Are you a hungry New Yorker? Good news for you! It’s the first ever 2nd Avenue Restaurant Week this week. Check out the list of participating restaurants below and make your reservations. The restaurants are offering either 20% off or a $20.16 dinner special. Many of these restaurants have been having a tough time during [...]
The 2nd Annual El Barrio Week begins today June 1st and runs to June 16th. “El Barrio Week is an annual celebration of one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the world that takes place the first week of June.” Participating restaurants will be offering $20.12 prix fixe menus to encourage the exploration and celebration [...]
It’s National Donut Day! Like you needed a reason to celebrate the deliciousness of donuts. In celebration of this beloved holiday Krispy Kreme is giving away free donuts. You can visit it’s last NYC location at Krispy Kreme 2 Penn Plaza-Amtrak Level. If you run on Dunkin, Dunkin Donuts will give you a free donut [...]
Have you been waiting all year to celebrate National Hummus Day? I know you have. I bet you are feeling like a kid on National Hummus day right now. Me too! How will you celebrate? Why not try the new fast-casualeatery The Hummus & Pita Co, where you’ll find authentic Mediterranean flavors combined with a [...]
Happy National Pretzel Day! Do you like them hard or soft? Hot or cold? Salty or sweet? These are the tough questions we face every year on National Pretzel Day. You make your call and then head over to the best pretzels in New York City, San Francisco & Austin. These pretzels are making me [...]
The grilled cheese sandwich is simple, elegant, and timeless. The first grilled cheese sandwich was created by Stewart Cheese in the lower east side of Manhattan. Originally it contained no cheese at all and was just two pieces of bread “grilled” by ironing them on an ironing board. One day Stewart Cheese gave one of [...]
Aw! A happy new celebrity couple. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer pair of people. (Actually, it really could have.) I wonder what their celeb nickname will be. KimYe? Kanyashian? Dashwestian? Whatever name sticks, I know we all are already wondering where this romance is headed, probably to some romantic dinner dates. I don’t [...]
It’s International Waffle Day! Hooray! Like you really need an excuse to have waffles. Waffles are amazing; crisp, fluffy, often sweet, sometimes savory. If you can’t decide where to get your waffles today, or any day, and you keep going back and forth between which place to go (basically waffling on your waffles), then I’ll [...]
Austin Restaurant Week is now underway March 25th-28th and April 1st -4th. Participating restaurants are offering $11 – $16 for lunch and $26 – $36 for dinner for a three-course prix-fixe menu. Make your reservations here and a donation will be made to ARW’s non-profit beneficiary, Meals on Wheels and more. Below are my picks of not-to-miss [...]
Just a few days until the return of Don Draper and the gang at Sterling Cooper with their 3 martini lunches. The show is actually filmed in Los Angeles, but they do a great job recreating some of New York City’s landmark hotspots from the 60s. Many of those spots are still around and still [...]