What to Drink This Weekend: Brand New “Tong Po” Pickle Back Shot at Fatty Cue
It’s pretty cool being the first person to try a new drink. Thursday night at Fatty Cue, NYC Food Guy received this honor alongside Hagan the Wandering Foodie and Andy from Wined & Dined. Adam...
View ArticleBest Bite of The Week: First Prize Pies S’Mores Pie at Fatty Cue (plus the...
What’s better than BBQ and pie? How about when the pie is arguably better than the BBQ? This was the thought running through my mind upon tasting First Prize Pies S’Mores Pie ($6/slice) last week at...
View ArticleCarroll Gardens, Brooklyn Sandwiches: The Delight at Court Street Grocers
All great sandwich makers hold a certain truth to be self-evident: success depends on ingredients and construction. Each layer of the sandwich must be fresh and placed in accordance with how it...
View ArticleWhat to eat this weekend: Cemita’s Mexican Sandwiches at Smorgasburg in...
The cemita is the Rolls Royce of Mexican sandwiches; no extravagance is spared. From bottom to top: black beans, mayo, meat, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion, stringy Mexican white cheese, avocado,...
View ArticleWhat to do this weekend: Bark Hot Dogs, Sixpoint Beer and Beautiful Sunsets...
If you haven’t been yet, it’s time. Everyone knows Brooklyn Bridge Pier 1, and rightfully so, it’s beautiful; the bridge, River Cafe and the carousel set an epic New York City scene. But if you walk...
View ArticleNYC Food Guy Video: A few of the most exciting savory & sweet options at...
“Good things to those who wait.” Or so they say. When it comes to sweet food videos, however, there’s no time like the present. Smorgasburg is a food festival unlike any other in New York City. It...
View ArticleSausage w/ slaw and fries at Hot House in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn
Looks better than it tasted. Mustard and French fries make everything better. Hot House Website
View ArticleNYC Mexican Food: Good value & Big Flavor at Pequena in Prospect Heights,...
Clockwise from top: Mushroom tacos, chips and guacamole and stewed pork tostada. My favorite bite of the night is not pictured: the black bean and sweet plantain cheese quesadilla. It hit the...
View ArticleNYC Ice Cream: “Salted Crack Caramel” at Ample Hills Creamery Well Worth the...
Want more food porn? Follow @nycfoodguy on Instagram Among my crew of fellow foodies, Ample Hills Creamery gets talked about more than Miley’s twerkin. The flavor everyone raves about is the aptly...
View ArticleNYC Best Burgers: Six Dream-Worthy Burgers From All Around Manhattan
Clockwise from top left: Coppelia, Blue Collar, The National, Bayard Ale House, Brindle Room, Full Shilling “I not only think about food all day,” said Henry Miller in “Tropic of Cancer,” “but I dream...
View ArticleGratuitous Food Porn: Gargiulo Burger at Brennan and Carr in Gravesend, Brooklyn
This gutbomb will only set you back $6.45. Forget bacon, this burger is topped with freshly sliced roast beef, grilled onions and melted American cheese. It’s on the take-out menu but not on the...
View ArticleNYC Sandwiches: Is the Freshly Fried Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich at Van Horn...
Looks good doesn’t it? Well this food porn perfection cost me $15 including tip ($12 without tip). And while this sandwich is tasty – a big piece of juicy, freshly fried buttermilk chicken topped...
View ArticleBrooklyn Pizza: Creative Neapolitan Pies, Homemade Mozzarella, Fresh Pastas &...
My lovely date and I emerged from the C train Clinton/Washington Street subway stop on to Fulton Street and walked one and a half blocks to “Emily,” a cozy and friendly Neapolitan pizza restaurant...
View ArticleSpeedy Romeo, One of My Favorite Brooklyn Restaurants, Opens in Manhattan’s...
I’ve had an up and down love affair with food blogging over the years but one thing I’ve loved forever is drawing. I recently started combining this passion with my love for food by creating posters...
View ArticleFirst Taste: Newark Double & Chocolate Truffles at St. Anselm in...
Like a baseball scout keeping tabs on an up-and-coming prospect, I’ve become a fried food scout. I first read about St. Anselm’s Newark Double in August 2009 and I’ve been craving it ever since....
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