Manhattan Living

Slash: Paper Under the Knife at the Museum of Art and Design NYC

Works on Paper at the MAD in NYC    It’s only been open for a little more than a year now, but the Museum of Art and Design’s (somewhat controversial) new home on Columbus Circle in NYC has never felt more essential than with this terrific exhibition, Slash: Paper Under the Knife. This is the […]


Recette NYC: A New Restaurant in the West Village

  Not so long ago Jesse Schenker and Christina Lee–whose stellar resumes include stints at Gordon Ramsey and Per Se, respectively–were only whipping up their bold, inventive creations in a private supper club in Manhattan's East Harlem. It was fun and all, we heard, and undoubtedly delicious, but the setup was pretty low on the […]


Tim Burton at the MoMA

  The MoMA's Current Exhibition: Tim Burton's Artwork Never have we waded through a more jam-packed gallery at the Museum of Modern Art than at this blockbuster show over the long Thanksgiving weekend. But now that the holiday-season hordes have gone back to their homes in Wichita and Osaka and Buenos Aires and Bruges, and […]


Veloce Pizzeria NYC

Veloce Pizzeria first fired up its ovens last summer, the newest food-and-drink hangout from the Vespa-mascotted Veloce mini-empire. Usually the opening of just about any New York City pizza restaurant with any sort of ambition–especially a new East Village pizza place–is cause for an almost ridiculous amount of attention in this town, but with newcomers […]


The Tenement Museum NYC

    In 1863, on New York City's Lower East Side, soon to be the most densely populated place on Earth, the first of what would be almost 7,000 working class immigrant families settled into a brand new tenement at 97 Orchard Street. For the next 75 years or so they would keep coming, from […]


The Breslin Bar and Dining Room

  We’d follow Iron Chef April Bloomfield and her Spotted Pig cohort Ken Friedman just about anywhere–the Spotted Pig’s Gnudi, even after all these years (almost six!), remains one of our absolute favorite, most crave-able dishes in town–so it was only a matter of time before we headed over to their new venture, The Breslin […]


Dos Toros Taqueria NYC

San-Francisco-Style Mexican Food & Burritos in NYC Dos Toros Taqueria: with the holiday season winding down and the New York City winter settling in for its long, grey, freezing haul, anything that can evoke the climes of California gets bonus points in our book (in our case, specifically, Mission Beach, and the Carne Asada at […]


New York City Winter Sports & Activities

Winter Activities in NYC   What are the most common New Year’s resolutions we hear from our friends–and resolve ourselves–year after year?* Get in shape. Lose those pounds put on during holiday binges. Try a new sport or other winter activities in NYC. Get to the next level in [insert favorite physical activity here at […]


Mark Burger: Great Sliders, Fries and Shakes in the East Village

New Contender for Best Burgers in NYC & Best Fries   Ever since the Shake Shack opened to huge lines and cultish adoration some five years ago,   many have tried to replicate Danny Meyer’s winning formula of serving up classic American fast food–burgers, shakes and fries–made-to-order, with quality ingredients, all infused with a huge […]


Casellula Cheese and Wine Cafe

  At some point this holiday season–or any other season, really–you may find yourself, as we sometimes do, taking in some Times Square, Broadway theater, or Rockefeller Center-based entertainment. And when you do, you’ll need a place to eat. And if you’re in the mood to eat lots of good cheese dishes in NYC served […]