DMANBURGER-Alobar-Hunters Point Long Island City

On a beautiful day: I travelled to Long Island City, Hunters Point to be exact, to Chef Ian Kapitan’s new spot Alobar. I was reluctant that such grande cuisine would exist in Long Island City-I was wrong!                           Alobar, a beautiful restaurant, with [...]

DMANBURGER VIDEO-Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen

Recently I made the transformation of my burger exploits to the YouTube world, I went back to the tried and true burger artisans at Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen-and I put it on film!  

67 Burger Brooklyn-A Night of Opera and Burgers.

  On a recent trip to the Opera, in Brooklyn no less-and yes- the DMANBURGER has culture ! I was forced to put aside my aspirations of an elevated meal prior to a saturated artistic evening. Having not made a reservation first, was a big mistake because we never knew this oasis of over- crowed restaurants [...]

RARE Bar and Grill

Walk into RARE and you are immediately greeted by happy twenty something servers with smiles and cordial quips. The Chelsea RARE location (which I visited) is coupled with the Hilton Hotel on 26th between 6th and 7th. This day, a brisk fall day, the heat from the burger grill was on! In the dining room, [...]

DMANBURGER in Latest Issue of FOOD Magazine with Rocco DiSpirito on the cover

Check out the DMANBURGER’S best burger in New York, the quest has been long and still ongoing…but the FOOD Magazine’s crew and writer Jo Piazza caught up with me to snag some inside scoop on my life, history, love for burgers and of course the best burger in New York……and the winner is ? Grab [...]

DMANBURGER “The National Bar and Dining Rooms”

Geoffrey Zakarian, celebrity chef of hot-spots such as The 21 Club, “44″ at the Royalton, The Blue Door at the Delano in Miami- and one of the few chefs ,at the late Patroon, (I swear I didn’t copy you Mr. Bruni) to score 3 stars from former New York Times restaurant critic and Mistress of Disguise Ruth [...]

DMANBURGER “Burger and Barrel”

Josh Capon is no stranger to the burger world, after rescuing a seemingly past failed Soho locale with a retro marine sushi seafood mega Soho restaurant, in Lure Fish Bar. He later challenged the masses of celebrity chefs in 2009 vying for the coveted title of Best Burger at Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash at the New York [...]

DMANBURGER “Upper East Side Cascabel Tacqueria is morphing into Dumpling’s”

  Upper East Side Tacqeria Cascabel is moving!- but only two doors down to the old Willy’s space! The short move allows owner David Choing to expand into a bar like scene with a larger space. In the spot of Cascabel, Choing is exploring his Cuban/Chinese roots and channeling them into a dumpling shop! ” [...]

DMANBURGER “Blackburn Burger Bistro”

With Guide to Career Education you can learn to make these staples of American cuisine and others like them. Newly opened Blackburn Burger Bistro is situated in busy Hell’s Kitchen- open bay windows with faux-plant hedges will lead you into a decor like you were stepping into a Holiday Inn Express banquet room-red and beige walls, [...]

DMANBURGER “Joy Burger Bar”

Perched in this restaurant vacant neighborhood, a burger meets Tiki bar promises grand delights, though its deliverance is marred by simple- yet fixable dilemmas. The atmosphere is pleasant and vocational, white-washed stressed windows slung open over simple retro-style seating, giving the feeling that you’re lounging hammock-wrapped in Jamaica or some other exotic locale-while listening to the likes of Norah [...]