Dev — Aziz Ansari’s character — and his parents head to this McCarren hotel restaurant from Williamsburg pros Joe Carroll and Francesco Panella with his uncle, aunt, and cousin. [Episode 3] Read more.
Dev meets his cousin Navid at Slick Willie for sandwiches, and Navid tries his first bite of pork in Dev’s Cubano. [Episode 3] Read more.
Dev and Navid skip Ramadan prayers for a barbecue festival at Smorgasburg. Fictional Nashville spot Tickler’s, season 1, pops up; in real life the pig roast was provided by Butcher Bar. [Episode 3] Read more.
The Shahs go to Thai Villa with their relatives. Dev reveals that he’s not that religious. He orders the crispy pork. His mom is so upset that she has them leave the restaurant. [Episode 3] Read more.
“Religion” ends with alternating scenes of Dev at Sauvage in Greenpoint with his friends and Dev’s father at the mosque with his friends. [Episode 3] Read more.
Dev’s go-to first date spot is natural wine bar The Four Horseman, a restaurant and bar from LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy. Dev’s really into a light red wine. [Episode 4] Read more.
If all’s going well, Dev’s go-to second stop on a first date is Westlight at the William Vale Hotel, the rooftop bar from Andrew Carmellini. [Episode 4] Read more.
Nobody actually goes here in the show, but they should! Dev talks about it on a date at Westlight with someone who moonlights as a blogger called the Ramaniac. [Episode 4] Read more.
Dev meets “Chef Jeff” Pastore at Carbone, a very expensive red-sauce joint from Major Food Group, where they eat octopus pizzaiolo, fresh mozz, and beef carpaccio Piedmontese. [Episode 5] Read more.
Chef Jeff had two dinners before meeting Dev at Carbone, and this was the first. He went in to say hi to “his friend Nick” tries the tuna, and ends up ten courses into the tasting menu. [Episode 5] Read more.
For Chef Jeff’s second pre-Carbone dinner, he’d popped into tapas bar Casa Mono for a drink and ended up “knee deep in the best paella he’d had all year.” [Episode 5] Read more.
Turns out Chelsea Market is home to Dev and Chef Jeff’s favorite taco in New York: Los Tacos No. 1’s al pastor. [Episode 5]
Dev takes Priya on a second date to PDT, the through-the-phone-booth speakeasy inside Crif Dogs in the East Village. They have an awkward conversation about flat versus sparkling water. [Episode 5] Read more.
Dev takes Priya to Noho neighborhood Italian stand-by Il Buco. She doesn’t want to share pastas with him— “I don’t really love splitting; I’d rather just order for myself if that’s okay.”. [Episode 5] Read more.
They don’t eat at Roberta’s in this episode, but Dev dons a pretty cool skull shirt from the essential Brooklyn pizza place. [Episode 5] Read more.
In this experimental episode, cab drivers Samuel, Jamson, and Watson head to celebrity hotspot 1Oak on their night off. They wait in line for two hours and then can’t get in. [Episode 6] Read more.
They walk by Lucky’s, where their friend Junior works. There are 4 women outside the closed burger spot trying to get some food, and the guys save the day by getting Junior to let them in.[Episode 6] Read more.
Chef Jeff asks Dev to take him to that Indian place he keeps talking about, which turns out to be in Greenpoint. [Episode 7] Read more.
Brian and his dad — and Arnold — eat here and talk through Mr. Cheng's relationship problems. [Episode 7] Read more.
Francesca and Dev head to Tertulia for dinner here. They wait an hour for a table but their meal — ham, bread, probably paella and more — looks good. [Episode 9] Read more.
Francesca hosts Pino’s birthday party at Jia Lounge on the Lower East Side. When the talk turns to tiles, she texts Dev from across a table: “I wish we could just drink negronis and dance.”[Episode 9] Read more.
In a cringeworthy scene, Arnold DJs at Greenpoint club Good Room while Dev tries really hard to get Francesca to have fun. [Episode 9] Read more.
Dev and Chef Jeff film an episode of BFFs — their new Food TV show —here, where they eat bacon and egg mazemen on camera. [Episode 10] Read more.
Dev and his friend Benjamin get a drink at Wilfie & Nell after Benjamin’s play. He gives Dev some bad news about Chef Jeff. Spoiler: He’s a creep. [Episode 10] Read more.
Dev meets Arnold at Nitecap on the Lower East Side to rehash the Francesca situation and figure out what to do next. [Episode 10] Read more.
