Queens, NY | Inside the First-Ever...

Share…the who’s-who of the industry gathers for competition and celebration. Saturday night, a cheese-lover’s heaven was found in an unlikely place:  deep within industrial Queens, New York.  The inaugural Cheesemonger Invitational was held in a nondescript warehouse in Long Island City, attracting cheese makers, dairy farmers, specialty grocers, suppliers and enthusiastic eaters from around the country. An attendee would expect… Continue »

Events | 4th Annual NYC Food Film...

ShareTonight begins the NYC Food Film Festival.  Produced in association with the James Beard Foundation and benefiting the Food Bank for New York City, the NYC Food Film Festival has grown from an intimate food-nerd date-night destination to one of New York City’s most beloved festivals, and the largest of its kind in the world. Over 10,000 are expected to… Continue »

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Share Five Guys Burgers and Fries 600 Locations in 38 States {WEBSITE}   Five Guys Burgers and Fries has a very limited menu — mostly burgers and fries — which is made apparent by the chain’s title.  But it’s the perfect spot for any burger lover, because the quality of those burgers and fries far outweighs the lack of menu selection. Continue »

Hollis, NY | Gaby’s Pizza

ShareGaby’s Pizza 204-23 Hillside Avenue Hollis, NY 11423 718-740-9716 {GOOGLE MAPS | WEBSITE} Hollis, Queens is famous for two things — Run DMC and Gaby’s Pizza.  The latter Hollis landmark makes pizza so good, “The Rachel Ray Show” voted it the best pizza in America, beating Chicago deep dish restaurant Home Run Inn. Continue »

Glen Oaks, NY | Flavor of India

ShareFlavor of India 259-17 Hillside Avenue Glen Oaks, NY 11004 718-343-5888 {GOOGLE MAPS} When leaving Flavor of India, my fiancée and I looked at each other and agreed we wouldn’t return.  The food wasn’t inedible, but it certainly wasn’t great, and it’s in an area where it’s easy to get great Indian food.  But I’m getting ahead of myself. We… Continue »

Bayside, NY | Cinco de Mayo

ShareCinco de Mayo 39-32 Bell Blvd. Bayside, NY 11361 718-224-0330 {Google Map} I don’t want to say that my friends are unimaginative, but when they tell me to meet them at Cinco de Mayo restaurant to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, I am at a loss for other ways to describe them.  That being said, they were hardly the only ones… Continue »

Fresh Meadows, NY | Hooters

ShareHooters of Fresh Meadows 61-09 190th Street Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 718-454-1062 www.hooters.com Hooters, which bills itself as “delightfully tacky yet unrefined,” does not take itself too seriously — with the gaudy, tight orange uniforms worn by its chipper female waitstaff, it really can’t.  The restaurant is such an institution, it has been parodied on South Park.  That being said,… Continue »

Bayside, NY | Tony Roma’s

ShareTony Roma’s Bay Terrace 210-35 26 Ave. Bayside, NY 11360 718-224-TONY www.tonyromas.com Last week, friends took my fiancee and I out for dinner to celebrate our recent engagement.  They chose Tony Roma’s in Bay Terrace, where we met for a very good meal. The restaurant, one of the newer spaces in the Bay Terrace shopping center, is a large space located… Continue »