Tasting Table and Thrillist are proud to present Martini Week from March 1-14.
Visit top bars as they offer $10 martini cocktails, featuring premium vodka and gin, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. nightly.
Click on the image above for a list of participating venues.
BY CLAIRE McCURDY
ACQUA
718 Amsterdam Avenue @95th Street
Upper West Side
212-222-2752 /acquanyc.com
An exterior of cerulean blue, very appealing on an otherwise somewhat dreary block, “sails” hanging in swags from the ceilings, so that you are meant to feel you’re on a ship under full sail; undulating walls at the entryway with teak [...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Friend of a Farmer
77 Irving Place
Gramercy
212-477-2188/Friendofafarmernyc.com
After being told there was no room (when there clearly was), at our first choice for dinner. My dinner mate and I luckily stumbled upon Friend of a Farmer a few doors down. Walking into a cottage-like place, we were greeted by a fireplace, baskets [...]
An Italian classic – Review of Filli Ponte restaurant
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Filli Ponte
39 Desbrosses Street
Tribeca
212-226-4621/filliponte.com
On an otherwise forgotten but often passed corner of the West Side Highway, stood Filli Ponte. When I walked up on one very chilly Saturday night, I was surprised by its quaint facade and very out of the way location just [...]
Select NYC restaurants are celebrating a quarter of a century of D’Artagnan’s purveyance of fine French foods and wines from February 18 – 22. Enjoy special offerings and custom degustation menus paired with wines from South West France, created by famous chefs from South West France.
Reserve now to participate in this inimitable offering. Click on image [...]
Porterhouse for two – Review of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse
440 Ninth Avenue
Midtown West
212-244-0005 / unclejacks.com/newyorkcityrestaurants
BY DALY CLEMENT
If you want a free taste of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse , just visit their website and turn up your speakers. The music? Yes, that’s a digitized rendition of New York, New York. You want a martini, baby? A steak cooked [...]
BY BETH KAISERMAN
Francine Segan shared fun food facts and discussed the culture of the 1860s at her recent lecture on the foods and dining customs of Abraham Lincoln at 92nd St.Y.
Coffee liqueur, ladyfingers, crisp cookies, Baci chocolates and Absinthe candy were served, but if it were the 1860s, the beverage choice would have likely been [...]
“V is for Velvet: Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe”
BY SARAH IP
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – some rich red velvet cupcakes to spark a smile on your sweetie’s face. I took a cue from Paula Deen.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe Courtesy Paula Deen, 2007
Cook Time: 20 min
Prep: 20 min
Total: 40 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 24 [...]
Mecca of virtuous repasts and the best Restaurant Week Lunch Deal – Review of Rouge Tomate
BY ELENA MANCINI
Rouge Tomate
10 East 60th. St.
Midtown East
646-237-8977 / rougetomatenyc.com
Set foot into the bright, airy foyer of Rouge Tomate and it’s a few short steps until you realize that you’re in for an experience that’s a world apart from [...]
BY SARAH IP
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
299 Bowery
(between Houston St & 1st St)
East Village, NY 10003
(212) 933-5300 / danielnyc.com/dbgb.html
Mission: Restaurant Week lunch. Where to go? Only one place on my mind: DBGB.
Classic pub fare has heart and soul – and DBGB [...]
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