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East Village: Sura Serves Up Solid Korean Dishes

We were looking for a lunch place close to work, and my daughter suggested Sura, a Korean eatery near Astor Square. It’s cheap, fast and good, just what you want for a midday eatery.
My friend chose better than I did from the enormous menu. A beef bulgogi box was pretty pedestrian but [...]

Upper West Side: Picholine, the Bargain!

For those of you without endless funds who have been waiting to try the wonderful but pricey Picholine, this may be your chance. Grub Street reports the following deal:
Upper West Side: Picholine is giving away $50 gift certificates on its Website to celebrate the restaurant’s fifteenth anniversary. [Zagat Buzz] [...]

West Village: Bar Q Disappoints

Bar Q has been getting mixed reviews and now I know why. The food is mediocre and the prices are high. Not a great recipe for success.
The standout of the night was our waitress. She was incredibly on the ball. When my daughter mentioned she couldn’t eat a steamed bun made from wheat, the waitress [...]

Midtown: Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden

You would think you’d get the food you deserve in a midtown Chinese restaurant with chow mein on the menu. And if you stopped with the steamed vegetable dumplings you’d be right to give a hearty thumbs down to Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden. The dumplings were chewy and doughy, like rubber bands, [...]

If you’re heading out to the North Fork for a late summer weekend away, join the folks at Slow Food for some awesome BBQ and a taste of local wines.

Saturday, September 6th6:00pm – 8:30pm(rain or shine)
Paumanok Vineyards1074 Main Rd. (Rt.25)Aquebogue, North ForkLong Island [...]