‘New York City’ Archives
NYC Officials and Filmmakers Break Ground on Documentary-only Theater
New York City officials and famous documentarians joined together last week in Lower Manhattan to break ground on a documentary-only theater. In attendance were Kate Levin, Scott Stringer, Margaret Chin and Gale Brewer along with filmmakers, Michael Moore, Matthew O’Neil and Morgan Spurlock. Together they broke ground at the Downtown [...]
NYC Food Truck Rankings Vol. 2
I didn't think I'd be refreshing the NYC food truck rankings so quickly. But last week I had my first bite of the Gorilla Cheese truck. Some of the things I expected from Gorilla Cheese was it being greasy, and relatively big in size. Am I wrong? With a name like Gorilla Cheese. No? Well I didn't get any of these things from Gorilla Cheese [...]
NYC Food Truck Rankings Vol. 1
My job's new location has surrounded me with tons of food trucks and of course I've indulged. Of course there are more than four NYC food trucks but these are the ones I've had recently. There are actually more but that food truck wasn't special enough for me to even remember it. I didn't even check in on Foursquare, yes I still use [...]
Things to do: Nitehawk Cinema
There is something really cool going on now in Brooklyn on Metropolitan Avenue. In fact, it’s so cool that I probably shouldn’t even tell you about it because I don’t want it to get engulfed with Manhattan crowdedness. It’s called Nitehawk Cinema. They play new movies, old movies and let you eat, drink and be merry the whole [...]
Upcoming Tradeshows in NYC
Looking to pick up a new skill or network within your trade? There are always trade shows in New York City going down. Here are a few that always crowded, this time around, that’s a good thing. SES New York Conference & Expo – It started yesterday and I’ve been fortunate enough to attend one of these. You’ll learn a lot; everyone [...]
Grilled Cheese Worth Dying For: Melt Shop
Melt Shop returns to the big stage this weekend to defend their 2012 Big Cheesy title of the best grilled cheese in New York City. I went to the 2012 Big Cheesy event, I had a taste of Melt Shop and I've been addicted ever since. What you see in the photo is their Buffalo Blue grilled cheese. It's freshly breaded boneless chicken tenders, [...]
The Big Cheesy Returns this Month!
We continue to talk about the Openhouse Gallery and their fun events. This week isn’t any different. Their Big Cheesy event is returning. The competitors include… Melt Shop Milk Truck Lucy’s Whey Murray’s Cheese Bar Say Cheese Sons of Essex ‘Wichcraft Here is an interesting storyline. We covered last year’s event, [...]
ABODE: home. style. food. (RECAP)
We previewed ABODE: home. style. food. last week and we were fortunate enough to attend this tasty event. Competitors from the ABC show, “The Taste,” Gregg Drusinsky and Sarah Ashley Schiear, put on a three-day dinner party in the trendy Lower East Side at the Old Bowery Station. They served up Uni Deviled Egg, Fluke Poke, Roasted [...]
“The Taste’ Competitors Holding Dinner Pop Up This Weekend at Openhouse Gallery
Tasty dinners always pop up in New York City during the weekend but this upcoming weekend it’ll be intentional. ABC's "The Taste" competitors, Gregg Drusinky and Sarah Ashley Schiear (a girlfriend/boyfriend duo), will be holding a three-day pop up dinner series called ABODE: home. style. food. The event will be held at The Old Bowery [...]
My Experience at The New York Times Travel Show
Yesterday on the CheapOair blog I spoke about my time at the 10th Annual New York Times Travel Show. CheapOair made a return visit to the New York Times Travel Show for its 10th Anniversary this past Friday. We had the pleasure of sitting in on one of the last sessions of the day which was called, Going Viral – 42 Social Media Tips to [...]
