Allen Katz sits in a broad-backed wooden chair in the Shanty, the bar attached to the New York Distilling Company, the Williamsburg distillery that he co-founded in 2011 with Tom and Bill Potter. He ...

DUMBO—The corner of Gold and Water Streets does not demand attention. There are no luxury condos, no art galleries or historic captain’s houses. Smorgasburg is nearly a mile away. Tow trucks bound for ...

Ten years ago, when Williamsburg was well on its gentrification journey but was still without an Apple Store, the Four Horsemen opened on Grand Street and changed what wine could be. Originally a ...

You know what they say about the things that come from the mouths of babes. It wasn’t just the instant success of their tiny Smith Street storefront that let the owners of Stinky Cheese know the dairy ...

Artisan Aperitif. Bianca Miraglia’s small-batch vermouth features Red Hook Winery’s sour Riesling, local grappa and bitter herbs. Photo credit: Adriana Stimola How can something so delicate and ...

Let’s face it: the American food system is in a precarious place right now. Between egg shortages, skyrocketing prices, and never-ending product recalls, shopping for healthy, affordable, delicious ...

The pita is the best seller, but they have much more. Photo by the author. The oven at Mid-East Bakery in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is as big as some New York City apartments. Its shiny veneer has faded ...

Every town in Mexico has at least one paleteria—ice pop store—and as a kid, I’d indulge in their fruity, refreshing paletas practically every week. These were definitely not your average ice pops; the ...

A Trip to Yellow Rose is a Trip to Texas and More On my way to Yellow Rose, a Tex-Mex restaurant near the corner of 13th and 3rd, I was amused to see that the restaurant was almost directly next to a ...

VHH Foods serves up some exquisite dishes. Photo by Ingalls Photography. May 2019 Editor’s Note: since we first published this story, in July 2017, dining options on the DUMBO waterfront have expanded ...

There was a time when you could judge a coffee shop by the menu. The best cafés had the simplest drinks, with nothing more baroque on offer than a latte—and even that was treated with some snobby ...

Lipe’s book hopes to mitigate common barriers to CSA entry with a deep well of recipe resources. Image courtesy of Bounty from the Box. Try to imagine what the word “cookbook” meant before they become ...