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Dish Spotting: Pork Slope’s Shrimp Po’ Boy

Posted on May 6, 2013 in Dish Spotting

With a name like Pork Slope, it may seem a transgression to order anything off of the menu that didn’t formerly have a snout. In chef Dale Talde’s hands, however, a seriously substantial Shrimp Po’Boy is anything but a cop-out; a mere half-hearted gimme to the other-white-meat adverse. In fact, like most of his re-worked working class creations, it’s not only insanely delicious, but a gold standard of its kind. Instead of the expected French bread (a sturdier, more reliable conveyance for the overstuffed innards of the average New Orleans sub), Talde substitutes two infinitely tastier slabs of his addictive black pepper butter toast.

Dish Spotting: Pop’s of Brooklyn’s Texas Sr. Burger

Posted on Apr 29, 2013 in Dish Spotting

Normally, wandering around NYC in search of a great meal with no concrete plan doesn’t end well. If you manage to come across a place with a decent menu that will seat you without a reservation, chances are it won’t be long before you realize why the joint wasn’t exactly packed. But, once in a while you might come across a gem that not only accommodates your poor planning, but also becomes one of your new favorites. And that’s exactly what happened when we stumbled into Pop’s of Brooklyn this past weekend in search of a quick burger and beer.

Dish Spotting: Manzanilla’s Croquettes

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 in Dish Spotting

New Yorkers embrace food from all over the world. We can’t get enough Korean, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese… you get the picture. But (and that’s a big but) we don’t typically take kindly to foreigners, at least not in the food department. Think about how many foreign restaurants have planted flags on our soil only to be sent back to their country defeated. Let’s be honest, many of them had it coming. But from the sea of full tables in the dining room on a recent Saturday night, that’s not the case for Manzanilla, a brand new Spanish spot in Gramercy.

The NoMad’s Killer Fruits De Mer

Posted on Mar 6, 2013 in Dish Spotting, Reviews

Some restaurants just ride the buzz of their openings, becoming the hot restaurant by nature of being brand new. The mediocre and less than mediocre spots quickly peter out and fall off people’s radars while others settle into their groove. But few stay as hot as when they first opened. The NoMad is one of those delicious exceptions that’s managed to be as relevant and hard to get into now as it was when it opened just less than a year ago.

Dish Spotting: Willow Road’s Mussels A la Plancha

Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Dish Spotting

Being “new” is the best thing a restaurant has going for it nowadays. Everyone loves to try new things afterall. It’s just human nature. We all like seeing a new movie, staying at a hip, new hotel, or trying a chef’s latest creation. I mean, who wants to eat the same thing at the same haunts week after week?

Amali’s Dreamy Vegetables

Posted on Oct 31, 2012 in Dish Spotting

I have to admit that I get pretty excited when a good restaurant opens anywhere north of 30th street. Sure, we have a few great ones...

Doughboy’s Killer PB & J Pound Cake

Doughboy Bake Shop

West Village

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 in Dish Spotting

You know those people who say, “I don’t have a sweet tooth,” or “I only crave salty foods”? I don’t trust them. How is that humanly possible? I can’t imagine having the kind of willpower it takes to stare down a LeVain Bakery cookie and walk away. What kind of sad existence is that anyway?

Dishspotting – Crave’s Razor Clams

Posted on Aug 14, 2012 in Dish Spotting

What took so long? That’s what I asked when I stepped foot into the revival of Crave Fishbar. If you’ll recall (or maybe it was so long ago you’ve forgotten already), Crave opened in midtown east in the summer of 2008.