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Experience NYC like a local, with a local. Private, small group walking food tours of Hell's Kitche

Leads walking tours of Hell's Kitchen, East Village and Brooklyn

05/14/2026

Notable Eats April-May 2026

Its that time of the year. The NYT Top 100 list is out and people on Social Media are losing their minds. The list is like eye candy for food enthusiasts with all sorts of juicy nuggets. It includes many cheap joints, albeit random in the grand scheme of NYC dining. But the expensive places are the usual suspects and ranking them all is like ranking apples and toasters....

Its that time of the year. The NYT Top 100 list is out and people on Social Media are losing their minds. The list is like eye candy for food enthusiasts with all sorts of juicy nuggets. It include…

04/26/2026

Gazala’s – Hummus and the City

Just a bit further afield, in a remote area of the city I call Upper West Side, the legend lives on. In fact its right next to another displaced legend, Pig & Khao. Its like the forming of an EWZ classics refugee camp. Add a Song’ E Napule branch, one of our Neapolitan standouts, along with Miriam, Malka and more, and just like that, the UWS is not as bad anymore....

Just a bit further afield, in a remote area of the city I call Upper West Side, the legend lives on. In fact its right next to another displaced legend, Pig & Khao. Its like the forming of an E…

04/14/2026

4 Days in Miami Beach and Beyond

We have good news and bad news. First the good news. Miami's food scene has seen a total transformation during the last 10 or so years. Walking around Miami Beach is like strolling around a NYC neighborhood. So many familiar faces like Lucali, La Grande Boucherie, Hasalon and many more. Many of which are much easier to reserve. But its not just the NYC connection, and not only Miami Beach....

We have good news and bad news. First the good news. Miami’s food scene has seen a total transformation during the last 10 or so years. Walking around Miami Beach is like strolling around a N…

03/31/2026

Mtskheta Cafe – New Location, Same Awesomeness

Just a friendly reminder that Mtskheta is still awesome. Probably top 5 if not 3 in Brooklyn for me these days. Good enough to trust them with a large group birthday party. Georgian food in south Brooklyn is still relatively affordable compared to the rest of the city. My friends thought I made a mistake when the bill was $60 per person after tax/tip and plenty of Georgian wine....

Just a friendly reminder that Mtskheta is still awesome. Probably top 5 if not 3 in Brooklyn for me these days. Good enough to trust them with a large group birthday party. Georgian food in south B…

03/19/2026

Brooklyn Picks Refresh

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03/02/2026

10 Best Things We Ate in Basque Country

Just when we finally started seeing our sidewalks again after the previous storm, we got hit with a much bigger one. 27 inches fell in my neck of the woods. Speaking of necks, that's halfway to my neck. A good time to reminisce about one of the best food trips we've ever done, this past October. If you are planning to go, not only you'll have some juicy nuggets here, but you can pretty much use this as a "where to eat in Basque Country" guide....

Just when we finally started seeing our sidewalks again after the previous storm, we got hit with a much bigger one. 27 inches fell in my neck of the woods. Speaking of necks, that’s halfway …

02/17/2026

Our Favorite Spanish and Portuguese in NYC and Beyond

Usually after the third or so trip to Spain and Portugal, you begin to understand their obsession with food and ingredients. You scratch the surface in the capitals and other large cities. But only when you get to regions like Asturias and Basque, you start to get it. It then becomes more obvious back at home which places are the pretenders and which are more legit....

Usually after the third or so trip to Spain and Portugal, you begin to understand their obsession with food and ingredients. You scratch the surface in the capitals and other large cities. But only…

02/08/2026

Curaçao – The Good, The Great, and The Hmmm

Even prior to coming I got the sense that Curaçao is not exactly a culinary destination. I got blasted for this and the notion that its difficult to find fresh fish on Reddit, but I stand by the claims, especially since some residents agreed. With that said, there's plenty of decent food, including some nifty tuna, shrimp, and octopus dishes. But the islanders prefer to fry their fresh fish, mainly Snapper....

Even prior to coming I got the sense that Curaçao is not exactly a culinary destination. I got blasted for this and the notion that its difficult to find fresh fish on Reddit, but I stand by the cl…

02/02/2026

A Seafood Mecca Worth Every Penny

Finally made it to Josh Pinsky's and Chase Sinzer's Penny, the upstairs neighbor to big brother Claud. Same story as many of the spots we visit. Wait just enough time for the hoopla to settle down. With Penny, its still tough to make ressies on a whim, but fairly easy with a reminder two weeks out at 9 am. I dont get why it took so long for restaurants to switch from midnight to 9 am....

Finally made it to Josh Pinsky’s and Chase Sinzer’s Penny, the upstairs neighbor to big brother Claud. Same story as many of the spots we visit. Wait just enough time for the hoopla to …

01/26/2026

This is Curaçao

Curaçao will grow on you. After day one, you'll wonder if you made a mistake. After the third day, a return turns into a possibility. And after the fifth day, you are shopping for snorkeling gear for the return trip. Not sure how universal this is, but to those of us used to TCI, Anguilla, and other places where spectacular beaches reign supreme, a place like Curaçao needs some time....

Curaçao will grow on you. After day one, you’ll wonder if you made a mistake. After the third day, a return turns into a possibility. And after the fifth day, you are shopping for snorkeling …

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