Emily Davenport

1 day ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

If your nostalgia brain hits you with “Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”, this is for you. Actor Kel Mitchell is teaming up with Bucket Listers to host Kel’s Burger Fest, a brand new food festival devoted to, as the name suggests, burgers. The one-day only event will take over BK Backyard Bar in Williamsburg on Aug. 30 with a lineup of food, games, nostalgia and plenty of surprises.

1 day ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

Professional bull riding isn’t often synonymous with New York City, but a bit of Western culture is making its way back to the Empire State this coming fall. amNewYork spent 48 hours with the New York Mavericks, New York’s first pro bull riding team, learning about the ins and outs of professional bull riding as they gear up for their upcoming season. This is what we learned.

3 days ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

Sasha Colby is seen during Meet + Ki with fans at the Travel Agency in Brooklyn, New York. The queer-owned cannabis brand FLAMER teamed up with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 15 winner Sasha Colby to launch Colby’s new line of pre-rolls, Sasha Colby Kush.

1 week ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

New York City’s Drunk Shakespeare is back with a production of “Drunk Romeo & Juliet.”Presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, “Drunk Romeo & Juliet” takes the classic Shakespeare play and turns it on its head. Written and directed by Lori Wolter Hudson, the show features the newest members of The Drunk Shakespeare Society, including Samuel Adams, Gracie Lee Brown, Ryan Farnsworth, Morgan Haney, Craig Jackson, Sarah Ann Leahy, Travis Raeburn, Ali Regan, Brandon Salerno, and Sky Young.

1 week ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

A recent culinary venture is bringing Filipino comfort food to the East Village. Tucked away on 1st Avenue, Naks is one of the latest projects from Unapologetic Foods. The idea came from Chef Eric Valdez, who previously worked as a line cook at Michelin-starred Junoon, working side by side with Chef Chintan Pandya, Executive Chef at Unapologetic Foods. Valdez, who had worked with Chintan on projects like the restaurant Dhamaka, approached the team with the idea of opening a Filipino restaurant.