NYC Subway Restaurant Tour, Part VII: Pierozek (Greenpoint)Pierogis, Silesian dumplings, pea soup, and cabbage delicacies at 2 restaurants in Brooklyn’s Little Poland. Oh, and ceramic subway art.1d ago1d ago
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part XII: Karczma (East River Route to Greenpoint)Authentic Polish kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, and thick-cut bacon and startling views of Greenpoint’s industrial past and present4d ago14d ago1
NYC Subway Restaurant Tour, Part VI: A-Pou’s Taste (East Williamsburg)Taiwanese pickled mustard, El Salvadoran pupusa, ravioli pomodoro, and thin-crust pizza in the gritter industrial side of a diverse BK nabeOct 19Oct 19
NYC Subway Restaurant Tour, Part V: Buntopia (Brooklyn Broadway)There are streets named Broadway throughout the New York metropolitan area and one of them is in Brooklyn. I got my first glimpse of it…Oct 11Oct 11
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part XI: Le Crocodile (East River Route to North Williamsburg)After having duck confit in one of the area’s several French restaurants, I admired its views of the Empire State and Chrysler buildingsOct 9Oct 9
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part X: Diner (East River Route to South Williamsburg)Crabcake at Peter Luger, eggs at Diner, and Hasidim-friendly architecture in one of Brooklyn’s three neighborhoods named WilliamsburgSep 29Sep 29
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part IX: Celestine (East River Route to DUMBO)We walked under two grand bridges to have Mediterranean lunch with a fabulous mezze platter in a pricey postindustrial neighborhoodSep 17Sep 17
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part VIII: Boutros (Atlantic Ave. Route)On Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn’s culinary motherlode, I sampled high-end Lebanese-Syrian cuisine and inventoried the many alternativesSep 12Sep 12
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part VII: Lobster Pound (South Brooklyn Route to Red Hook)Hell-bent on lobster roll, I boarded the NYC Ferry at Corlears Hook Pier 42, the northern terminus of the South Brooklyn Route.Sep 10Sep 10
NYC Ferry Restaurant Tour, Part VI: Pizza Yard (Governors Island Ferry)Special ferry from amazing Beaux-Arts terminal, classic margherita pizza, battling a wasp, and propellor from first U.S. military planeSep 6Sep 6