Tag: review

Makana Hawaiian BBQ

Makana Hawaiian & Japanese BBQ features a melting pot of popular dishes not usually found outside of Hawaii, and certainly rarely east of Los Angeles.  To see that Makana is successful enough to open a second branch in NYC is a real treat.

Crave Fishbar

By Louise Simon.  You can follow more of her work at Appearance for Less. After a year of walking past Crave Fishbar and repeatedly saying, “we should try this place”, last Saturday, we finally tried it.  Being from Sydney, we are always looking for a good seafood fix […]

New York City Starbucks Guide

As a writer, I spend a lot of time at Starbucks. I can’t even tell you how many Venti Earl Greys I’ve sipped down while pecking away on my Macbook. (By the way, I take mine with a splash of soy milk, a few dashes of cinnamon, and 2 Splendas…)

Meatballs Meatballs Everywhere

Walk around the city long enough and you will inevitably come across a  Vietnamese sandwich shop.  They offer a variety of meats served on a French baguette with cucumbers, pickled carrots, cilantro and some sort of chili mayo sauce.

Dine in Naples, dessert in Florence, all in the Bedding department at Macy’s

By Chris Ellis Former study abroad participants and travelers to Florence need look no further than Macy’s at Herald Square to rekindle their love of gelato at the first outpost of Vivoli, Il Gelato outside of Florence. When I first heard last month that Vivoli was opening in […]

Da Nico Ristorante – 164 Mulberry St – Little Italy

By Melissa Limberg In a place like Little Italy, a restaurant is a dime a dozen.  It’s hard to even walk through on a nice day because everyone is running up to you saying, “TABLE?! I GOT A TABLE! OUTSIDE!!” you don’t even really know where to start. […]

Tres Terrific Tapas

By Melissa Limberg Tapas style dining is one of the most underrated experiences I have come across. The art of creating small dishes to share is truly an engaging way to enjoy a meal with friends. For those of you unfamiliar with this, I think it works best […]

Brushstroke Restaurant – 30 Hudson Street

By Chris Ellis Your humble correspondent ends each week with a dilemma.  A first-world dilemma, sure, but a difficult one nonetheless.  To dine in New York is to be presented with such a vast array of options that it is nearly impossible to choose one without feeling as […]

BLT – Midtown East – 106 East 57th St.

Contributing Editor Melissa Limberg submitted this post.  Follow The Mizz on Twitter @mizzlimberg You’ve heard of Gordon Ramsey, right?  The scary chef that yells at restaurant workers until they cry and then turns all soft at the end of the episode? Yeah, that Gordon Ramsey.  Well, he has […]