Who would think there be a gem of a restaurant at a bus stop on one of the busiest intersections of the city? Step into Mary Queen of Scots and you’ll be transported away from the grunge and hustle and bustle of Delancey Street. The owner has a thing for Mary Queen of Scots and […]

It’s no mystery why SUSHISAMBA has become a mainstay in NYC (and now Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas and London): the seamless blend of Japanese, Peruvian and Brazilian cuisines (including inventive sushi rolls such as the Samba park), signature cocktails (including Peru’s most famous drink, Pisco Sour) and fresh take on desserts.

Haute Living: Hi Anthony, what’s new at Spice Market? Anthony Ricco: We have updated the Bar menu adding a Cherry Yuzu Old Fashioned and a Fresh Raspberry Mojito. We also added a wide variety of Scotches and Single Barrel Bourbons. HL: What are some of your favorite dishes at Spice Market? AR: Crispy pork belly […]

Glamorous sisters Sabina and Lorraine Belkin have opened an equally glamorous restaurant. Duo Restaurant and Lounge is set just north of Madison Park in an area that’s becoming a food lover’s destination. And with menus that light up, whimsical glassware, phenomenal food (some highlights include poached Maine lobster salad, honey tamari glazed sea bass, filet […]

Brent Ridge is in the midst of the busiest time at Beekman 1802, the farm upstate he co-founded with Josh Kilmer-Purcell. The pair also host a TV show, The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green TV, which chronicles their lives as urbanites who moved to the country. Their products, including cheese, honey and other goods […]

At a recent lunch at Wall & Water, located in the Andaz Wall Street hotel in New York City, I saw charming Chef Maximo Lopez in action. In the restaurant’s sleek and super neat open kitchen, he makes his seasonal, farm-fresh cuisine.

Calling all food and art lovers to participate in a decadent night for a good cause.

At Taste & Tribute, A Benefit for the Tibetan Aid Project, enjoy a four-course meal prepared by several of New York City’s best chefs: Missy Robbins of A Voce, George Mendes of Aldea, Gavin Kaysen of Café Boulud, and Michael Laiskonis, pastry chef at Le Bernardin while sipping fine wines from Heitz Wine Cellars, a third generation family winery from Napa Valley, California.

The fabled ’21’ Club…this NYC icon has been around since Prohibition days and today still captivates diners with its old-world charms and haute cuisine. Between marriage proposals in the intimate upstairs area to private parties in the famed Wine Cellar, ’21’ Club, one of the New York’s most historic restaurants, is first and foremost a […]

Since joining Hudson Hotel as executive chef in August 2010, Chef Jasper Schneider has instilled his philosophy of cooking with passion, freshness, and quality into all aspects of the iconic hotel’s Hudson Hall restaurant. It’s a modern collegiate hall that allows guests to craft their meal through a selection of small plates created from premium sustainable organic products indigenous to the New York Hudson Valley Area.