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Eating With Ziggy Tours, New York, NY (2025)

02/25/2025

Mtskheta, although officially my favorite Georgian in NYC, I still need to Google the name every time I write it. I suspect by the time I finish this post it may change, but this could be just another name on a long list of many that I cant remember how to spell. I stayed at Rendezvous Bay Hotel twice and I still doubt myself....

Mtskheta, although officially my favorite Georgian in NYC, I still need to Google the name every time I write it. I suspect by the time I finish this post it may change, but this could be just anot…

02/19/2025

Another great Turks and Caicos trip in the books. We sort of settled between alternating between Anguilla and TCI these days. TCI is my home away from home, my partner if you will, while Anguilla feels like the mistress. I'm starting to think this is the closest I will ever get to a mistress. A bit shorter than usual (the trip, not the mistress), but this was some of the best eating in roughly 25 trips....

Another great Turks and Caicos trip in the books. We sort of settled between alternating between Anguilla and TCI these days. TCI is my home away from home, my partner if you will, while Anguilla f…

02/07/2025

The last season of Chef's Table was both exciting and upsetting. At least they ended with the upsetting part allowing us to enjoy the show until that point. The last episode was about a restaurant in Mexico City that proudly shows sensitive political stances on the menu. Not sure I would like to live in a world where every restaurant or business I support shows where they stand on certain issues, some of which may be sensitive to some groups....

The last season of Chef’s Table was both exciting and upsetting. At least they ended with the upsetting part allowing us to enjoy the show until that point. The last episode was about a resta…

01/31/2025

Just your friendly reminder that Fiaschetteria Pistoia is still awesome. You dont survive this long off Ave C without doing something right. And that something is the closest NYC has to a Tuscan Trattoria. When the owners of Pistoia opened this location in early 2017, they knew how to cook one thing, really well. The cuisine of Pistoia. That's where they lived and owned a restaurant, just outside of Florence....

Just your friendly reminder that Fiaschetteria Pistoia is still awesome. You dont survive this long off Ave C without doing something right. And that something is the closest NYC has to a Tuscan Tr…

01/19/2025

Ladies and gents. The moment none of you have been waiting for. The beginning / end of the year biannual update to the Z-List, my favorite 30 restaurants in NYC. Congratulations to the winners. In: CotraBalaboostaChuan Tian Xia Out: Dell’anima (GWM its home, closed)Minetta Tavern (havent been since the pandemic and frankly lost interestFOB (closed) The List

Ladies and gents. The moment none of you have been waiting for. The beginning / end of the year biannual update to the Z-List, my favorite 30 restaurants in NYC. Congratulations to the winners. In:…

01/14/2025

Smith Street in Brooklyn is having a moment, again. Very few people know that Smith Street was Brooklyn’s original Restaurant Row, before greedy landlords brought things to a halt around 2016. Any locals here remember Saul? The first Brooklyn restaurant to receive a Michelin star, literally putting Smith St on the map, for me at least. The run lasted less than a decade....

Smith Street in Brooklyn is having a moment, again. Very few people know that Smith Street was Brooklyn’s original Restaurant Row, before greedy landlords brought things to a halt around 2016. Any …

01/09/2025

How do you criticize a place called Osteria Imperfetta? How do you criticize a picture perfect Vitello Tonnato shaped like an apple. You cant, but for different reasons. You cant criticize anything about the restaurant as any imperfection is well advertised. No one forced you to go there. You can simply agree with the premise or argue that the name is misleading....

How do you criticize a place called Osteria Imperfetta? How do you criticize a picture perfect Vitello Tonnato shaped like an apple. You cant, but for different reasons. You cant criticize anything…

01/05/2025

Starting 2025 with a lazy one. Blogging is kinda like s*x. The more you do it, the better it gets, until you get to the age where the more you do it, the worse it gets (I heard). Hormones often dictate how often we blog and the quality of the posts. Am I in the mood to write a short post about Carnitas Ramirez (spoiler alert: Best tacos in Manhattan, maybe in NYC), another large(ish) post on Piedmont, or just binge-watch Yellowstone....

Starting 2025 with a lazy one. Blogging is kinda like s*x. The more you do it, the better it gets, until you get to the age where the more you do it, the worse it gets (I heard). Hormones often dic…

12/30/2024

Turin is not the city people usually visit on their first, second, or even third trip to Italy. It took us 9 trips. With the post Covid revenge travel still in full swing, Rome, Florence, Venice, and the rest of them are redefining crowded these days. Even regions like Puglia and Sicily seem to be catching up and joining the mainstream....

Turin is not the city people usually visit on their first, second, or even third trip to Italy. It took us 9 trips. With the post Covid revenge travel still in full swing, Rome, Florence, Venice, a…

12/25/2024

Being a food enthusiast while living in the 'burbs in NYC is a major handicap. There are very few places I can think of, like Chuan Tian Xia in Sunset Park that I frequent about once a year, and that is as regular as it gets for us. There's a restaurant in Turks and Caicos that we visit more often than 99% of our favorites back at home....

Being a food enthusiast while living in the ‘burbs in NYC is a major handicap. There are very few places I can think of, like Chuan Tian Xia in Sunset Park that I frequent about once a year, …

12/20/2024

Do you ever find yourself talk about travel experiences to friends and family like they talk about their newborns or grandchildren? You realize at some point that they dont care nearly as much as you, especially after showing them some serious raw meat p**n. But you do it anyway, since it feels good to relive said experiences. Such was the case with Casa Rampolina and its restaurant La Rampolina....

Do you ever find yourself talk about travel experiences to friends and family like they talk about their newborns or grandchildren? You realize at some point that they dont care nearly as much as y…

12/18/2024

A more recent visit Top NYC dishes of 2014 are coming up next, but first I have to tell you all about the meal of the year and quite possibly the best meal we ever had. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about... Its well past 3 pm and we've been seating there for three hours, alone now in the back room. ...

A more recent visit Top NYC dishes of 2014 are coming up next, but first I have to tell you all about the meal of the year and quite possibly the best meal we ever had. To give you an idea of what …

12/15/2024

Ever thought about what are your favorite restaurants in the world? Multiple trips to Piedmont will raise the question. Our favorite experiences are often the most recent, but some stay up there for years if not decades. If I had to make a list of my top 10, most will probably be in Europe, a couple in the Caribbean, and some elsewhere in the US....

Ever thought about what are your favorite restaurants in the world? Multiple trips to Piedmont will raise the question. Our favorite experiences are often the most recent, but some stay up there fo…

12/10/2024

Smith Street in Carroll Gardens is the gift that keeps on giving... and taking, as of late. Z-List darling FOB Filipino just closed and Ugly Baby is closing at the end of the year. While old and new like Avlee Greek Kitchen, Mama Capri, the excellent Rua Thai, and Bar Bête still making sure its one of Brooklyn's best food streets....

Smith Street in Carroll Gardens is the gift that keeps on giving… and taking, as of late. Z-List darling FOB Filipino just closed and Ugly Baby is closing at the end of the year. While old an…

12/04/2024

If you havent asked this question yet, give it some time, and bookmark this. I'm not talking about glitzy Miami area, though I will mention some places there too. I'm talking about the more in-law (or parents) friendly areas closer to FLL like Hollandale Beach, Hollywood, Aventura, etc. Areas not really known for great food like Miami. I've been going to South Florida for years, even lived there at some point, but I've never blogged about it....

If you havent asked this question yet, give it some time, and bookmark this. I’m not talking about glitzy Miami area, though I will mention some places there too. I’m talking about the …

11/24/2024

Turin, a food and monument wonderland in North Italy. A city rich in culture and history... and chocolate. I probably bought more chocolate in Turin than all my travels combined. It's a city that would be a top destination just about anywhere else in the world, but in Italy it gets lost in the shuffle. Not to mention it's so close to the mother of all food and wine wonderlands, Langhe....

Turin, a food and monument wonderland in North Italy. A city rich in culture and history… and chocolate. I probably bought more chocolate in Turin than all my travels combined. It’s a c…

11/21/2024

November 2024 Update Original Post: I'm having a writer's block of the worst kind. Earlier this evening I burned some of my more useful fingers on both hands in a freakish oven accident, so the process of typing is hampered a bit. Lets just say DO NOT USE OVEN MITTS BOUGHT IN PUERTO RICO GIFT SHOPS. I'm strongly considering unfriending the person who gave it to me on Facebook. ...

November 2024 Update Original Post: I’m having a writer’s block of the worst kind. Earlier this evening I burned some of my more useful fingers on both hands in a freakish oven acciden…

11/20/2024

Imagine this scenario. For a decade you dream about coming back to a place you ranked in the top 10 dining experiences in the world. You are finally back, and have another memorable meal, even while being somewhat under the weather. And when its time to update the post you wrote about this place 10 years ago, you discover that much of the old post was about Puerto Rican oven mitts, and bad dad jokes....

Imagine this scenario. For a decade you dream about coming back to a place you ranked in the top 10 dining experiences in the world. You are finally back, and have another memorable meal, even whi…

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