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Variously described as “a frat party on steroids on a boat,” or swarming with “People I Hated in College,” or polluted with “wall-to-wall ex-frat boys,” The Frying Pan is actually a historic lightship, originally built in 1929, formerly at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, now docked at Pier 66 near Chelsea piers. It has filthy toilets and crappy service (or is it the other way around?), and looks as if it were raised from the ocean floor yesterday…but we [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on May 19th, 2010 | 
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Má Pêche, David Chang’s orang-y breakfast and lunch boite located in the Chambers Hotel is a bi-level space with street-level bar and take-out bakery, and lower level dining room. It is very orange. This is Mr. Chang’s first venture above 14th street—he owns four other restaurants, all Momofuku clones—but this space is the sparest. A large X-shaped table fills the room surrounded by walls that are mostly bare—with one notable exception: “Bad Route,” a painting by Miguel Calderon, made famous [...]
Posted in Arts & Events, Food & Fashion, The City on April 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Because, despite today’s spring-like weather, the world still sucks and we wanted to say something mean about someone, we dropped in at the Housing Works Bookstore and Café’, located on Crosby Street, and our faith in humanity was slightly restored. Main floor and mezzanine look more like an eccentric—though literate millionaire’s library. And, just like Barnes and Noble (which, we’re told, is mean to puppies), in the cafe section tables awaited and we read and we ate—knishes, quiche, sandwiches, soup, [...]
Posted in Books/Films/Media, Food & Fashion on March 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Until yesterday, the Bellini—a cocktail/nuclear device equal parts Champagne and peach juice—did not appeal to us. We’re more Jack on the rocks types. Then we swaggered into Cipriani at 55 Wall Street, whose owners have gained fame for refusing to serve food critics, and were surprised. We are not saying the fruity cocktail is worth $16 a glass—few cocktails are—just that this drink is pungent and slightly amazing, provided you get it, as we did, freshly-mixed.
Posted in Food & Fashion on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Because we are old, we half expected the doormen standing guard to the entrance of the Ace Hotel’s Lobby Bar, to grimly bar us. Located at 20 W. 29th Street, near the corner of Broadway, the space is casually hip, unpretentious, though spectacular–a big room with comfy chairs and couches, and free Wi-Fi—thus the many people hanging out all day (don’t these people work?), driving the nice waiters bonkers. Nestled into that spectacular lobby, are a coffee shop and a [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
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The beautiful thing about this country, no matter how un-chic you are, how empty your wallet, the stores on Madison Avenue still buzz you in. So we are walking past 940 Madison Avenue, a former Chase Manhattan bank, transformed by architect Peter Marino into the flagship for designer Bruce Hoeksema’s VBH uber-luxury line of bags and jewelry. Gorgeous place, but spooky. In fact, aside from the five staffers and security guards, VBH is post-Apocalyptic empty. Customer-wise, we are it. Still, we make [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Wisdom has it, that pizza prices keep pace, more or less, with subway fares.
Not so at 2 Bros Pizza and 99¢ Cent Fresh Pizza, with three and four locations respectively in Manhattan.
Bite per penny, we choose 2 Bros as the best cheap slice in Manhattan. Plain slice costs a buck (tax included); two slices and soda are $2.75. Just as tasty and nearly as filling as Ray’s – for less than half the price. We’re partial to the branch at [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
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Every so often, someone comes up with an idea that’s so friggin’ genius we lap our heads with admiration and envy. Sushi? Karaoke? In one place? Damn! Damn! Damn!
EAST JAPANESE RESTAURANT, 366 3rd Ave, New York 10016
Thanyawan Ausaraurak
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
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WE LOVE QUICKLY, the bubble tea store at 11 Pell Street in Chinatown, for serving our most favoritist drink, taro milk tea with black tapioca. For either $3.75 (large) or $2.75 (small), we could choose blueberry, taro, passion fruit, and green apple. We also—and this is so friggin’ cool—got to choose the “bubbles”—jelly, cake, pudding, sour cream.
– Simon Chu
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
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WAY #1: DOUGHNUT PLANT.
We love artificial flavoring, but we make exception for the doughnuts at Doughnut Plant. All doughnuts are made with—yechh—natural ingredients, filled daily with fresh fruit jelly. Even glazes are made from fresh fruits and nuts. We are seriously thinking of getting healthy.
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
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