Dominick Rappa, Chef Brick NYC 22 Warren St. 212-577-2725 www.bricknyc.com Dish served? Meatballs with marinara. We are serving this because it best represents who we are and how we are trying to make people feel. There is something comforting about meatballs that you associate with home and we try to be your home when you [...]
Continue reading …BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | When Daniel Goldwyn, an information technology manager from Newark, boarded the South Street Seaport Museum’s schooner Pioneer on Saturday, May 4, the crew applauded. That was probably not the reception that Goldwyn expected when he decided to take a two-hour sail around New York harbor aboard the “nice, antique boat,” [...]
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Ari Bokovza, Chef The Harrison 355 Greenwich St. 212-274-9310 www.theharrison.com/harrison.php Dish served? I am serving Moroccan Spiced Carrots, a dish that showcases the natural sweetness of carrots as well as offers a great cultural fusion of Moroccan and Italian flavors. Beverage/dish pairing? I would pair it with a wine that could hold up to the [...]
Continue reading …Gage Jung, Chef Yorganic 3 Hanover Square 212-968-9700 yorganicnyc.com Dish served? We are serving our Signature Yorgasm Salad, Yorgasm Bowl and Spicy Bowl for Taste. This dishes best reflect our creativity with flavors, textures and aesthetic. It has purple kale and organic quinoa and a homemade “Kiss Me Kimchi” Vinaigrette! Made with Korean Kimchi Juice, [...]
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BY KAITLYN MEADE | Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott came to Battery Park City’s P.S./I.S. 276 to congratulate a team of seventh-graders whose experiment won the Lower Manhattan school second place in the state in a science and technology competition. On May 7, Max Sano, Ashley Ip, Maya Gardner and Julian Apprendi shook hands and posed [...]
Continue reading …BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | A brief, powerful rain and hail storm leveled large trees and shattered windows in Battery Park City just before 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. Some people were scratched by the falling trees but no one was seriously injured. With some of the fury and specificity of a tornado — [...]
Continue reading …BY CYNTHIA MAGNUS | Downtown youth will get a new media facility as part of the Civic Center building sales, but school advocates remain worried about the shortage of kindergarten seats. Community Board 1’s Planning Committee unanimously approved a draft resolution May 2 recommending the sale of the city-owned property at 346 Broadway. It is [...]
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BY SAM SPOKONY | Damaris Reyes, executive director of Good Old Lower East Side, was the final person to speak before the interim opening of Pier 42 last Saturday, but she told the beginning of its history. And with her organization, which works to support neighborhood housing and preservation, entering its 35th year — just after recovering from [...]
Continue reading …Jehangir Mehta, Chef Mehtaphor 130 Duane St. 212-542-9440 mehtaphornyc.com Dish served? Vegetable Dumping Chaat. It a perfect street food as it is an innovative interpretation of “Chaat” served always on the streets of Bombay. Beverage/dish pairing? Chenin Blanc. Who taught you to cook? Made Eggs at home. Don’t remember who taught me.. maybe my mother [...]
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