Food porn: 7 new culinary concoctions for spring
Forget the Cronut and the Ramen Burger. City tastemakers have a buzzy new crop of novel eats. Here are seven to line up for this spring. Superior Sequel The dish:...
View ArticleGet a sneak peek of what’s being served up at next week’s US Open
The world’s top tennis players are heading to Flushing, hungry to win the US Open, which starts Monday. During the 15 days and nights from Aug. 25 through Sep. 8,...
View ArticleMexico City’s food scene is (finally) in style
On a Sunday morning in June, a long line stretches out the door of El Cardenal, one of four branches of a 45-year-old restaurant, this one set in Mexico City’s...
View ArticleNYC’s Mexican food revolution
When Otto Cedeno first moved from Southern California to attend NYU in 2003, he recalls there being no decent Mexican food around. “I remember asking a roommate where there was...
View ArticleThe 11 best late night food spots in NYC
In the city that supposedly never sleeps, it can be surprisingly hard to get a good meal after 10 or 11 p.m. You get out of a show or work...
View ArticleThe new Mexican fast-food spot that dethroned Chipotle
I’ll admit it. I love Chipotle. I eat it at least once a week. Hell — full admission — I even own a few shares of stock. So, when Óxido,...
View ArticleFour mouth-watering Latin-Asian dishes worth changing your dinner plans
When it comes to bold flavors, maybe you can have it all. There’s a wave of eclectic new eateries serving dishes that combine Asian flavors with those from Spanish-speaking countries...
View ArticleMake your own celebrity-chef approved salsa in 4 easy steps
Last May, chef Alex Stupak launched a tasting menu at his modern-Mexican restaurant Empellón Cocina (105 First Ave.). But just because it features as many as 20 courses and costs...
View ArticleThe 20 best Mexican restaurants in America
It’s not easy to narrow down the best Mexican restaurants in America, so lucky are we to be saturated with the cooking of our South-of-the-Border neighbor in all its wonderful regional variety. But as...
View ArticleHow Alex Trebek’s son is saving Harlem nightlife
Answer: A Mexican street-food restaurant. Question: What is Matthew Trebek’s new project? The 25-year-old son of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is wagering it all on the New York dining scene, opening...
View ArticleMen brawl over $5 chips and salsa bowl
A massive brawl erupted in a Mexican restaurant in Dallas over the weekend and video of the melee has gone viral. According to Eater.com, the brawl was sparked by a dispute about chips and salsa at...
View ArticleFood porn: 7 new culinary concoctions for spring
Forget the Cronut and the Ramen Burger. City tastemakers have a buzzy new crop of novel eats. Here are seven to line up for this spring. Superior Sequel The dish: At Fung Tu, a new upscale LES Chinese...
View ArticleThe 15 best tacos in America
When it comes to the ideal snack food, there’s one clear champion: the taco. We Americans can’t get enough of these stuffed tortillas, flocking to the best Mexican restaurants in America—as well as to...
View ArticleCompetitive eater devours 3-foot-long ‘Anaconda’ burrito
A nationally ranked competitive eater has become the first person to finish a 3-foot-long, 5-and-a-half pound burrito. Pablo Martinez, who is ranked 20th in the world by Major League Eating, finished...
View ArticleAnother tequila bar and taqueria headed to Manhattan
New York City residents continue to fall in love with the rich blend of immigrant food available in all precincts — especially from Mexico, as evidenced by the continued growth of the tequila bar and...
View ArticleNew taco joint coming to Long Island City
Unico, on Thomson Avenue in Long Island City, opens this week from chef Suvir Saran and Roni Mazumdar — serving tacos, enchiladas and burritos. Saran and Mazumdar will also debut a taco menu at the bar...
View ArticleThis pastrami taco is the mashup of your dreams
Certainly a taco could never fill the gaping hole left in the collective hearts of NYC eaters missing Carnegie Deli’s infamously gigantic sandwiches. But we appreciate the Mexican homage — a pastrami...
View ArticleBurrito shop closes after being accused of cultural appropriation
Just one week after Kooks Burritos in Portland, Ore., was featured in a profile for local publication Willamette Week, the pop-up Mexican food cart has closed down amid accusations that they ripped off...
View ArticleWhere a celebrity chef loves to eat in Miami
Daniel Boulud may hail from France and live in New York, but he spends much of his time shuttling between the nine cities where he has restaurants. Whenever he touches down in Miami, the...
View ArticleBest new spots for tacos and margaritas in New York
In the heat of the summer, nothing tastes as good as a crisp tequila cocktail and some bright, citrusy Mexican food. And while West Coast transplants have long derided New York City’s tacos and...
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