Recent Food Stories
Food > The Beast..A new Venture by Andy Lunique
by: Andy Lunique
Unfortunately "Beast" just ends up a restaurant that invites all the people who weren't cool enough to get into the restaurant next door because you're too much of a nerd to eat proper food in comfortable settings.
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Coupon of the Day > Cheap Break Fast with a not-so cheap feeling..
by: Editor
Energy Kitchen continues it's goal of bringing you Healthy food fast with their new Breakfast Coupon
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Coupon of the Day > ENERGY KITCHEN ANNOUNCES TAX DAY RELIEF: FREE LUNCH
by: Editor
Free Lunch on Tax Day!!! Find out More!!!
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Food > Border Crossing
by: Ariana Johnson
Recently I spent a little time working in a tequila bar, where they used tamarindo in one of their margarita style cocktails, it was decent but a no brainer. When it comes to mixing, I like to think outside the box.
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Food > A Thought from our New Chef Correspondent- Andy Lunique
by: Andy Lunique
The one thing I hear far too often when talking about restaurants in certain cities starts like this
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Food > Huckleberry Bar: A Cozy Williamsburg Gem
by: Anastasia Kudrashova
The bar features an extensive wine and spirits menu with a little something for everyone, from the inspired Porkslap Pale Ale and the smoky bacon-infused rye shot special to the Perfect Manhattan. Having a penchant for the unusual and quirky, owners Andy and Stephanie offer an outstanding selection of craft beers and wines.
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Food > Restaraunt Reviews: Ouest Restaurant
by: Justin August
Last night I was able to stop by and General Manager Chris Peterman walked me thru a few of the most amazing dishes, he dubs as Haut American Cuisine, that I have tasted in quite some time, let me just give you the highlights;
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Food > Q-Tonic puts the Q back in Tonic...
by: Justin August
Enter Q-Tonic. Some real connoisseurs have stepped up the game and put together a natural product that brings back the original taste of quinine. Q-Tonic uses only the finest hand picked quinine and marries this together with organic Agave and presto!, you get Q-Tonic.
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Food > Bols Genever, the grandfather of Gin
by: Laurie Johnson
...my lush friends at Bols Genever dropped a bottle of this spirit of at Grapevine HQ the other day, 6 hours later I was rolling on the floor remembering why I’m not supposed to drink alone.
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Food > The Rachel Maddow
by: Jason Littrell
....another tasty beverage for your Lush Livers
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Food > The Negroni
by: Laurie Johnson
a drink too many bartender's don't know how to make.
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Food > Cocktail of The Week - The Corpse Reviver #2 and The Corpse Surviver
by: Christian Hunter
... wanting to try a new cocktail that isn't so new?
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Food > Decaf- What's the Point?
by: Kendra Celeste Hughes
I'll tell you what the mother-loving point is! The point is, I WANT TO DRINK IT! For some, coffee simply exists to wake them up, to keep them up, to focus, etc� but for some of us, coffee also, if we�re in a decent joint, tastes good. The smell and taste of coffee reminds us of cold and rainy or snowy college days in cafes working on papers, reading Kerouac, writing in journals, cute hippie baristas and literati.
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Food > It's a Mystery; Sunchokes.
by: Kendra Celeste Hughes
When I first started cooking as a young girl, I would stick to the basics: mac and cheese, chocolate chip cookies, pizza with Boboli crusts, and my mom's meatloaf – with mom conducting the strange symphony of dumping, mixing and laughing until it all entered the oven. As I matured, I turned to recipe books and magazines, always passing over recipes with anything abstract in the title. What the heck is broccoli rabe? A parsnip? No thanks. Celeriac? Sounds like a piece of celery with issues. But I eventually got bored with my limited culinary knowledge and I decided it was time to venture out, explore, and demystify the mystifying foods all the gourmets seemed to love. I was tired of feeling like I was missing out.
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Food > Restaurant Review: Northeast Kingdom
by: Kendra Celeste Hughes
I really wanted to like Northeast Kingdom. My husband and I had come across the place while we were exploring our new neighborhood of Bushwick in Brooklyn. It was a weekday morning and the restaurant was closed, but the cool marquee with the little deer and the decor we could see through the windows intrigued us. We're Midwesterners at heart so the dark plank floors, brick walls and wooden benches spoke to us. We're big brunchies, so when we saw they delivered the goods on weekend days, we noted it for future Sundays. I was SO excited.
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Food > It's a Mystery; A Meezing of the Minds.
by: Kendra Celeste Hughes
It's a Mystery; A Meezing of the Minds. Sometimes, even the best home cooks can get overwhelmed if a recipe has a ton of ingredients listed. It seems like too much work for someone with never enough time. But that's no reason to pass over a recipe that could be unbelievably tasty.
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Op Ed > Thoughts from a grumpy old bartender
by: Justin August
Do you know what you're doing when you head to the clubs and bars at night? Are you aware of the fact that your head should be pulled out of your ass before heading into public? Your Gold Chains, Frosted hair and "Pi Kappa-I don't give a F#$%" T-shirt is NOT going to help you in your wanderings thru New York night life.
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