Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 11:01AM 
Welcome to First Bite, wherein we bring you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's Red Gravy, the newest addition to Saul Bolton's Brooklyn empire.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:58AM 
Pig & Khao opened a few months ago on the same stretch of Clinton Street that's home to Yunnan Kitchen and wd-50. The immediate neighborhood, like many in New York, is a concentrated nucleus of popular restaurants and good eats, ie Pok Pok Phat Thai, 'inoteca, and Mission Chinese Food a few blocks away on Orchard Street. One way Pig and Khao stands out is by offering $1 beers and a five-course tasting menu for $39. Pig and Khao introduced both deals last night. The $1 beers are available for happy hour seven days a week, from 5 - 7pm. The prix fixe is available at the bar (six seats) Monday through Wednesday with a menu Leah Cohen put together exclusively for the tasting. We stopped in last night to check it out.
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10:05AM 
Welcome to First Bite, wherein we bring you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's L'Apicio, the newest project from Joe Campanale and chef Gabe Thompson on East First Street that opened October 18th. We didn't have a chance to go before we left for Asia, but it was our first dinner when we got back to town.
Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:22PM Welcome to First Bite, in which we bring you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's The Pines, located on Third Avenue in Brooklyn's quickly developing Gowanus neighborhood.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 1:45PM 
Welcome to First Bite, in which Digest NY brings you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's Porsena Extra Bar, the third project from chef Sara Jenkins that opened on East 7th Street last week.
Monday, September 10, 2012 at 1:24AM Welcome to First Bite, in which Digest NY brings you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's Dassara, the three week old ramen spot on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:54AM 
If you haven't been to Danny Bowien's San Fran import yet, or seen our First Bite, here's another way to see what's going down at 154 Orchard Street.
Mission Chinese Food has only been on the East Coast for two and a half months, but Bowien's creative vision fuels a constantly evolving menu. The original 23-item-menu from the early days at the end of May now has 28 options. You can't get those Lamb Cheek Dumplings in Red Oil or the Tea Smoked Eel anymore, but you can get Red Braised Pigs Tails ($10) and "Married Couple's" Beef ($9).
The large dishes have seen the most changes, though in typical generous Bowien fashion, nothing exceeds $15. Kung Pao Pastrami ($11) is not likely to disappear anytime soon. New additions are Sizzlin Cumin Lamb Breast ($13) and Catfish a la Sichuan ($13).
Don't worry, that free keg of beer is still on offer for those waiting for a table which, in our opinion, is always worth the inevitable wait.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 2:56PM 
Welcome to First Bite, a new feature at DigestNY where we post about some of the city's most anticipated restaurants shortly after they open. We'll take some pics, eat some food, digest, and then report back to you. This go round it's Governor in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood. It's the third restaurant from the team behind Gran Electrica nearby on Front Street, and Colonie in Brooklyn Heights. Bradford McDonald is the chef. His time at Per Se and Noma shows in his clean flavors and slick plating.
Bradford McDonald, Colonie, DUMBO, First Bite, Governor, Gran Electrica, Noma, Per Se