Articles about “food”

Enjoy Rustic Baby Octopus Tentacle At This Washington Heights "Gentrification In Progress Sale"

(via Bill de Bodega) Bolstered by the Instagram success of the Artisanal Roach Bombs ($15.99) and Dickson's Farms Condoms ($24.97) at gentrification-threatened Jesse's Deli in Boerum Hill, a group of Brooklyn activists has taken their overpricing...

Catch A Fantastic Fish Feast At The Summery Seamore's

Our next installment of Quick Bites brings us to Broome Street where The Meatball Shop guy is serving up fantastic fish. THE VIBE Just in time for high summer, the beachiest new restaurant in town opened last...

The New Shake Shack Chicken Sandwich: A Preliminary Review

Today begins the era of the ChickenShack, Shake Shack's first foray into sandwiches that (formerly) clucked. The Brooklyn-only sandwich—that's some borough othering, SS!—went live at 11 a.m. and I headed over to the DUMBO location to try...

Park Slope Squirrel Folds Its Pizza Slice Like A Real New Yorker

(Courtesy Bryan of Park Slope) This squirrel, spotted by a tipster in Park Slope on Sunday, is here to remind the universe that there is only one proper way to eat a slice of pizza: folded...

The 10 Best Cheesecakes In NYC

It seems like pizza, hot dogs, and bagels get all the love when talking about iconic New York food. But let's not forget the humble cheesecake. It was invented long ago by the Greeks, modified by the...

The Problem With Restaurant Seating In NYC

At Javelina, three separate parties are crammed into one corner. (Scott Lynch/Gothamist) New York is a city of small spaces. If you are not prepared to live in a tiny apartment, squeeze into a crowded train...

Shake Shack Debuts Their First Fried Chicken Sandwich

(Instagram) With new locations opening literally everywhere, it's hard to get excited about a new Shake Shack announcement...UNTIL TODAY. The homegrown chain finally introduced a fried chicken fast food sandwich, the ChickenShack, the first radical departure...

One Of Brooklyn's Best Burgers Can Be Found At A Clinton Hill Pizzeria

(Emily Bolles) Clinton Hill newcomer Emily serves some of the city's tastiest pizza pies from their wood-fired oven, but if you don't order their new burger during your meal then you're an insane person. Chef Matt...

If You've Never Eaten At Roll N Roaster You're Wasting Your Life In NYC

(Nell Casey/Gothamist) The best homegrown fast food in New York City can be found in Sheepshead Bay, no ifs, ands or burgers about it. The south Brooklyn neighborhood is home to Roll n Roaster, a roast...

Pure Food And Wine Workers Walk Out, Claiming Two Weeks Without Paychecks

Pure Food and Wine workers picket over two weeks that they say they have gone without pay. (Pure Food Restaurant Workers Union) Newly unionized workers at the upscale raw vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine in...

[Updates] Matt Stonie Upsets Joey Chestnut To Win Nathan's 4th Of July Hot Dog Eating Contest

Updates 1:00 p.m. THE KING IS DOWN. Eight-time hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut has been dethroned by Matt "Megatoad" Stonie, 62 dogs to 60 dogs (Tim "Eater X" Janus came in third with 35). "I...

Hot-Dog-Filled Compost Bins Might Be A Thing At Citi Field

Compost me! (Tien Mao/Flickr) Large NYC stadiums like Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, and the Barclays Center might soon be required to compost their leftover and half-eaten Nathan's hot dogs, Fatty 'Cue pork sandwiches, and Nacho Helmets...

Per Se To Pay $500,000 For Withholding Tips From Workers

(Facebook) No restaurant should withhold tips from its workers, but it's even crappier when said restaurant is one of the priciest in the nation. And yet, that's exactly what happened at Per Se, Thomas Keller's celebrated...

Whole Foods CEO Admits To Overcharging Customers: "We Made Some Mistakes"

After being publicly outed for overcharging customers, Whole Foods has finally owned up to the DCA's findings and have offered a video mea culpa. CEOs Walter Robb and John Mackey released the video below yesterday, in which Robb admits "straight up, we made some mistakes." Previously, the grocer had defended itself, even going so far as to call the DCA's findings "overreaching allegations." Perhaps all the pending lawsuits helped sway the tide.