Category Restaurant / Pub / Cafe / Event

An afternoon in SoHo looking for food – Part 1 – at an Asian Grocery store and restaurant

On a recent afternoon in SoHo (NYC), I was looking to get lunch at about 2 PM after wrapping up some meetings (whatever happened to brown bag lunches that day?).  I was very thrilled to see on Yelp, that a Tarallucci e Vino location was just a couple of blocks from where I was standing. […]

Veggie Panini with a side of fries

Is a Cafe the same as a Diner?

Or rather, does a Diner become a Cafe because it calls itself so, even if it’s a Diner in reality?  In my opinion “NO” (and I learned this in a way that I would never make the same mistake again – i.e., the hard way) Sometime last week, a friend of mine visited NYC from […]

Caffe Falai - Blueberry tart with vanilla cream

Blueberry tart on the house at Caffe Falai

The post below on Caffe Falai is no longer valid.  Caffe Falai closed in late 2013 /early 2014. —————————– Yes, you read that right!  My friends and I were served the blueberry tart on the house by Caffe Falai.  Granted we were waiting for 20 minutes for a table despite showing up on time for […]