Hardly the roadies to follow their team on a six hour flight cross country, it was just the excuse we needed to book a weekend trip to the city of oysterly love. With our Giants taking on the 49ers on Sunday, a Thursday evening arrival would ensure two full days [...]

As we welcome the Fall harvest of seasonal produce at its prime, the ripest and juiciest apples, squash in multiples varieties and beaming colors of scrumptious vegetation, our excitement peeks over the plethora of foodie events that are about to take place throughout New York City. Each with its own [...]

Perhaps coincidental, or just a feat of pure genius, but the very first NYC Oyster week happen to be born as our dear bivalve took plunge into its seasonal growth spurt. This mastermind idea, worthy of fireworks, is the conception of a few individuals hungry for a good shuck and [...]

Although just directly across the street, The Leadbelly is a worlds away from its sister restaurant, The Fat Radish. More cocktail driven, with an exclusive yet approachable vibe, its a speakeasy worth traveling back in time for. Sporadic artifacts of the era, with some more randomly chosen then others, inhabit [...]

If last week’s refurbishing of our weekly shucks wasn’t indication enough, we’ve been feeling happy happy lately. Something about a warm summer day that necessitates cold freshly shucked oysters, and whole lot of them. Although we do favor an occasional splurge on the cream of the crop with our dear [...]

As we move into August and embrace those steaming hot summer days, what better way to cool off then with some freshly shucked oysters and a piercing cold wine or beer?  If you are like us, and prefer your oysters good and plenty, then a happy hour is just the [...]

A warm summer day, a beach side restaurant with oysters, and a glass of stifling cold rose wine, although definitively subjective, is how we would describe perfection. Add a few tiki torches, a boat turned bar, and a gorgeous view, and what you have is the new East End pop [...]

Perhaps for a few small details that strayed from our ideal evening in Montauk, we always enjoyed stopping by the Surf Lodge for the culinary preparations by Chef Sam Talbot. The dishes were consistently flavorful, creative, and a great companion to the surfer atmosphere that this hotel, restaurant and bar [...]

After an unyielding internal struggle, we decided it was only right to report on what we think is one of the greater oyster happy hour deals in NYC. With only a few seats in this  portion of an elegant and least likely of restaurants to host a deal, it was [...]

Which in this case was better than the oyster. Testing out our endurance level, we decided to join the few thousand others, and do The Ride to Montauk. A trip organized by the fabulous Glen, this event takes place every year, offering ambitious riders like us the opportunity to take [...]