Well Fed On the Town

A great dining experience can feel transporting. The decor and mostly Japanese staff of Cha An Tea House and Restaurant in New York City nearly fooled my brain into thinking I’d traveled to a part of Asia without ever hopping on a plane. The ambiance was warm and serene, hospitable to socializing with […]

Calling all oenophiles.
Need an excuse to try over 500 delicious wines and spirits and dine on cuisine from local restaurants? Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Toast of the Town is moving East. Having just left sunny San Francisco, the Toast is on its way to blistery New York, April 23, and Chicago, May 3.
Rare, reserve and estate […]

It may be the Chinese New Year of the Pig, but that doesn’t mean that the Czechs can’t celebrate too! Last weekend (February 15-18) the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria, Queens hosted it’s annual Winter Festival.
Known to many in the New York City area as a great beacon of imported beer and cheap […]

Regardless of whether you have any friends, whether you are new to town and don’t know a soul or whether you have such extreme dining preferences that nobody wants to dine with you, you never have to eat alone again. Thanks to Meetup.com people all around major cities are finding opportunities to dine out within […]

About 7 years ago a friend of mine out in California told me the wonder that is Jamba Juice. She picked one up every day on her way to class and it tied her over until dinner. She loved it, swore by it, and teased all us east of the Mississippi for having no idea […]

Recently my best friend and I were planning a girls night out event in New York for a bunch of our nearest and dearest. My friend stumbled on Beauty Bar, a beauty salon cum bar on East 14th Street. We checked out the website and it looked like a lot of fun–complete with old chrome […]