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SAVING BEST FOR LAST in Red Hook • Brooklyn
“IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE LAST MINUTE, nothing would ever get done” so the saying goes. We suspect whoever coined the phrase did it in December. After all, between entertaining out-of-towners and amassing a collection of white elephant rejects, the end-of-year is probably the last place you’d look for an eleventh-hour escape. But Brooklyn’s Red [...]
A NEW YORK STATE OF WINE • offManhattan.com
ANYONE WHO’S EVER WAITED 12 MONTHS FOR A PEPPERMINT MOCHA knows our yen for some beverages are not only season specific, they are time-sensitive too. We look forward to light cocktails in spring, citrus notes in summer, and the aromas of cider to ease into autumn. Recently, we discovered a new wintertime favorite, mulled wine. [...]
Sweet & SALTIE • offManhattan.com
SALTIE CO-OWNER Caroline Fidanza wrapped a coat around her and spanned the café from counter to door in four quick steps. She was sneaking out to catch a glimpse of a neighbor’s recent discovery: newborn feral kittens. “We’ll rotate taking looks,” she assured her friend and co-owner, Elizabeth Schula, who was cutting a wide sheet [...]
PROVIDENCE ARTS & EATS • offManhattan.com
WHEN WE CONSIDER what we know of Providence, many think of Ivy League and design schools, WaterFire, and a quaint New England city a stone’s throw from Boston. But a recent weekend in Rhode Island’s capital revealed more than tidy streets and a trio of rivers, inspiring a double take on a fiercely creative town [...]
DESTINATION DC • offManhattan.com
IT’S TOUGH TO CHOOSE when you’re spoiled for choice, which may explain why Washingtonians would rather list their favorites than pick just one. With an itinerary thick with recommendations, we bolted to the capital city to eat, sleep, and discover its myriad distractions for ourselves. We wandered from Pennsylvania to Connecticut Avenue and memorial to [...]
BOSTON EATS & SLEEPS • offManhattan.com
“IT’S LIKE GRANDMA’S HOUSE. On pontoons,” Jason said, sinking into a wicker chair at Green Turtle, a floating bed and breakfast in Boston Harbor. Last weekend, I visited my old college town to find there’s plenty to do beyond scrambling after fly balls at Fenway and succumbing to sales on Newbury Street. With fervor to [...]
UMI NOM • offManhattan.com
UMI NOM | 433 DeKalb Ave, 718 789 8806 | offManhattan.com MANHATTAN CHEF King Phojanakong has opened Umi Nom in Clinton Hill as the sequel to Kuma Inn, his wildly popular, pint-sized Asian tapas destination in the Lower East Side. Drawing on the the chef’s Thai and Filipino heritage, the Brooklyn follow-up features a fresh [...]
Millions of PEACHES (Peaches for Me) • offManhattan
Pulled Pork in a Bowl of Cheesy Grits at PEACHES | 393 Lewis Ave, Bed Stuy, 718 942 4162 | offManhattan.com FEW FRUITS embody summer like a juice-laden peach on a sweltering city day. And so it was the pursuit of cobbler that led me to Peaches in the small pocket of gentrifying Bedford-Stuyvesant, or [...]
ORTINE Grows Its Own • offManhattan.com
Kalamata Olive Pizza at ORTINE | 622 Washington Ave, Brooklyn | 718 622 0026 | offManhattan.com I FIRST VISITED Ortine in February when it was drizzly and cold, which made the brightly lit glass storefront all the more welcoming. Small and sparingly decorated, the café opened around Christmas in Prospect Heights and soon gained a [...]
GREEN CANTEEN is closed (updated 8.28.09)
Chopped Salmon & Avocado Mini Burger at GREEN CANTEEN | 106 North 6th St, Brooklyn, 718 387 5900 | offManhattan.com IN JUNE, Wiliamsburg topped off its brimming selection of eateries with the opening of Green Canteen. The spacious, über-green restaurant is silver LEED certified thanks to its commitment to use 100% wind power for energy, [...]
ENOTECA MARIA • The Real Housewives of Staten Island
Enoteca Maria | 27 Hyatt St, Staten Island, 718 447 2777 | offManhattan.com TO SURPRISE NEW YORKERS who have tasted it all, sometimes it takes a leap of faith—and a trip to Staten Island—to experience a meal that warms the belly and the soul. At Enoteca Maria, six women chefs (five of whom are also [...]
FIVE LEAVES • offManhattan.com
Five Leaves | 18 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, 718 383 5345 | offManhattan.com AT THE SEAM where fast gentrifying Greenpoint meets the Williamsburg bar strip, a charming American bistro with an Australian accent caters to empty bellies at its own pace. With the likes of Sharkey’s Auto Driving School flanking one side and mom and pops [...]
WALTER FOODS Cold Food Hot Waiter • offManhattan
Walter Foods 253 Grand St, Brooklyn, 718 387 8783 | offManhattan.com LAST FALL, Barrio Chino owner Dylan Dodd and ex-Balthazar bartender, Danny Minch, caused quite the stir on the New York City food blogs with the unveiling of their Williamsburg bistro Walter Foods. While it’s been heralded as a throwback to the Rat Pack days, [...]
CARACAS Williamsburg • offManhattan.com
Caracas Arepa Bar 291 Grand St, Brooklyn, 718 218 6050 | offManhattan.com o⋅ble⋅as : [noun] A sweet snack consisting of dulce de leche sandwiched between two round, paper thin wafers. Ahh! Gimme my obleas now! : [exclamation] a phrase used by kids in Caracas, Venezuela when conversing with street vendors who set up obleas carts [...]
SIDECAR • offManhattan.com
Food & Drink Cures All Pain declares the tongue-in-cheek motto stamped on Sidecar’s seal. Come sundown, this American bar-bistro sparks to life, attracting Park Slope locals and night owls who pass through its glass facade with the hope that the owners, brothers Bart and Johnny DeCoursy, will make good on their promise.
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