Food & Drink
At Untapped New York we love speakeasies! So much so that we wrote the book "NYC Hidden Bars and Restaurants" which you'll find on our shop. Pictured here is our friend Georgette in her "Regarding Oysters" speakeasy, an oyster salon and cocktail experience where you get to shake your own cocktails and shuck oysters.
Grab Espresso and Motorcycle Gear at Jane Motorcycles Coffee Shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
We’re pretty upset we missed this amazing coffee shop/motorcycle shop combination in our recent Top 10 Coffee Shops
Top 10 Coffee Shops in Brooklyn (For Design Buffs)
We previously compiled a list of the Top 10 Coffee Shops in Manhattan for design buffs and now we’re
How to Eat Like a Local in San Francisco’s North Panhandle: NOPA, Little Star Pizza, Corkage, Chile Pies, Bi-Rite
San Francisco boasts delicious and ethnically diverse cuisine, with the Mexican influences in the Mission district, the dim sum spots
On This Day in NYC History, December 2: 1657 Legislation Banned Household Goods as a Method of Payment for Liquor
On December 2nd 1657, The Nieuw Amsterdam City Council ruled that Tavernkeepers could not sell liquor in exchange for household
An Illustrated Guide to San Francisco’s Coffee Shops and Cafes: Spin City, Bi Rite, Atlas, Cafe St Jorge, Jane, Cha Cha Cha
In this illustrated guide to San Francisco’s coffee shops and cafes, Untapped Cities illustrator Charlotte Vallance shares some of
Food Carts in NYC Become Latest Target of Advertising by Big Banks
Food carts get branded…by banks We’ve been noticing this disturbing but unsurprising trend recently on the Upper West
Daily What?! Empire Biscuit in Alphabet City NYC Sells Only Biscuits, 24/7
Empire Biscuit opened over a week ago and already it’s pretty tapped, but we thought it was worth a
Hotel Particulier Art Gallery/Cafe Brings a New York Esthetic and French Hospitality to Soho
At Hotel Particulier on Grand Street in Soho, the writing on the window states, “Enter the cafe through the art
Daily What?! Katz & Dogz Food Truck is Not Actually Associated with NYC’s Famous Katz’s Deli
We spotted the Katz & Dogz pastrami truck in Midtown yesterday before the lunchtime rush. The truck serves–you guessed
Where to Drink Like The Beat Generation Writers in NYC
The film Kill Your Darlings delves into the story of the three most famous Beat Generation writers: Allen Ginsberg, Jack
Tour A Real Prohibition-Era Speakeasy in NYC and Drink a Period Cocktail!
Though the (real) remnants of Prohibition are often difficult to find in NYC, particularly with so many bars mimicking the
10 of the Oldest Surviving Bars in NYC: McSorley’s, Bridge Cafe, Ear Inn, Chumley’s, Fraunces Tavern, Pete’s Tavern, Whitehorse Tavern
A dive bar is probably not the first place one would look to find New York City’s rich history.
