Rendering of an indoor cafe planned for Governors Island. Credit: SHoP Architects Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! The latest news from Governors Island is sure to please anyone who loves food, history and a fun ferry ride through New York Harbor. The Trust for Governors Island announced on Friday a major overhaul of its historic Building 140 starting this winter to feature year-round food options, event space and scenic views for the thousands of visitors it gets each year.  “We will be operating three separate entities…

There is a big outbreak of of a disease that is making people really sick in New York State. Listeriosis is a serious disease that, according to the New York State Department of Health, is an infection that people can get when food has a certain bacteria in it.There are about 260 people who die per year.Listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. An estimated 1,600 people get listeriosis each year, and about 260 die. The infection is most likely to sicken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 or older, and…

Hair, unwanted condiments and a random onion ring or two can sometimes pop up in peoples’ fast food orders, but a New York woman’s lunchtime trip to Burger King led to a nightmarish discovery inside her to-go bag: Blood.”There was blood all over the hamburger, all over the wrapper, and when I looked in the bag, there was a couple of drops on the french fries,” Tiffany Floyd told USA TODAY on Thursday.It gets worse.Floyd, 29, said that she and her 4-year-old daughter Matayla went to the drive-thru at the Burger King in Getzville, New York just after noon on…

This nosh requires more “bread” than most. As if the Big Apple didn’t have enough ritzy repastes of late, creative Japanese cocktail bar Sip & Guzzle is getting in on this gastronomic gold rush by selling a $150 beef sandwich that’s served on a golden platter. Dubbed the “Royale with Cheese,” the souped-up sammie was recently described by “Chew York City” foodfluencer Ella Kahan as the “fanciest cheeseburger you’re ever going to eat.” Sip & Guzzle specializes in offbeat food and drink hybrids, but its culinary crown jewel is arguably the aforementioned nosh, which was created by chef Mike Bagale,…

The opening of a new Chinese restaurant in New York City is not exactly newsworthy — unless, of course, it’s Din Tai Fung. The acclaimed Taiwanese chain, known for its expertly made Xiao Long Bao, was founded in 1958 and has several American outposts among its 181 global locations — including multiple restaurants in California, Oregon, and Washington state, as well as a buzzy restaurant in Las Vegas’ Aria Resort & Casino. But it’s the chain’s newest opening in midtown Manhattan that has excited even the most jaded of New York diners — especially Asian immigrants craving a taste of…

Chef Chika Tillman, working behind the counter she’s run for more than 20 years. Photo: Brent Herrig The early aughts in New York were something of a heyday for pastry-forward establishments: P*ng, Will Goldfarb’s Room 4 Dessert, Sam Mason’s Tailor (arguably, where even the savory courses and cocktails tended to lean dessert-y), and, opened in 2003, ChikaLicious Dessert Bar, which at the time of its debut was unlike anything else in New York. The 22-seat counter was modeled after omakase restaurants from chef Chika Tillman’s home in Japan. Running it along with her husband, Don, Chika didn’t expect ChikaLicious to…

I’m Eric Sze of 886 and Wenwen, and today we are outsideof an American institution, Delmonico’s.Delmonico’s is known as a steakhouse,but really it’s a restaurant restaurant.I’m gonna hit every single item on the menu.I brought my great friend, chef Ed Szymanskiof Dame and Lord’s.All right, let’s get to it!I’m very, very excited.This also means we have to behavea little bit ’cause it’s so classy, right?If we’re capable of doing that.Delmonico’s, the first fine dining restaurant in America,has one of the biggest wine cellars in America,which you’re a massive wine guy.Yeah, if the budget stretches to it,I’ll try and get down…

In case you haven’t heard, Whole Foods is shrinking—literally. Earlier this year, the grocery giant announced that it was going to test out small “quick stop” stores targeting urban shoppers, and that it would name those stores Whole Foods Market Shop Daily.  The first of the small format grocery stores will launch at 1175 Third Avenue by 69th Street in the Upper East Side in the fall. This week, the company announced the following lineup entry: a mini Whole Foods in Hell’s Kitchen. A third iteration of the shop will debut at a third undisclosed NYC location after that.  RECOMMENDED: This Lower East Side bar…

New York subscribers got exclusive early access to this story in Eating New York, a newsletter featuring food news and advice straight from our critics’ mouths. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Vegan mac and cheese at Chloe. Photo: Sarah Van Liefde The year is 2015. Millennials have yet to be admonished for buying avocado toast, and they leave parties in $10 Uber pools before posting, earnestly, about their nights on Instagram because Stories do not yet exist. On Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Chloe Coscarelli, a Cupcake Wars winner and author of a handful of vegan cookbooks, has opened…