Frank the Tank shows up at 10 Downing this week to reassess the talents of one Chef Jason Neroni. Of course Frank makes mention of Neroni's brush with the law, his James Beard grovelling, the year-long delays at 10 Downing, but when he gets to the point of the piece—Neroni's cooking—we l...

“Not lunch per se, but where is best Irish Soda Bread in midtown? I get a craving for it every year around St. Pat’s Day and so many places make dry horrible Irish Soda Bread – not like Mom used to make!” Being a short fat Jew, I know nothing about Irish soda bread.  Anybody got [....

Think there are no vestiges of Times Square's seedy past lurking behind all those touristy tchotchke shops? Think again, Rudy Giuliani! Vanishing New York takes a detour inside a souvenir shop and stumbles upon "one of Times Square's last big-screen porno theaters." VNY writes: "The screen is torn. ...

"On top of recent price cuts of as much as 37% at its new Williamsburg luxury condo One Northside Piers, the big Horsham, Pa.-based developer is now offering to first-time home buyers the safety net of hard-times mortgage insurance. If a buyer loses his or her job, the developer is offering to make ...

MIDTOWN — Grub Street brings word of a big time chef shuffle: "A rep for the Oak Room tells us that, just days ago, the restaurant parted ways with Joël Antunes, the Atlanta star chef who was brought on to restore the refurbished dining room to its former glory. 'The chef and the ownershi...

[Krieger, 11/24/08] Frankie Brunz takes the F train down to Carroll Gardens this week to file on neighborhood hit Buttermilk Channel, a newish restaurant that trendily sources everything from its sausages to its beer to its ice cream locally. Frank gives her a one:"All of this makes Buttermilk Chann...

We got some requests via Twitter for plugs.  Here are the 3 sites that made the cut: OutAboutBrooklyn: This blog hits the nail on the head when it comes to placeblogging.  They go to places and write about them, and they do it frequently. With the added angle of seeking out LGBT friendly places, O...

Image by Pentagram, courtesy Archinect. It's ironic, of course, that the Fashion District—that area of Manhattan hugging Hell's Kitchen in the West 30s—is itself incredibly ugly. So, in honor of the end of Fashion Week, we're publishing the above image of a reimagined Fashion District. U...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) Hell’s Kitchen: Both a PR tipster and Zagat have word that American/Latin-influenced eatery Sweet Emily’s has opened in the former Rene Pujol space. Here’s the skinny from PR: “Offering American Comfort Food with Latin I...

[Krieger, 1/16/09] La Fonda Del Sol, the revival of the 1960s original with BarFry/Sumile Chef Josh DeChellis behind the stoves has garnered some mostly positive reviews thusfar from both bloggers and boarders. However as usual, there are a handful of dissenters who found the tapas uneven, the servi...