Try the Okara- it's delicious. Braised in shoyu & shot through w. tender bits of shiitake mushrooms, carrots, & snow peas, the okara has a crumbly, slightly spongy texture. Give it a try!
The Spinach pie is a must-have: Shiny, crackly layers of filo dough are crammed full with carefully seasoned puréed spinach and dusted with dried herbs that taste strongly of oregano.
Himalayan menu, which contains all sorts of breads & meats, but also offers lots for vegetarians including sel roti (a bread shaped like a big ring) & bhatmas chiura (beaten rice & toasted soybeans)
Try Chicken Mole Enchiladas-homemade mole on a half-chicken, or on three chicken enchiladas ($11.50), along w/ achiote rice, refried beans topped w/ crumbly cheese, & a dab of sauce-style guacamole
Super Heebster: heat, umami, smoke, salt, cream cheese whipped to ethereal heights, crunchy, snappy roe, silky, voluptuous whitefish salad and bagel w/ nice, shiny crust & pleasantly chewy innards.
Try Bun bo Hue soup-brick-red beef broth tastes of long simmering, spiked w/ chiles, lemongrass, & shrimp paste & great hunks of braised beef & slithery rice vermicelli, along w/ scallions & cilantro.
Get The Beauty: house-cured lox is silky & plush, w/ capers scattered across surface. Paper-thin shavings of purple onion on cream cheese provide a nice counterpoint to the more robust ingredients.
Try the brown butter, corn, and mushroom linguine-auced in a rich slurry of brown butter and corn milk, which pools at the bottom of the plate, where it's soaked up by feathery chanterelles.
Try the Potato Flatbread-potatoes are pan-fried with thyme, cilantro, and onions that have a sweet, caramelized sheen, and the whole thing on flatbread is topped w/ a flurry of crunchy scallions
Did you know Manhattan Theater Club won a Village Voice Obie Award forThe Whipping Man in 2011? Can't wait for this year's ceremony!
Coolhaus Truck NYC will be rollin' to the Village Voice's Choice Streets food truck tasting event on 4/24 at Pier 86 / The Intrepid! More info here: http://ow.ly/9M1oK
Matted LIC will be at Choice Eats food fest with the Village Voice - check out their booth for a print of our Armory venue!
Village Voice is excited to have Smorgas Chef at the 2012 ChoiceEats food fest! Full list of restaurants here: http://ow.ly/8QjDQ
Village Voice is excited to have Luke's Lobster at the 2012 ChoiceEats food fest! Full list of restaurants here: http://ow.ly/8QjDQ
Village Voice is excited to have Culture: An American Yogurt Company at the 2012 ChoiceEats food fest! Full list of restaurants here: http://ow.ly/8QjDQ
Winner of Best Shop for Baby Gifts in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Try a skull and crossbones onsie for your edgier babies!
Winner of Best Museum Store in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! The wrist-slap watch alone nearly overshadows the art.
Winner of Best Apothecary in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! This is the place to go for local brands - including ones from Karen O's makeup artist!
Winner of Best Pet Store in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Try making an appointment for grooming here, too.
Voted Best Strip Mall in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Dickey's BBQ Pit and Parrilla's Latina Steakhouse at better than most strip mall food.
Winner of Best Pet-Lovers in the 2011 Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! They have an emergency shelter system for natural disasters.
Winner of Best Wings in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Wings done right, served in a dark Victorian bar - where no one can see the sauce on your face.
Winner of Best Tapas in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Pair fried chickpeas with smoked paprika with a glass of Spanish red.
Winner of Best Steak House in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! How can anyone compare with the mother of all steakhouses?
Winner of Best Korean in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! The soft tofu stew is guilt-free comfort food, & will warm your heart come mid-January.
Winner of Best Bagel in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Covering both sides in topping? Why doesn't everyone do this?
Winner of Best Vindication of Frozen Yogurt in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! The other 'gurt chain have nothing on their refreshing take.
Winner of Best Daily Serving of Fruit in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Their fruit tarts don't mess with what nature made.
Winner of Best Reason to Cross Northern Boulevard in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! The wheel-shaped treats are tre magnifique.
