I don’t know how many mussels you can eat in one sitting, but I can put away a few dozen. So I wandered into Lamb & Jaffy, 1073 Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint last week and took advantage of their Wednesday night Mussel Madness special; all the mussels you can eat for $16. (Their regular dinner [...]
229 South 4th Street
(347) 844-9578
www.traifny.com
By Mary Yeung
Photo by Bess Adler
Oy! What’s a nice Jewish boy doing in a place called Traif? Cooking (gasp!) pork and shellfish, of course. To be sure, Jason Marcus is not the first Jewish guy to serve pork and lobster, but he is the first to call attention to it by [...]
345 Grand Street
(718) 388-8451
www.liveatrose.com
By Mary Yeung
Photo by Bess Adler
Whenever someone asks me if I know of any hidden gems in Williamsburg, I always tell them about Vutera, the romantic little restaurant that’s hidden inside the very popular Rose Live Music Bar, where musician’s musicians congregate. The bar and the restaurant are a labor of love [...]
“One of Those Fabled Italian Restaurants”
35 Broadway (Wythe Ave)
(718) 218-9272
Tue-Thu 11am-11pm
Fri-Sat 11am-12am
Sun 12pm-10pm
By Mary Yeung
Walking into Patricia’s is like walking into a big bear hug. The place is very spacious, with a vaulted ceiling, a roaring brick oven pizza, and red-and-white-checkered tablecloths on big round tables. The waiters are super friendly with Rembrandt smiles a mile wide. You [...]
In the past ten years, there has been no shortage of heroes in New York.
632 Manhattan Ave
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
(718) 383-0885
By Mary Yeung &
Photos by Bess Adler
In a part of town where everything is called Brooklyn this and Brooklyn that, it takes a lot of chutzpah to name a bar/restaurant Manhattan Inn. If the two ladies who opened it didn’t have a lot of Brooklyn street cred, I’d be worried. [...]
374 Graham Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
(718) 387-4181
By Mary Yeung &
Photos by Bess Adler
When it comes to seafood, Americans have got it just right, a little bit of butter, a dash of salt and pepper and a splash of wine. There is no need to mess with heavy-duty spices, cheeses, or tomato sauce. If the fish is [...]