back forty

The 7-year-old tavern's sister location in SoHo remains open.

"Buckets are packed with a half dozen spiced crabs, two ears of corn and a handful of steamed new potatoes for mopping up the spicy juices"

Last summer Downtown diners were saddened to lose longtime locavore favorite Savoy after 21 years. Luckily chef and owner Peter Hoffman has kept the space, reopening it as Back Forty West this week.

Our semi-weekly column in which we find a season ingredient at the market and find a professional chef to tell you what to do with it.

Click on the photos for the scoop on this week's random foodstuffs,

Photos by Tejal Rao Molly Del Monte is the 30-year-old chef

Commerce Brunch is for assholes, as the poet on the T-shirt sings,

If you're staying in town this weekend and still don't have plans

Easter, as you may know, is the holiday that often seems to

In a neighborhood full of heaping plate entrees-under-$10, Back Forty makes