Tag: east village

restaurants

Cocktails at The Wren

For a story on the British invasion — great British chefs and their food making their way to the U.S. — Kris, Tom, Irene and I visited The Wren in the East Village. Cocchi Cup: Cocchi Americano, Mint, Cucumber, Ginger […]

restaurants

Ramen at Rai Rai Ken

Ever since I picked up a copy of the first issue of Lucky Peach magazine, which was completely devoted to ramen on every page, I’ve been craving a bowl. I finally got my fix at Rai Rai Ken, an excellent […]

outings

Silence! The Musical

Dr. Lecter? Dr. Lecter? After much insistence from Boo that “Silence! The Musical” was just about the funniest musical she’d ever seen, Irene, Greg and I joined her for a performance. She may well have been right. We really laughed […]

cocktails

Nightcaps at Mayahuel

We decided on a post-Momofuku drink, and headed over to PDT to see if we could get in there. Alas, the Halloween crazy seemed to be taking over the East Village early, and there was no way. We headed over […]