Blaue Gans

It’s that time of year again – HB’s birthday!  Lots of reasons to celebrate; this time, the Birthday Brunch Bunch gathered at Blaue Gans.  I was a little nervous when I noticed that it’s the same chef as Wallse, where HB and the FC took me last year for my birthday, and we didn’t really like the food.  The menus are pretty similar too, but I decided to go in with an open mind.  As soon as I sat down, I was handed a cocktail menu – and of course had to order the Grapefruit Soften.  Soften = Elderflower, and [...]

Bubby’s Pie Company

I’m on a search for the best fried chicken in the city.  I’ve talked about fried chicken so many times here, and noted that I’ve yet to find truly amazing fried chicken.  I’ve gone on a Fat Chick Fried Chicken Feast, and things still came up short.  I’ve been to the lauded Hill Country Chicken but it just doesn’t impress me… In any case, I decided to revisit a place where I’d thought the food was OK, but a friend had mentioned the fried chicken being good, when I found out they stay open 24 hours (except on Mondays, when [...]

Pelea Mexicana

For another happy hour gathering recently, my friend Cookie suggested this place she’d heard of that did all you can eat tacos from 5-7pm, Pelea Mexicana.  I rounded up the usual suspects and we rolled into the joint seven deep.  Yeah, I said “rolled into the joint seven deep” – problem?!    While we were browsing the menu, three types of salsa and a basket of crisp tortilla chips were placed in front of us.  The chips were not stale – a recent pet peeve of mine when munching on this sort of snack – and the salsas ranged in [...]

Matsugen (Closed)

Yes, Matsugen has closed – permanently as far as we know – but I enjoyed this last meal of sorts, so I’m posting it for you to enjoy vicariously in case you weren’t able to get there before it closed.  Interested in seeing what Jean Georges will put there next…I visited Matsugen once when it first opened, and I worked downtown.  I marked it as good, but a bit out of the way for me and I would unlikely return.  Well, Matsugen remained out of the way for me, as I quit my job to return to school, and I am [...]

Capsuoto Freres

For one of my last meals before going (temporarily) meatless, I headed over to Capsuoto Freres with the gang of (mostly) foodie friends, where we celebrated StB‘s exciting news (which is hers to share with the blogosphere, if she so chooses, when she so chooses, ie, not my place to tell).  She’d read that this place had amazing souffles, and we were all eager to try the food. As it turns out, Capsuoto Freres is in the middle of nowhere in northwestern TriBeCa.  I’ve been called out on this blog before for what I consider acceptable/convenient in terms of location, but [...]

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