | Permalink | 8 Comments

For my birthday, my brother and Hannah (my sister-in-law), got me a gift card to Community Food & Juice, the uptown branch of Clinton St. Baking Co. My initial reaction was “WOOT!” followed quickly by “F*CK!” Not that I hate gift cards or that Community is a bad restaurant or that I wasn’t grateful. (Thank you Hannah and Bro for thinking of my stomach!) It’s just that the location isn’t so ideal for me. Community Food & Juice is located in Morningside Heights. From the East Village, it takes a little less than an hour by train. That’s more time than I want to spend commuting on the weekend for brunch. Years ago, when I was a hungry college student in Morningside Heights (I’m a Barnard girl), I probably would have been more appreciative, but now, not so much. In addition, considering the East Village is seasonal restaurant central, it really doesn’t make sense to go all the way to Morningside Heights for the type of food I can eat a block away. It’s like living in Flushing and commuting to the Upper East Side for Chinese food. I inquired about using the card at Clinton St., but Community said it wasn’t possible. It probably wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. Even though Clinton St. is less than ten minutes away from my apartment, I’d probably spend the same amount of time waiting for a table outside with the morning tourist crowd. Not my kind of scene. So one morning, with dragging feet, David and I set off to find out if Community Food & Juice was truly a destination restaurant. MORE »

Gramercy, Restaurants

First Brunch at Maialino – NYC

02.28.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Locanda Verde is great, but sometimes you don’t want to wait for a table. (Especially in the mornings when I’m 99% likely to be grumpy.) This is where Maialino comes in. Unlike Locanda Verde, Maialino is on OpenTable and a reservation is only a few lazy clicks away. Of course you can make reservations for Locanda Verde by telephone, but personally, I don’t have the patience to call restaurants. Put me on hold, I’ll just hang up. So although I love Locanda Verde, a few Saturdays ago, the BF and I found ourselves at Maialino for brunch. MORE »

Restaurants, TriBeCa

Brunching & Lunching at Locanda Verde – NYC

12.29.10 | Permalink | 8 Comments

There’s a lot of reasons people like Locanda Verde. The restaurant is bright and airy. The staff is extremely good looking (if you’ve been to the restaurant, you’ve probably seen the younger, taller version of Javier Bardem behind the bar), and the clientele who swarm the restaurant at all hours of the day are just as attractive. On my last visit, the “angelic” Adriana Lima was sitting one table down from me and caused quite a stir. (One man stood entranced by her table for an outrageous amount of time.) However, the reason I love Locanda Verde is the food. The man behind the culinary magic is Andrew Carmellini, and I’ve been a fan since his A Voce days. Even at the posher A Voce, Carmellini never shied away from the bold or funky. The food was always elegant yet full of flavor. Locanda Verde is probably the opposite of what A Voce once was. It’s more casual, at times rustic, but still enormously delicious. MORE »

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Gave in & had Señor Pollo chicken & maduros again 2nite. Also, noticed that block is becoming chicken row. Ppl luv chicken. Me included.

The Archives

Alphabet City, East Village, Restaurants

Buckwheat Ricotta Pancake at Goat Town – NYC

East Village, Restaurants

First Brunch at Maharlika – NYC

Morningside Heights, Restaurants

Brunch & Dinner at Community Food & Juice – NYC

Gramercy, Restaurants

First Brunch at Maialino – NYC

Restaurants, TriBeCa

Brunching & Lunching at Locanda Verde – NYC

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