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TSP: Get Real’s Belgian Beer & Food Festival
By Dara Pollak Just in time for Thirsty Thursday, I have an offer you shouldn’t refuse! Get Real NY is hosting the Belgian Beer Festival on July 8th and 9th, and if you enter discount code ‘skinnypig‘, you will receive $20 off your ticket to any session, any day. HOLLER. You know you love me. [...]
TSP: Press 195 and Martha’s Country Bakery in Queens
By Dara Pollak Sometimes you have to show love for your roots. When I’m in Queens (my hometown), I always get the same food from the same places. This is not the norm for me, but when you don’t have these things on the regular anymore, I think it’s allowed. Take for example, Press 195 [...]
The Skinny Pig: Royal Wedding Shortbread Corgi Cookies
By Dara Pollak This post is dedicated to Rudy, one of my best friends, the Royal Wedding, and Corgi Fridays. If you don’t know about the Royal Wedding, you live on another planet and are probably not reading this. And if you don’t know about Corgi Fridays (more likely), you can read about it here. [...]
The Skinny Pig: Spring Has Arrived At Vai Spuntino Bar
By Dara Pollak At least Spring has arrived SOMEWHERE, because it surely hasn’t hit the rest of NYC yet. My dinner at Vai Spuntino Bar last week was full of fresh fish, bright herbs, and clean flavors. Chef Vincent Chirico does a wonderful job of incorporating this seasons ingredients into the menu, and nothing was [...]
The Skinny Pig: Shake Shack Nutritional Info
By Dara Pollak Happy Friday! Despite the fact that I’m battling massive allergy attacks, I’m glad the weather is FINALLY starting to turn around. As I was walking home last night, it really hit me when I saw the Van Leeuwen ice cream truck parked on Bedford Ave, then it made me think of my favorite [...]
The Skinny Pig: Happy Friday!
By Dara Pollak In keeping with the Friday tradition, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. There’s good news and there’s bad news. Good news: Apparently there is a restaurant coming to Midtown shortly that will be dedicated solely to…you guessed it…BACON. Mmm bacon. The concept was derived from “everything being better with bacon” [...]
