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Madras Café

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A calm place, with an ethnic look, that never gets crowded. We expected the all-Indian, all-vegetarian food to suck because one of is not a big fan of Indian food and likes meat; but it was actually really good.  Fast … Continue reading

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Super cheap, super tasty Chinatown food walk.

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Chinese Lunar New Year coming up this Sunday. Year of the pig, or “DingHai.” Chinatown is not how it was. In the old, pre-Giuliani days — we’re talking 1988 — we stupidly wandered down Mott Street during the absolute climax … Continue reading

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Cheap date

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The Horn & Hordart commercials used to claim “you can’t eat atmosphere,” probably why fancy million-dollar interiors never impressed us, also probably why we did Krystal’s Cafe, the best Filipino restaurant in Manhattan. It wasn’t just the tokwat baboy and … Continue reading

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