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Late night nachos at the Commodore
The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival is upon us, and if you're hitting the dance floor this weekend, you might want a little late night grub after the shows end. We've got you covered. Herewith, five restaurant...
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City Winery's Klezmer Brunch features live music along with lox and bagels
Still in need of a brunch reservation for seldom-seen relatives visiting this weekend? Or maybe you've got your first online date and couldn't take advantage of Eve Turow's...
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Avoid the long dim sum lines and fill up on these soup dumplings -- or use them to fuel you on an exploratory food tour of Flushing.If you'd like to gorge on cheap eats, there are few better neighborhoods in the city than Flushing, where you can walk...
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Provided it weathered the holiday unscathed and free from the clutches of neighborhood jackanapes, that Halloween Jack-O-Lantern might be looking a bit rough if you haven't already tossed it out. Our condolences if you've grown attached to your anthr...
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Daisuke Nakazawa and Alessandro Borgognone
For 11 years, Daisuke Nakazawa learned by observing his mentor, Tokyo's acclaimed Jiro of the 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. But earlier this year, the 35-year old stepped out from the shadow of h...
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Two years ago, Maria Littlefield and Jennie Ripps left their jobs in marketing to start a company, and they began with a vision of making tea cocktails. The duo began a tea cocktail lab a floor above their marketing firm to get their idea got off the...
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So many Belgian beers out there -- learn to brew your own.
We're inching closer and closer to Thanksgiving, which means you only have so much free time left before the holiday parties are in full swing. We think that's as good of a reason as any t...
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Martin Cyran's parents ran a Polish restaurant on Greenpoint for years, serving a neighborhood of people who, like themselves, had immigrated here. But when that spot -- called Happy End -- shuttered, Cyran decided to take over the address, and he's ...
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Greenhook Ginsmith's American Dry Gin
Steven DeAngelo followed a typical path: He went to a good school, became a capital markets broker, and returned to his hometown of New York. But when the recession hit in 2008, Steven decided to reevaluate h...
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This belly-warming bowl of stew will fortify you against the cold -- or give you a good base for a beer-fueled night at Barclays Center.The food at Barclays Center -- culled from some beloved local vendors -- may be nothing to sneeze at, but you're g...
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As we really settle into the cold months (accept it; winter is almost here), we begin to look for ways to stay warm. Break out the electric blankets and fuzzy slippers, the cups of hot chocolate, and the pots of tea -- avoiding the bitter f...
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An inside look at Murray Hill's newest place to watch the game ... and eat sushi
Possibly the last thing you'd expect to see at a sports bar called Bottomzup (344 Third Avenue) is a raw bar, where sushi is rolled before it's delivered promptly to ...
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Nachos at River Styx are worth seeking out today ... or any other day.
Retail stores be damned, Christmas is eons from now -- and just think of how many food holidays those crafty corporate vendors could be celebrating in the meantime! Like today,...
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That The Standard, rooted in the meatpacking district, is a beacon not just for tourists but also for New Yorkers can be chalked up to the hotel's dining savvy -- crowds pack the beer garden to capacity year-round, and though we all like to whine abo...
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Zachary Feldman reviewed three recently opened Isaan eateries in this week's paper, examining the history of Thai food in the city along the way. "New York City's introduction to Thai food was predominantly through dishes from the country's interior,...
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Want to settle your differences old-school style? Check out free shuffleboard during happy hour
Nice of daylight savings to give us that extra hour in the morning and all, but if you aren't excited about nighttime creeping up on us just a bit earl...
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Thank the restaurant review cycle, the minuscule attention span of this city's diners, and the trials and tribulations that come with doing business in NYC: Restaurants that makes it to their first or second birthdays are doing well, especially if th...
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"We don't have espresso drinks, no cappuccinos ... just cafe con leche," laments the matron of Sabor a Mexico Taqueria (160 First Avenue, 212-533-4002), a modest Mexican hole-in-the-wall in the East Village run by a family from Guerrero. The four sma...
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If you're addicted to the brain-altering heat of Szechuan peppers, you can feed your addiction for next to nothing at this Upper East Side garden level joint.We're fans of heat in our food, but we've never totally been on board with the idea of blast...
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When August Cardona isn't running a burgeoning Italian empire -- the CEO of Epicurean Management oversees Dell'anima, L'Artusi, L'Apicio, and Anfora -- he's pursuing a relatively new hobby: boxing.
"I played sports my whole life," he explains. "I m...
