South East Asian mega-restaurant Pranna (E. 28th and Madison Ave.) will unveil its deliriously, kaleidoscopically flavor-packed new cocktail program next Wednesday, April 29, and the 13 drinks—created by the booze geniuses at Contemporary Cocktails—are basically insane. Reading the menu, with all its tropical fruits and dragons and w...
Last night we made our way into the bastion of secrecy that is Woodson & Ford. There was some blog pandemonium a couple weeks ago when Boozy NYC broke the story of its existence, and it does indeed seem to be a tightly run ship. It's down a set of nondescript metal stairs near the corner of Bleecker and Broadway, past a bouncer requesting a ...
Imagine for a moment that it was your job to choose which film would open the 7th annual Tribeca Film Festival. What would you choose: A gritty, edgy drama that personified urban living in the Greatest City In The World? Or perhaps a brilliant foreign film, filled with complicated characters and nuance, but one that deftly reaches the very core ...
According to Food & Wine Cocktails 2009, F&W's yearly guidebook to what's good in drinking, 14 of the country's 100 best bars are here in NYC. No surprise there. Although the list isn't tremendously creative (bars that involve Sasha Petraske, elegant underground bars, bars that make old-timey cocktails, perennial upscale classics), they'...
Wow, this sounds awful:
"Come watch how real women watch sports during Super Bowl XLIII's face off between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers [at the Blue Seats]!! New York City female sports enthusiasts will join nationally recognized female sports fan expert, Erica Boeke, to watch sports like a girl. ...
Valentine's Day drink specials are usually gross ("It's simple, we just marinated a Jolly Rancher in Everclear overnight and garnished it with shredded tinfoil and M&Ms—we're calling it the Sweet Sensuality!"), but some of them actually sound pretty romantic, awww, and tasty. And Bookmarks—the cute and classy bar at the top of th...
The "new booze" is Mekhong (marketed as "The Spirit of Thailand"), which is a Thai liquor made from sugar cane, rice and a special blend of Thai herbs and spices. It's 35% alcohol, and it has a "golden, dark amber and reddish copper appearance and its flavor and aroma is both spicy and sweet with hints of ginger, honey, toffee, vanilla, floral, ...
