Cape Coral, Florida – a town with mostly chain restaurants and lots of enclosed backyards (which is supposedly because of the bugs, but I’ll err on the side of alligators). My boyfriend and I spent a week here just for a random vacation at a beautiful house. I wasn’t necessarily looking for restaurants to eat…
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Living in NYC there’s really no shortage of local cities to visit for a quick weekend getaway. We had such an amazing time in Philly earlier this year, that I figured we should try another foodie-based location for Stephen’s birthday – so I chose New Haven, CT. I can imagine some of you are like,…
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Whether you believe the story about Louis’ Lunch being the birthplace of the Hamburger or not, you still gotta give this place some credit. Opened since 1895, that’s literally over 100 years in action! Not to mention they still operate out of this (sorry for lack of better words) dinky house-looking building, and with the…
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If I told you a bar named Ordinary was on the contrary, not ordinary, would you believe me? Would you also be shocked to know I’ve found the BEST goddamn burger I’ve ever tasted at this Ordinary bar? Well I’m about to do just that. Welcome to Ordinary – New Haven’s oldest tavern. I can’t…
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It is with great regret that I have to confirm the closing of a favorite local restaurant of mine – MP Taverna. Although their Astoria location has closed (and is being replaced with another small restaurant chain I also adore – Burgerology), I still would like to do Chef Michael Psilakis some justice with this…
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Astoria has no shortage of unlimited-boozy brunch spots, and that’s the way I like it. (Definitely not the reason I’ve stayed in Astoria this long, if you’re reading, mom). Just on the outskirts of Astoria in Long Island City is a somewhat new restaurant appropriately named Bierocracy. Decorated as a modern-style German beer hall with…
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