My quest for the best burger on Staten Island has brought me to O’Neill’s Pub and Restaurant. It is an Irish themed pub and restaurant on the North Shore of SI. As far as I’m concerned, the island is split between the more blue collar North Shore and the more moneyed South Shore, which has…
I like to spend my weekends on food adventures. Recently, Mike from Burgerlift and I hit a trio of burger joints in Prospect Park and Fort Greene, pulling from a list provided by Matthew Hyland, the chef and owner at Emily. The day was a huge success, so the next few Wednesdays I’ll be going…
A burger meal at Wilma Jean had eluded me for months before I finally got what I wanted. For a time, the restaurant was closed on Mondays, which was of course the day of the week I tried to go on my first attempt. Then about a month ago, I made a reservation on Open…
I think it is smart marketing when restaurants flaunt their menu items that have been lauded in the press. However, I get annoyed when they do so without attributing where the accolades came from. Sure, it’s something of a New York City tradition for a restaurant to claim that it has the, “best coffee in…
Park Avenue doesn’t immediately bring to mind thoughts of burgers and fries. The area surrounding Grand Central Station is seen more as a place to dip through quickly on one’s way to the Metro North, or a neighborhood for folks from the MetLife building to escape their daily grind for a short meal. But Park…