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Steak Out

Steak Out

There’s something missing from your steak. Don’t panic—the creamed spinach is still there. But the boys down in our Meat Analysis Division seem to think you’re running short on one ingredient: A gentle breeze. Cue the outdoor steakhouse... Introducing the STK Rooftop, an open-air porterhouse perch where you’ll consume red meat and scotch a full 25 feet

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Basket Case

Basket Case

You’re not fundamentally opposed to a picnic. Crusty French baguettes. Freshly sliced salumi. Champagne and sweet nothings being whispered in your ear. But what you are opposed to is walking around the city carrying a picnic basket. So we found a guy with a tricycle who’s willing to help. Presenting Perfect Picnic, a new Lower Manhattan–based delivery

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Hass Been

Meet Richard Sloven. He’s new in town. Just moved here from San Francisco.His interests include music, bartending and hanging out with friends.Also, at night, he transforms into a guacamole superhero.Introducing Gorilla Guac, a mysterious renegade street vendor who roams around Brooklyn after dark dishing out justice... in the form of free mashed-to-order

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Ssäm as It Ever Was

Ssäm as It Ever Was

A man walks into a bar. The bartender says, “What’ll it be?”The man replies, “Sake.” And then turns to page 21.Actually, hold up. The man replies, “Beer,” and turns to page 33.Wait, we changed our mind. But that’s okay...Presenting Momofuku’s Choose Your Own Adventure Dinner, an exclusive Ssäm Bar Bar tasting menu that’s unfolding exactly like the classic

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Jane’s Addiction

Jane’s Addiction

A brief history of the cake. Ancient Greece: Birthday candles invented. Trick candles still some ways off. 1804: A bar file concealed inside a gingerbread cake is smuggled into prison. Records show the cake tasted awful. 1895: A woman first jumps out of an oversized cake. Bachelor parties forever changed. 2011: Tom Collins–flavored frosting is born.

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Cheese Wiz

We’d like to propose a toast. But first, we’ll need some bread.And butter.Also, cheese, a sandwich press, some vodka and a martini glass.Introducing the Grilled Cheese Martini, a comfort food cocktail that counts grilled-cheese-flavored vodka as its main ingredient, available off-menu now at Beecher’s.Let’s begin with some seemingly arbitrary numbers: 37.

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Brooklyn Flee

Brooklyn Flee

Not everything needs a sequel. Michael Bay, we’re looking at you. But if you must, the original should be a classic. Like The Godfather. Ken Griffey Sr. Or La Esquina’s queso fundido. Presenting Café de La Esquina, an iconic 1950s Brooklyn diner that’ll serve as address #2 for Nolita’s most sacred Mexican street food, opening a week from today. Let’s

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Just Desserts

Famous things the Italians have given us: Early Renaissance art. Mozzarella cheese. Stallone. And now, the tiramisu superstore. Introducing Dolce Vizio, a West Village sweetshop shrine that holds within its walls enough espresso-soaked ladyfingers to feed a small army, opening Saturday. Make no mistake: what you’re dealing with here is quite

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Sum Kind of Wonderful

Sum Kind of Wonderful

You’ve seen one dumpling, you’ve seen them all. Well, almost all. Don’t forget the ones shaped like little baby stingrays. Introducing Red Farm, an admittedly deranged dim-sum-driven kitchen (from Chinatown Brasserie’s A-team) that treats its pot stickers like edible balloon animals, opening next week. Not since the genetic engineering of baby

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Hammer Time

We need you to whack someone. Actually, 48,000 someones.Don’t worry, they all deserve it. Probably.Also, they’re crabs.Presenting Hammer & Claws, an enormous all-you-can-eat/drink blue crab fund-raising feast at the end of the summer that’s being moved—for your direct convenience—from the Chesapeake Bay to Chelsea, tickets on sale now.Okay, so it’s not

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