Culture, Cupcakes and Cocktails at the Chelsea Art Museum

Social networking site Yelp.com, together with the Chelsea Cultural Partnership threw a fabulous launch party at the Chelsea Art museum to kick off the Passport to Chelsea campaign. The “Passport to Chelsea”  offered guests discounts and special offers to sample the culinary, artistic and athletic specialties all found in the neighborhood. The three-level museum housed [...]

Mesa Love a Throwdown…

I’m so sorry, I know there is never an appropriate occasion for a Jar Jar Binks reference, but I drew a blank for a title. My girlfriend Chic Ritzy and I realized we needed to treat ourselves at the end of a dreary week.  Mesa Grill, one of Bobby Flay’s original restaurants in NYC (now [...]

Del Posto Always Rings Twice

Where do two hungry ladies with a taste for wine and fine Italian game dine on a slim wallet?  Can an elegant four-course meal at a celebrity chef helmed restaurant be had for $35?  If you know what to ask for you can. The unadvertised special can be found at the Enoteca inside of Del [...]

Morimoto – Food Porn Japan

The Iron Chef’s NYC branch of his signature restaurant, Morimoto lies under an underpass in the Meatpacking District.  The interior is a space-age futuristic pod of ethereal light and glass. The bar is downstairs, not really a destination for lounging.  The White Lily cocktail was a fruity, refreshing citrus drink and starts of a Spring [...]

STK – Steak, Torture, Kill

For a sleek Valentine’s Day dinner, Studly Hubby and I went to the Meat-packing district restaurant, STK.  The Uber-chic dark contemporary decor tries really hard to scream “I AM NOT SOME OLD-FART STEAKHOUSE!”.  They were clearly trying to appeal to the  fashion/stylista crowd and their wannabe sugar-daddies.  Their business cards  show models holding a raw [...]

This way to the cafeteria!

Who knew you could could use a quote from a particularly violent speech from the movie “So I Married An Axe Murderer” as a restaurant review title? For those of you who missed Restaurant Week or don’t want to fight other people for to get a resevation, take note.  The China Grill group of restaurants [...]

Guadalupe – Lost in the (In)Woods

Some friends and I had dinner at Guadalupe on 207th street for New Year’s Eve.  It was a pleasant find for the neighborhood.  The decor was cozy, chic and low key, (though some describe it as “cheekily sacrilegious”). Unfortunately, the service left a LOT to be desired.  The restaurant was more than half empty, and [...]

WE Channel Repeat Airing of I Do…Let’s Eat!

This is the Food Network Canada Show that followed Studly Hubby and me around for two days as we prepared for our wedding and then the ceremony and reception itself.  It airs for the third time in the U.S. today on the WE channel, (home to Bridezillas and every other wedding-themed reality show on the [...]