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 […]

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 […]

You would be hard pressed to find dining with a grander backdrop than The Grand Tier Restaurant, as the name insists. In its prime location on the Metropolitan Opera’s second floor, the entry’s mammoth staircase is fit for royalty. Diners overlook the Met’s stunning interior on one side and Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza and […]

Still searching for your ultimate New Year’s Eve experience? For the rest of the week Well Fed On The Town will be highlighting the goings on in major cities on New Year’s. Today, we are checking out a bash in New York City. 
Shecky’s is hosting a New Year’s Eve Ball in SoHo and everyone is invited, or so says the […]

Looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve? Check out Club Planet’s New Years site. It has listing of dozens of parties going on during New Years all over major U.S. and Canada cities. New York, Boston and Vancouver are among the featured cities.
Now if you are in New York, there is always the […]

I was barely 18. It was a classmates and my end of finals celebration. We got dressed and headed out with plenty of time to spare. Our destination? Rent.
We were devastated when we discovered that the only seats available were in the hundreds (we’d heard about $20 day-of-show student tickets but there were none).  We […]

We all get tired of the same old fare when eating out. Chicken becomes chicken, steak is steak and the usual du jour is a bore. Regardless of ethnic or fusion twist, there comes a point in everyone’s life where a lingering hunger no meal or cuisine can satisfy presents its ugly head. […]