This is my best friend, Tracey, very sexily enjoying a pickle at Cozy Soup ‘n’ Burger on Broadway in the West Village, my absolute favourite burger joint in the entire world. Or pretending to enjoy it, at least. That’s because Cozy, like most other New York City diners, serves half-sour pickles. These are pickles that […]

Thumbs Down for Thai Me Up If I was to tell you there’s a sandwich shop on 14th Street called Thai Me Up, which of the following would you think?: 1) Heeeeeeeeeee. 2) Laaaaaaaaaame. 3) Grooooooooooss. 4) A combination of 2 and 3. I appreciate a good pun as much as you do, but what […]

Thumbs Down for Thai Me Up If I was to tell you there’s a sandwich shop on 14th Street called Thai Me Up, which of the following would you think?: 1) Heeeeeeeeeee. 2) Laaaaaaaaaame. 3) Grooooooooooss. 4) A combination of 2 and 3. I appreciate a good pun as much as you do, but what […]

The sign outside of Sakagura is a perfect representation of the restaurant as a whole: to use one of my favorite clichés, it’s like putting pearls on a pig. Maybe I’m squeamish, but I had my doubts about the place when I discovered I had to walk through an office building, past a security guard, […]