Archive for 'Grub/Spirits'

Salvation Taco: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

Salvation Taco: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

With Salvation Taco, owners April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman have cultivated a remarkably spacious layout that offers equal parts fun and intimate in a relaxed setting. And despite portion sizes that seem to leave more [...]

Houndstooth Pub- Midtown: Drink Here Now

Houndstooth Pub- Midtown: Drink Here Now

Midtown has long been seen as a bit of a dead zone loaded with dive bars that are more creepy than cool and chain restaurants that cater to the tourist set. So if you don't fit [...]

The Charleston- Williamsburg: Drink Here Now

The Charleston- Williamsburg: Drink Here Now

We disembarked the L train at Bedford Avenue and took the short walk to one of the greatest true dive bars to hit our city. It's, "The Charleston" and for longer than any of us have [...]

Sweet Chick To Bring More Comfort To Williamsburg’s Food Scene

Sweet Chick To Bring More Comfort To Williamsburg’s Food Scene

On February 19th, Williamsburg will welcome a deliciously creative new restaurant doling out heaping portions of American style comfort food. It's Sweet Chick, the exciting new eatery from the culinary mind of Chef Randy Reppel. [...]

The Brooklyneer- West Village: Drink Here Now

The Brooklyneer- West Village: Drink Here Now

The "Drink Here Now" crew was on a bit of a bar crawl on a recent Saturday. Therefore, this week's entry into my critiqued tour of NYC's best watering holes places us directly next to Houston [...]

The Marrow: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

The Marrow: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

The Marrow is a sleek, almost loungy restaurant that eclectically meshes equal parts Italian and German inspired styles uniquely, creatively spawned from former Top Chef contestant Harold Dieterle (Kin Shop, Perilla) and partner Alicia Nosenzo. [...]

Houston Hall- West Village: Drink Here Now

Houston Hall- West Village: Drink Here Now

It's, "Houston Hall" a bier garden located in the former space once used to house illegal immigrants. But on this Saturday it was the ultimate melting pot of cultures, personalities and brews! [...]

The General: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

The General: A LocalBozo.com Restaurant Review

With a commanding space on the Lower East Side that opened in early January, the much ballyhooed restaurant from the EMM Group (Catch, Abe & Arthur’s), The General unveiled a sleek, sexy lounge feel with small [...]

The Dram Shop- Park Slope: Drink Here Now

The Dram Shop- Park Slope: Drink Here Now

Several years back sat what I thought was an abandoned pet store on busy Ninth Street located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. After months of sitting vacant and, a bar was erected in the space. From [...]

Raccoon Lodge- Tribeca: Drink Here Now

Raccoon Lodge- Tribeca: Drink Here Now

The Raccoon Lodge holds up Warren Street as one of the last remaining bars that truly defines the term "dive" in a highly romantic way. My crew is no stranger to this joint, as we have [...]