The Elm In Williamsburg Is Closing

February 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Elm in Williamsburg has been open for nearly three years and unfortunately will be officially closing this coming Sunday. When the restaurant originally opened in August 2013 inside the King & Grove Williamsburg hotel, chef Paul Liebrandt believed the restaurant would serve as a ‘gateway’ for a clientele dissimilar to that of Corton.

The food and coffee at The Elm were highly praised including a three star rating from Adam Platt, however there was something about the atmosphere that never really jived. Chef Paul Liebrandt has mentioned that he would like to undertake another fine-dining restaurant project, so perhaps this may be the push to do so. For more information on the closing of The Elm in Williamsburg, click here.

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New Dinner Menu At El Rey Luncheonette

February 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Nicholas Morgenstern’s El Rey Coffee Bar and Luncheonette on the Lower East Side has started serving dinner! The small space’s kitchen is run by executive chef Gerardo Gonzalez who is known for his ‘SoCal, neo-hippie, veggie-centric-but-not-vegetarian’ style. The new dinner menu includes vegan chicharrones with hot sauce, cashew crema and chamoy sauce, octopus salad with black salsa, charred radicchios with ricotta, hazelnut and mint and papas bravas with pickled pineapple hot sauce.

Morgenstern was inspired by the tapas style service of Bar Jamón. El Rey Luncheonette is also pushing toward organic and biodynamic wines. For more information on the new dinner menu including photos of the new dishes, click here

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Melt Shop & The Little Beet To Expand In LI

February 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall in Long Island will be welcoming two newcomers this week: Melt Shop and The Little Beet. Melt Shop has a few outposts in New York City and one in the works in Washington D.C. set to open this week, so this is not a new feat for owner Spencer Rubin. This will be a new endeavor however for Franklin Becker’s The Little Beet. A few months ago Becker opened the sit-down version, Little Beet Table, on Park Avenue between 23rd and 24th St.

Both brands are moving into the large shopping mall outlet at Roosevelt Field as a way to expand the brands. Becker is also currently working on a steakhouse concept. The foot traffic at Roosevelt Fields Mall is very heavy, and the current chains at the mall such as Houston’s and Seasons 52 do very well. These two fast casual concepts will surely soon become go-to’s for shoppers looking to grab a quick bite at a fair price. To read more, click here.

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NYC Port Authority To Open Specialty Food Shops

February 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In order to improve traffic flow in New York City’s bus terminal, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey decided to choose Cushman & Wakefield Inc. and JRT Realty Group INC to help the station undergo a $90 million makeover which will lease and market the 150,000 square foot retail space as well as a 13,000 square foot space on ninth avenue near the terminal. This renovation will not only improve traffic flow but will also make the terminal that much more accessible to commuters.

The existing tenants will need to update their spaces to match the new and modern feel. Steven Soutendijk, Cushman & Wakefield’s executive director has said the existing tenants will be investing in remodeling their locations with higher standards to match the new specialty food shops and vendors that will enter the space. The new retail food options will not only attract commuters, but may also bring in a lunch or dinner crowd from nearby residences and offices. To read more about Port Authority bus terminal’s future food retail makeover, click here

 

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Upland Starts Serving Lunch Today

February 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The new ‘Cal-Ital’ restaurant Upland is serving lunch today! Justin Smillie from Il Buco Alimentari, who opened Upland with Stephen Starr will be unveiling the new lunch menu today including ‘nduja pizza and cheeseburgers. The more involved dishes such as the short ribs will remain on the dinner menu and on the dinner menu only, however, a few dinner favorites have mad their way to the lunch menu such as the estrella chicken liver pasta and the ‘nudge straciatella pizza.

The lunch menu prices are slightly lower than the dinner menu, which will hopefully make the restaurant more accessible and able to bring in a good lunch crowd from the area. Upland is situated at 345 Park Ave S. To check out Upland’s full lunch menu, click here.

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Here Come The Cake Doughnuts!

January 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment

We, for one, could not be more excited about the arrival of cake doughnuts at our neighborhood doughnut shop, Dough. TaraPaige Group’s dear friend Fany Gerson, expert doughnut maker for Dough, has revealed that cake doughnuts will be making their debut in upcoming weeks. The three flavors they will be available in include apple-pear cider, chocolate malt, and buttermilk (or possibly sour cream, still deciding).

Dough has a location in Brooklyn at 305 Franklin Ave, as well as in Manhattan at 14 W 19th St, New York. Pies ‘N’ Thighs will also be soon introducing new sourdough doughnuts, so it is a great time for doughnut lovers in the city! For more details on the doughnuts or to see a picture of the doughnut maker, click here.

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The Year of Pie

January 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Pie has made quite the comeback and gained significant exposure and popularity this past year. There is no disputing the important presence of Four & Twenty Blackbirds in South Brooklyn (including their own custard flavor at Brooklyn Shake Shacks) and the success of Pies ‘N’ Thighs who will shortly be opening a Manhattan outpost. The latest pie haven on the scene can be found on Delancey Street in the Lower East Side and is run by Petra Paredez. Petra’s shop, Petee’s Pie Co., has been creating dozens of pie flavors since opening in November; some of these include: salty chocolate chess, butterscotch meringue and wild blueberry.

Inspired by the city’s new take to pies, Paredez and her husband Robert began to plan for their own pie shop with a focus on locally sourced ingredients; apples from the Hudson Valley, butter churned by Kriemhild Dairy Farms in Hamilton, organic wheat flour from Champlain Valley Milling upstate and buttermilk from Pittsford Farms Dairy outside Rochester. Paredez has said they will spend the winter sourcing even more local ingredients and hopes to turn not-so-convinced New Yorkers into pie aficionados. Paredez states, “It doesn’t make sense, it’s real food, made with real dairy, real fruit, real eggs. It’s not, like, a cupcake.” To check out some photos of Petee’s Pie Co.’s creations and for more background on the shop, click here.

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Pies ‘N’ Thighs New Manhattan Location

January 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Brooklyn favorite Pies ‘N’ Thighs will be opening their first manhattan location today on the Lower East Side. Co-owners Sarah Sanneh and Carolyn Bane must be excited to have the gas turned on, Health Department inspection approved, and final touches finished for opening. The new 43 Canal St location has a lunch counter with retro stools as well as wooden booths and fun tiled floors. Fun fact: the retro stools at the lunch counter actually belonged to the original Pies ‘N’ Thighs on Kent Avenue that closed in 2008.

There will also be some new additions to the original menu. These additions include a cauliflower gratin, a chicken and dumplings soup, and a raw collard green salad with lime vinaigrette and smoked coconut. A new sourdough doughnut will also be introduced, which is promised by co-owner Sanneh to be the only thing of its kind in the city. Eventually there will also be some new sandwiches added to the menu. The usual menu suspects will of course be available, such as the fried chicken, biscuits and pies.

To read more coverage on the opening of the Manhattan Pies ‘N’ Thighs opening, click here

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Potential New Bread-Only Bakery in NYC

January 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Chad Robertson, the man behind San Francisco’s Tartine, has been spending a lot of time on the east coast recently, particularly in New York City. This has fans getting excited about the speculation that he may be opening up shop in New York. Robertson was spotted in Bushwick with the bakers at Roberta’s as well as spending time with Danny Bowien at Mission Chinese Food pre-opening giving out tips and advice on mastering the perfect pizza dough.

Hopefully the reports that Robertson is looking into a bread-only bakery concept in NYC are true. The shop would be run by a solo baker and would sell only what that baker could produce in a single day. Robertson mentioned last year that his hold up with opening a shop in New York was finding the ‘right person,’ on site; he stated, “I don’t have that New York person yet. It doesn’t work without that person.”

Robertson recently opened a new space in San Francisco as well as an outpost in Japan and one in London in the works. Although it seems unlikely that the NYC bread shop would happen in the near future, we are still hopeful! To read more about Chad Robertson’s rumored bread-only bakery in NYC, click here. 

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Wahlburgers Coming To NYC

January 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Wahlburgers is a fast growing burger chain founded by actor Mark Wahlberg’s brother, Paul Wahlberg. It seems like soon the burger chain will have many more franchises and make its first appearance in New York. The family’s expansion plans were announced last month and included franchises in Florida, Vegas, Philadelphia, and Canada. No less than seven outposts were promised in New York City and the family is acting fast on this promise!

The Wahlberg brothers sold their franchise rights to John Cestare, of Big Apple Burgers, who will be overseeing all the new Wahlburger outposts in the city. The first of these outlets is aiming for a May 1st open in Coney Island. A great portion of the success and populariy of the Massachusetts outpost is in no doubt due to the A&E reality show filmed in and around the burger chain that documents all the Wahlberg family antics, but we hope they do just as well or better as the family takes the franchise nationwide!

To read more about the expansion of the Wahlburgers Boston Burger Restaurant, click here

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