From Serious Eats: New York Photograph by thewanderingeater From the Gramercy Tavern restaurant week and regular dessert menu: "My blackberry streusel cake with blackberry lime sherbert was simple yet so delicious. The cake was moist [and] densely dotted with whole sweet-tart blackberries, the streusel added a crunchy dimension, and the sherbet added a touch of creamy-tartness." Read about the whol...

From Slice Newsday reports that Grimaldi's was shut down earlier today by state officials over unpaid taxes. $150,000 in tax warrants, the paper says. But the joint was back in business later in the afternoon, after owners paid up. "We seized them" said [New York State Department of Taxation and Finance representative Tom] Bergin, refering to the legal process where state officials close the busine...

From Serious Eats: New York Blue Ribbon's full menu will be available at the soon to open Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg [Eater] The same ingredients that go into making Doritos, can be found in the kitchen of WD-50 [NYP] Yogurt is popping up on more and more restaurant menus in New York [NYO] Four New York bars ended up on GQ's Top 20 Cocktails in America list [GQ] Did you know that a lot of famous...

From A Hamburger Today eater.com Eater is rabid over the upcoming Shake Shack on the Upper West Side, with posts showing plywood coming off, sign going up, etc. Just thought you should know. Shake Shack UWS 77th Street and Columbus Avenue Opening Date: October 1, Eater reports...

From Serious Eats: New York After having conquered—maybe "endured" is a better word—Brick Lane Curry House's phaal curry challenge, I'm beginning to suspect everyone at the Serious Eats HQ are not-so-secretly using me as a guinea pig to see how much spiciness one can take before their tastebuds become obliterated. Although slightly concerned about potential ulcers and the future of my digestive...