12th Annual New York Whisky Fest (November 10, 2009)

Tonight (Nov 10) is the 12th Annual WhiskyFest at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square, NYC. The event lasts from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM and will feature “200 of the world’s finest, rarest, and most expensive, single malt and blended Scotch, Irish, bourbon, Tennessee, Japanese, Welsh, Canadian and other whiskies from around the world”. Speaking of fine malts, I just received an email from the good people at The Balvenie and they informed me that they’ve got a new limited edition 17 Year Old Madeira Cask which will be available for tasting at tonight’s event— judging from the picture, it looks quite delicious*.

The Balvenie 17 Year Old Madeira Cask

If you can’t make the Whisky Fest, the master distillers at The Balvenie are holding a series of private tastings of the new 17 Year Old Madeira Cask for Warehouse 24 members throughout the month of November in select cities around the US. To RSVP for these exclusive events in DC, Austin TX, Chicago, San Francisco or Los Angeles, head on over to thebalvenie.com and create a Warehouse 24 profile. Once you become a Warehouse 24 member, in addition to receiving emails and the like, you’ll also be able to keep track of your entire whisky collection online through their new “whisky shelf” application. (I checked this thing out a little, and while having the ability maintain a list of your own Scotches is nice, the bigger benefit of this application is being able to see what the rest of the community thinks of each bottle.)

* Full disclosure, I have requested a sample of this Scotch to confirm that it is, in fact, delicious. To any other distillers who might be reading, feel free to send me your most expensive bottles of Single Malt Scotch (hell, I’ll even take some nice blends), and I’ll be more than happy to write about them in this space.

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Join New York culinary editor Gillian Duffy and renowned chefs from the city’s finest restaurants for the 11th annual New York Taste, an evening to benefit City Harvest.

At this must-attend culinary affair, you’ll sample fare from renowned chefs, mixologists and wineries. Participants at this year’s event will include Alain Allegretti, Dan Barber, Cesare Casella, Odette Fada, John Fraser, Craig Hopson, Morimoto and many more. [NYTaste.com]

FYI: It’s a tasting event, with lots of fancy chefs.

Ah, a little slice of home, comes to the Big Apple (admittedly, I grew up on Robin’s Donuts, so Tim’s is not that big of a deal to me, but it’s still kind of cool.) Here’s a list of the new Tim Hortons locations around NYC:

Rockefeller Center Area
1. 761 Seventh Avenue at 50th Street

Macy’s/Penn Station Area
2. Penn Station — Long Island Railroad level
3. 401 Seventh Avenue — in front of Hotel Pennsylvania
4. 152 West 34th Street — across from Macy’s
5. 1286 Broadway — at Herald Square/Avenue of the Americas

Grand Central Area
6. 47 East 42nd Street — North side of 42nd Street between Madison & Vanderbilt

Upper East Side
7. 1276 Lexington Avenue — West side of Lexington between 85th & 86th Streets

Upper West Side
8. 2547 Broadway — West side of Broadway between 95th & 96th Streets

Brooklyn
9. 22 Court Street — at Borough Hall
10. 451 Fulton Street — at Smith Street

The new Tim Horton’s locations will occupy 13 former Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants operated by the Riese Organization. The NYTimes explains a little a bit on how this sudden changeover from Munchkins to Timbits all came about:

The conversion comes after a decade of contention between Riese and Dunkin’ Donuts that peaked after The New York Post published a photo of a mouse munching on a doughnut in a shop operated by Riese on 46th Street at Fifth Avenue. The chain sued Riese, and the sides eventually agreed that the relationship would end this week in what Dunkin’ Donuts called a “disenfranchisement.” [NYTimes.com]

The Times article goes on further to point out that unlike the previous Dunkin’ Donuts outlets, “all the Tim Hortons food, including the doughnuts, will be made on the premises”.

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I guess we’ve arrived…

Finally, a new FreshDirect coupon code (too bad it’s just for the Hamptons):

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List of participating restaurants after the jump.

“Brooklyn Restaurant Week: Mar 23 – Apr 2″ continued after the jump

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PS The reason this post falls in the FD category is that it came in the box with my groceries. Also, when I first read this, I actually thought the deal was 1 movie for $1, which is a great deal, this deal is just so-so I think.