So, Ethyl’s is a pretty strange place, eh? More specifically, it’s a strange place for the Upper East Side. With it’s go go dancers, Bruce Lee movies playing on repeat, dark aesthetic, and funky menu, I’d expect this joint to be in Chinatown or the Lower East Side, if not Brooklyn or Queens. But here…
Williamsburg, it’s been too long since I’ve seen you! But I went back last week on an unseasonably warm evening to try the burger at RIDER. Design-wise, RIDER is pretty much what you’d imagine from a part of the neighborhood (North of Grand, West of Bedford) that has gentrified the hardest. It is a very…
I really love the fries at Atwood. I really love the Brussels sprouts at Atwood. I really love the burger at Atwood. So when the Atwood team opened Shay & Ivy, I was there in a heartbeat. This place couldn’t be more different than Atwood. The decor has a much more feminine bent to it,…
I work in east midtown Manhattan. A few days ago, a coworker asked me where she should take her grandmother for a birthday lunch in the neighborhood. I came up with a few unenthusiastic responses, and was rather disappointed that I didn’t have anything exciting to recommend. It turns out my timing is forever terrible,…
You’re a lucky person, because you have Burger Weekly as a resource when you want to find a great burger that you haven’t tried yet. In essence, I am Burger Weekly, and thus I have one less mode of discovery than you do. Granted, I probably know more people who know where to find great…