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Category Archives: Food & Fashion
The Frying Pan
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged frat boys, mussels, pier 66, riverwalk, The frying pan
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Orange and Weird
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 … Continue reading
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A Bookstore That’s Not Mean to Puppies
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. … Continue reading
Posted in Books/Films/Media, Food & Fashion
Tagged bookstore, cafe, Housing Works, Soho
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Bellini
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 … Continue reading
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Ace In The Hole
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, … Continue reading
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Tagged 29th Street, ace hotel, Breslin Bar, broadway., cheap dates, chelsea, hipsters, lobby bar, madison square, new york city hotels, wi-fi
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$300,000?
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Hoeksema, fashion, jewelry, Madison Avenue, Mexican Opal, VBH
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Cheap Pizza Champs
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 … Continue reading
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Sushi and Karaoke — Smoking Hot!
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
Bubble Tea Heaven
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 … Continue reading
Three New Ways to Die
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 … Continue reading