Places We Visited

5 reasons these Yunnan rice noodles are the new ramen

The Rice Noodle is a small Yunnan noodle shop on Bleecker Street in lower Manhattan. It is a new restaurant, started by Yao Tang, a Chinese immigrant from the Yunnan region of China. This ethnically diverse region is rich in spicy food and famous for its rice paddies. As the […]

 
 

Dominique Ansel’s Pie Night is Back

Dominique Ansel’s Pie Night is Back

Dozens of people sat at tables outside of Dominique Ansel Kitchen on Thursday evening, where large gold balloons spelled out the words ‘Pie Night.’ Dominique Ansel, the French pastry chef, has hosted six evenings of pie and drinks at his West Village bakery. Each sold-out night is split into three, […]

 
 

Happy Hour at Beecher’s Handmade Cheese

Happy Hour at Beecher’s Handmade Cheese

After a hard day’s work, Grace Barber craves comfort food: Beecher’s macaroni and cheese. Her go-to place does cheese in a big way. The centerpiece of this café is an actual cheese-making factory.  “It’s so good, I feel like I’m committing a sin eating this,” said Barber 20, as she […]