The plump, grilled burger at Whitman’s, located on 9th Street in the East Village, consists of two seamlessly-joined 3oz beef patties. And if you didn’t know what you had ordered, there would be little indication of what to expect. The first bite oozes molten lava-like cheese all over your face. You gotta love it. Whitman’s eschews the traditional […]

Well, if you’re like us Magpies, you’re always up for finding a good, casual hamburger place – and we’ve found plenty of  decent places just by stumblin’ into ’em! Sunday night of Labor Day weekend was a perfect example – we lucked out and stumbled into The Stumble Inn, located on 76th Street and Second Avenue, a place […]

We Magpies are definitely creatures of habit. When we like a restaurant for its certain signature dishes, we always have to order them every time we go. Jane, located downtown at 100 West Houston Street (between Thompson Pl. and Laguardia), is one of those exceptions to the rule. It is true that every time we dine there we […]