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Caserta Vecchia 221 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 624-7549 A girlfriend and I met up in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn for dinner and a movie the other night. Carroll Gardens is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Brooklyn: small, friendly, and filled with an abundance of restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. (That [...]

Who am I? I’m Tom. I’m a new writer for this blog. I grew up in Connecticut, went to college in Boston, and moved to New York City about two and a half years ago. I live in Brooklyn and I work in Manhattan. I enjoy snacks, southern chain restaurants, and especially baking (I make [...]

Howdy. My name is Anne, and I am a recovered picky eater. It’s hard to believe now – I hardly remember that other Anne, the one who, once, as a child, dropped a plateful of peas one by one under the dining room table even though her family didn’t own a dog. (I convinced myself [...]

Wow – it’s my first official post!  Woo hoo!  I initially had impressive plans for my inaugural post—I’d scour the far-flung outer reaches of one of the boroughs of NYC and find some obscure but obscenely delicious restaurant and knock all of your socks off with my power to describe the food. Alas, these adventures [...]

Greetings all! I am here to introduce myself. After much deliberation I decided to do it the way kids did back in high school. Remember? They would slowly slither into the classroom; hand the teacher a paper showing they were now a part of the group; then attempt to soundlessly slide into an empty seat. [...]

My name is Lindsay, and I am obsessed with food. No, really, I am.  It’s not my fault either; I’m French on my mother’s side and Italian on my father’s.  Since you’re on RoobiFood, it pretty much goes without saying that you’re familiar with French culinary history and with Italians’ passion for food and enormous [...]

Don’t be fooled by the imitators flying the “Papaya Dog” flag.  This recent competitor is fairly new to New York and has taken the questionable approach of locating its hot dog/juice retailers in the same neighborhoods as, but just out of site of, its more famous predecessor, the indomitable Gray’s Papaya (402 6th Ave/8th St, [...]

If the wind ever blows you to 16th Avenue in Boro Park, Brooklyn, the odds are that you are either visiting Orthodox Jewish family or you are a worker earning your keep at one of the many Kosher eateries.  Or, perhaps, you are just interested in exploring this expanding ethnic beacon, observing the religious subculture, [...]

Speaking of Papusas… About two weeks ago, Veggiemom posted regarding this rare El Salvadorian treat. If you stumble across an establishment that specializes in them, as I did in Brooklyn about three months ago, you will realize that they are not only delicious, but incredibly affordable. With that said, I invite Veggiemom and deal-seekers alike [...]

Let’s talk about food and writing a review about restaurants… First of all, food, good food is based on two factors: 1. How well the cook or chef is. 2. Your ability to taste and enjoy food. Some may argue that the atmosphere has to be just right and the service should equal that to [...]