by Downtown Magazine | Feb 7, 2017 | Dining
In most cases, a New York City hotel is not just there for hosting overnight guests. Plenty of New York’s hotels have top-tier restaurants, great live music options, and/or worthwhile shopping. With more and more boutique hotels popping up in New York in recent...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 26, 2017 | Dining
CHOPT is an innovative salad company known for pairing global flavors via quality-oriented partners including Hot Bread Kitchen, Soom Tahini and Niman Ranch. Chef Harold Dieterle, formerly of Perilla and notable Thai restaurant Kin Shop, was the winner of the first...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 17, 2017 | Dining
Nikki Dinki first turned heads on a national basis as a contestant on the ninth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star. Prior to landing on Food Network Star in 2013, Nikki built up a following in our area, regularly appearing on WBAI-FM and posting...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 15, 2016 | Dining
A lot of people first took notice of Leah Cohen from the fifth season of Top Chef, but success did not come overnight for Leah. The New York native attended Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School — now the Culinary Institute of America — as a teenager...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 23, 2016 | Dining, Living
Thanksgiving may be the favorite holiday of millions of people, but hosting Thanksgiving is rarely a treat. In turn, many New Yorkers opt to celebrate Thanksgiving at a restaurant. In turn, great food with none of the prep work or clean-up. Downtown spoke to chefs...