Peels is the latest venture from the alley-cat downtown scenemakers behind Freemans on the Lower East Side, Saavo Tomer and William Tiggert. more →
Granola, build-a-biscuit; corn dogs, trout spread, seared squid, ham platter, hamburger.
How do you capture that elusive mix of style, inventive spirit, and pixie dust (known to sociologists and stodgy critics as “the Zeitgeist”) and put it in a bottle? If anyone knows, it’s Taavo Somer, the designer, entrepreneur, and all-around downtown tastemaker whose wildly popular back-alley restaurant Freemans launched a thousand dining fads when it opened, five years ago. more →
Montauk squid, andouille corn dogs or grits, pork loin, tres leches cake.
