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  • Jordan Ferney

    Jordan Ferney's pop-up dinner party on a rooftop (every dinner party should come with a bubble blower)

  • Nikki Croft

    Nikki Croft's winter solstice dinner party in the woods

  • Jordan

    Jordan's pop-up dinner party by the Golden Gate Bridge at dusk

  • ...and at night

    ...and at night

  • Jordan

    Jordan's pop-up dinner party on San Francisco's Aquatic Park pier

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    Jordan's pop-up dinner party with the San Francisco skyline at night

DIY Pop-Up Dinners

By Julia Blanter on July 25, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Featured, Photos, Pop-Up Dinners, Unique Dinners

Outstanding in the Field, meet Martha Stewart.

Instead of going out for dinner, party planner Jordan Ferney sets up fancy dinner parties for her friends in the middle on nowhere, like under the Golden Gate Bridge, piers and rooftops (complete with bubble blower to brighten up the concrete space).

We also love this pop-up winter solstice dinner in the woods by Nikki Croft.

The logistics can be tricky (just how do you get a six-foot dining table down to an isolated beach? Keep the food warm? Stop the candles from blowing out?), but it’s a dinner you and your friends aren’t likely to forget. Inspired to DIY your own pop-up dinner? Jordan has a guide on how to do it right here.

  • Hang out with Dan Kluger at A City Farmer, A Chef + A Host

    Hang out with Dan Kluger at A City Farmer, A Chef + A Host...

  • ...then mingle with Gramercy Tavern

    ...then mingle with Gramercy Tavern's Michael Anthony at Taste of the Marcellus

  • ...and chow down on Buddhist cuisine with filmmaker Erik Shirai

    ...and chow down on Buddhist cuisine with filmmaker Erik Shirai

Good Eating For A Good Cause – Or Three

By Julia Blanter on July 20, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Celebrity Chefs, Featured, Photos, Unique Dinners, Unique Events

Let’s not pretend we’re not ruled by our stomachs. Sure, dining for a cause sounds noble, but it also sounds dull as dishwater. So here’s a novel idea: eating for a good cause and ticking off some Michelin stars at the same time.

Underground Eats is getting behind three delicious fundraisers where you can get your fix of celebrity chefs and fantastic food and drinks, with a side of feel-good factor.

First up is A City Farmer, A Chef and A Host dinner on Tuesday, July 24th with a very unique night out benefiting healthy eating initiatives by non-profits Just Food and The Sylvia Center. Chefs including Locanda Verde/The Dutch‘s Andrew Carmellini, ABC Kitchen‘s Dan Kluger and Laurent Gras will be joined by a bevy of incredible hosts – think the Fabulous Beekman Boys, author James Frey and cookbook author Matt Lee – for 12 concurrent dinner parties happening all over Manhattan, Brooklyn and Harlem. Buy tickets here.

Then on Thursday, July 26th over a dozen leading chefs are saying no to fracking with a grand tasting of special dishes using the best produce from the fracking-endangered Marcellus region of New York State. Show your support while also enjoying unlimited tastings from James Beard’s 2012 Best NYC Chef, Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, plus Bill Telepan, Zak Pelaccio of Fatty ‘Cue and Fatty Crew, The Meatball Shop‘s Daniel Holzman and many others. There’ll also be cocktail, wine and beer pairings and an after-party at Brooklyn Bowl with unlimited Ommegangs. Who said you can’t fundraise and be tipsy at the same time? Buy tickets here.

Finally we’re celebrating a brilliant new project by one of Anthony Bourdain‘s cameramen, Erik Shirai. We fell in love with Erik’s stunning debut food film The Last Meal, and when we heard his plans for the next in his I Am What I Eat film series, we had to get behind it. On Wednesday, August 1st we’re throwing a party, film screening and silent auction for Erik’s trip to Tokyo to tell the story of Buddhist cuisine shojin ryori. There’ll be plenty of tastings too – way more interesting than your typical after-work pizza and beer. Buy tickets here.

  • Seafood and cocktails right on the water - hard to beat

    Seafood and cocktails right on the water - hard to beat

  • All your favorite seafood shack snacks like oysters, shrimp rolls and crab cakes

    All your favorite seafood shack snacks like oysters, shrimp rolls and crab cakes

  • Oysters, jumbo shrimp cocktails and shrimp rolls

    Oysters, jumbo shrimp cocktails and shrimp rolls

  • Wild striped bass ceviche with tortilla chips

    Wild striped bass ceviche with tortilla chips

  • Getting the tram to Roosevelt Island is half the fun

    Getting the tram to Roosevelt Island is half the fun

The Pop-Up Seafood Shack On (A) City Island

By Julia Blanter on July 18, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Featured, Photos, Pop-Ups

There’s a pop-up seafood shack on a city island…and you don’t need to hike all the way to City Island.

Chef David Santos has become the unofficial tourism president of Roosevelt Island. First, his Um Segredo Supper Club, and now the “Santos Seafood Shack” on the new Pier NYC, sharing space on the water’s edge with John Brown Smokehouse and a small bar. It’s open everyday until October, and just a two-minute walk from the tram (because you have to get the tram, and it’s ok to tweet photos of the views).

The menu has all the seafood shack favorites like oysters, crab cakes and shrimp cocktails, with a rock shrimp roll topped with charred scallions and aioli that could be a contender for Best New Shrimp Roll, and a refreshing wild striped bass ceviche with tortilla chips that goes down really well with beer or cocktails (or both if you spend enough time there soaking up those views, which get even better at sunset).

Our tip? Forget the barbecue, stick to the seafood. And there’s a ridiculous warm chocolate toffee fudge brownie by Allycakes to tide you over until you get back to the mainland.

Pier NYC on Roosevelt Island, open everyday from 12pm-11pm.

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