Retired Burger Hand Model
It’s my birthday weekend (part… I don’t even know anymore), and the girls flew up from Florida to celebrate. They wanted to take me somewhere special, something new, something with a bit of flair. Since Cuerno just opened recently, it seemed like the perfect excuse to check it out. The Space Walking into Cuerno feels…
It’s that time of year again — my birthday week — which means figuring out where to take everyone for the annual feast. This round was for my work crew, which is always the trickiest group to please. You can’t blow the budget, you need something fun but still family-friendly, and you have to remember…
I’m a little late with this one; this was Halloween weekend, but between traveling and life happening, you’re about to get spammed with a bunch of posts. Consider yourself warned. We ended up at White Horse Tavern in the West Village at around 7 PM. And yes, the correct White Horse Tavern. Be proud of…
Another Saturday in Brooklyn, another excuse to drink cider before noon. One of my buddies hit me up to go to Cider Fest (by the same guys who run Brisket King and Rib King). I said yes without thinking — I mean, it’s cider, it’s food, and it’s at Industry City. How bad could that…
Let’s get straight to it: Bingo Loco is absolutely worth it. It’s every bit as wild, loud, and chaotic as it looks online, and yes, it’s just plain fun. Tickets ran about $45, and the night kicked off around 5 PM, wrapping up near 10:30 PM — which, for New York City, is a total…
Saturday night. Didn’t feel like going into the city, didn’t want to do much of anything, so I wandered over to Nitehawk Prospect Park to catch the new Bruce Springsteen movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere“. It’s about a 30–40 minute walk from my place — perfect distance to clear your head and earn a…
It was one of those weeks when, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, I needed two things — a couple of martinis and a perfectly cooked steak to wash away the stress. Palladino’s Steak & Seafood has been popping up on my feed since it opened a few weeks ago, so it was time to see…
So, the boys were in town this weekend, one flew in from Florida, the other made the trek from Pennsylvania, and you know what that means: we needed a good spot to eat, drink, and catch up. You can’t start the night at a strip club every time (well, not every time), so we decided…
When two of my top ten favorites, Gotham Burger Social Club and Smith & Wollensky, join forces for a pop-up, there’s no question: I’m going. I’ve been following Gotham Burger since the early days, from those gritty pandemic pop-ups to their Lower East Side brick-and-mortar, and it’s been a front-row seat to watching a burger…
Yankee season is deep into the playoff push, and while everyone’s losing their minds over wild card tickets, I’m sitting back and watching the prices hit home-run levels. Section 123? $170 before fees. That’s not watching baseball, that’s financial cardio. Over the years, I found a better alternative: skip the stadium chaos and head to…