Where to Eat & Drink in Krakow
Photo c/o DecobyDesign on Flickr Earlier this month, we heard from Jacky Tran and Rem Koolhaus when they shared their tips for eating and drinking in Paris. This week, they’re back with what to do in Krakow. It’s Poland’s second largest city and it’s history can be traced back to the Stone Age. The center [...]
Where to Eat & Drink in Paris
Jacky Tran lives in New York City, but spends a large chunk of her time cruising around the world making friends and eating great food. She’s passionate about travel and is the type of person that makes it look easy to score last minute tickets to South Africa for the World Cup. Last Fall, Jacky [...]
Bicep’s Top 10 Burgers
Everyone loves a good burger, and when you spend half of your year eating them around the world, you start to take notes. The UK’s Bicep has shared their Top 10 list of burgers around the world including local NYC favorites Dumont and Corner Bistro, Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia, and surprisingly the burger at Fudruckers in [...]
Hot Sauce, Island by Island
Scotch bonnet chilies, vinegar, garlic, onions, dried chilies, mustard, mango and more. Explore the culinary history of the Caribbean in this fun article in the NY Times about the different types of hot sauce, or pepper sauce, found throughout the islands. What’s your favorite hot sauce from the Caribbean?
Istanbul Eats: A Culinary Tour
Our friend Will Larnach-Jones is an all around good time guy and world traveler. He also manages The Presets, KIM, Beni, Zowie and more through his company Parallel Management in Sydney, Australia. Will recently visited Istanbul in Turkey where he enjoyed a guided culinary adventure with Istanbul Eats and some pals. “My biggest tip is [...]
Jubilee Recommends: Randazzo’s Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Words by Jubilee I wanted to write about Randazzo’s clam bar in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn because it is my absolute favorite restaurant in New York, and I have been going here since I was 2 years old. I used to call clams “mice” because I guess I thought they looked like mouse ears. All of [...]
Japanese Food Bliss in Honolulu, HI: A Tale of Two Doors
Words by Dirk Vogel The Japanese have a word for eating yourself into a state of sheer food bliss. The word is Kuidaore. It’s a big thing in the town of Osaka, and it involves ordering a wide variety of foods — mostly in small bites — in what adds up to be a whole [...]
Jacques Renault’s Pick: Marvin in Washington, D.C.
Photo courtesy of concierge.com Jacques Renault and his collaborative partner Marcos Cabral were in Washington, D.C. playing a show at the fantastic U Street Music Hall, when they stumbled upon an amazing restaurant called Marvin. Named after Marvin Gaye, this classic bistro pays homage to Marvin Gaye’s years of exile in Belgium and the soulful heritage of [...]
The Wharf Bar & Grill. Summerland Key, FL
After a long weekend of parties, clubs, Ultra festival and very loud dance music in Miami, we decided to spend our last day in Florida driving through the laid back Florida Keys. It’s about a three hour drive from Miami to Key West and the scenery is beautiful. The road is flanked by the Atlantic [...]
A Vacation in a Glass
Liquor.com has posted the recipes for 8 tempting cocktails to take you around the globe including drinks like the pisco sour in Chile, mojitos in Cuba, and a Pimm’s Cup in England. We’ve posted the recipes for two of our favorites below. PISCO SOUR: INGREDIENTS: 2 oz Pisco (Barsol Quebranta) 1 oz Fresh lime juice [...]
Miss Lily’s: Jamaican Vibes in NYC
Over the weekend, I tried out a new Jamaican themed restaurant in NYC called Miss Lily’s in SoHo. It’s a cool, scene-oriented spot brought to you by the owners of La Esquina and The Box and the Rockhouse hotel in Negril, Jamaica. They serve up modern versions of Jamaican favorites like jerk chicken, escovitch fish [...]
Cut Copy’s Top 10 Coffee Shops in Melbourne
Mitchell Scott is the drummer for Cut Copy and lives in Melbourne, Australia and loves his coffee. Below is a list of his favorite java joints in his hometown. 1. Brunswick East Project – “My favourite place in Melbourne to get a coffee is Brunswick East Project, and it’s convenient for me as its right around the [...]
Guide to Austin Food Carts for SXSW
Austin’s mobile food scene is large and in charge and has really grown in recent years, so it’s nearly impossible to list them all in one place, but AustinFoodCarts.com does a pretty great job sorting through them. (They also have an iPhone application.) And as the music masses prepare to descend on Austin next week [...]
Cheap Eats in NYC
There is a great article over at Refinery 29 today highlighting some of New York City’s best Cheap Eats for under $20. The list includes some of our top picks like the southern fried favorites at The Commodore, vegetarian Indian food at Tiffin Wallah, great Mexican food from Calexico, and one of New York’s best burgers [...]
Burger Joint. NYC.
Perhaps by now, everyone has heard of this “hidden” burger spot tucked behind the curtain in the lobby of the upscale Le Parker Meridien in Midtown Manhattan, but I still love it. The Burger Joint is basically a greasy spoon diner type of place with old movie posters and graffiti covering the wood paneled walls. [...]
Posada Margherita. Tulum, Mexico
Posada Margherita is a small hotel and restaurant in Tulum, Mexico. The restaurant is small, but bustling and is tucked under the eight room hotel on a quiet strip of white sand beach. The decor is simple with rustic wooden tables and chairs and white cement walls, and there is also a few small lounge [...]
Jellyfish. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
A few years ago, we went to a wedding in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and stayed at a sub par all-inclusive resort. By the third or fourth day, we were clamoring for something more authentic than the dry chicken and all you can eat pasta on the buffet. The area around our hotel [...]
Tabare. NYC
My friend Jackie introduced me to this great little Uruguayan restaurant called Tabaré in Williamsburg, Brooklyn over the weekend. The menu is based on traditional Uruguayan home cooking with a focus on local, sustainable ingredients. The interior is warm and well-decorated with wood slatted walls, vintage lighting, antiques and wool blankets covering the booths along [...]
A Rock and Roll Baker in France
Our friend Justine D. is a native New Yorker and a long time DJ and event promoter who recently discovered a love of baking. After studying her craft in NYC at the French Culinary Institute, this Fall she has decided to hone her baguette and pastry skills at Carratié in the town of Bézier located [...]
Yakitori on St. Marks. (NYC)
A few years ago, we went to Tokyo to film a Michael Jackson fan appreciation event with our friend and artist Meredith Danluck. Besides the obvious joy of following a bunch of overzealous MJ fans around in Tokyo, we really loved all the small yakitori joints we stumbled upon. They were crowded, yet intimate and [...]
Saint Florent. Corsica.
Our friend Jerome Antoni lives in Paris, but spends his summers at his family’s house in the Saint Florent region of Corsica. Nicknamed “St. Flo,” it’s located on the northwest coast of Corsica at the base of the Cap Corse peninsula. It’s a small, medieval town full of old stone houses, cafes, wine bars and [...]
Simian Mobile Disco’s Tip: A Taste of Bitter Love – East London
Jas Shaw is one-half of the UK band, remix and production duo Simian Mobile Disco. Part-DJs, part-producers, part-two men on a mission, Jas and his partner James Ellis Ford spend long hours holed up in their studio, The Premises on Hackney Road in East London, producing their own tracks as well as albums for Klaxons, [...]
My Cousin Roy’s Tip: Straubinger – Munich
Our friend My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank is a NYC based DJ and producer who also runs the The Wurst record label and clothing line. He enjoys disco edits, sausages and fine beers and clothing from around the world. He recently returned from a European tour and recommends we check out Straubinger, a Bavarian [...]
Italian in Berlin
Whenever we travel, we write down the names of all our favorite restaurants we discover along the way and pass them along to friends when we return. We recently went to Berlin and realized that 4 out of the 6 places we had written down were Italian restaurants. The weather was warm and sunny and [...]
