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French Open

Famous things the French have given us: Lady Liberty. Brie. Kissing with tongue. And now... the longest meal of your life. Presenting Le Grand Fooding, a pair of charitable dinner festivals that bear a striking resemblance to Woodstock and the New York Marathon, with early-access tickets available now. Essentially, this is a series of meals born out of

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Fine Young Cannibals

If you could have one wish, it would be for world peace. If you could have one wish and nobody was judging you, it would be the ability to fit a whole hog between two slices of rye. Abracadabra. Welcome inside The Cannibal, a carnivorous, hand-carving butcher shop and restaurant that’s attached to Resto and promises not to eat you, opening

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Cardinal Rule

Cardinal Rule

One day soon, beach season will end. And while we don’t feel it’s appropriate (or nice, really) to talk about that now, we do think it’s safe to start weaning yourself off the smoothie and spear-caught marlin diet. So here, have a lard biscuit. Courtesy of The Cardinal, a comforting take on Southern cooking (the chef’s from Bubby’s) that’s keeping things

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Wood Shop

Wood Shop

Dating Rule #123: keep it simple. Dating Rule #123, Section 12, Part C (halfway down the fifth page): never underestimate the atmospheric power of reclaimed wood. Introducing Isa, a handbuilt, low-lit, rustic restaurant in Williamsburg that’s intensely romantic, incredibly flammable and brought to you by the guys behind Freemans, now open Tuesday

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Aw Shucks

The boardroom can be a dangerous place. It can also be a raw bar. But only if you close your eyes, concentrate and wish really, really hard. ... Or have access to email. Introducing the Brooklyn Oyster Party, a traveling society of professional shuckers who’ll come to your office (or backyard/apartment/cigarette boat/decommissioned missile silo) and

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When in Romera

Sad day for breakfast. As of next week, it’ll no longer be the most important meal of the day. That honor will go to dinner. Thanks primarily to your new neurologist. Introducing Romera, an unorthodox/holistic dining experience that consists of an avant-garde, 12-course tasting prepared by a practicing physician, accepting appointments reservations

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Big in Peru

Big in Peru

Least noteworthy announcement of the day: the ocean is full of fish. Pleasantly surprising noteworthy announcement of the day: so is Madison Square Park. Welcome inside La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, an aquatically aligned parkside restaurant that’s specializing in elegant takes on citrus-cured cebiche, Peruvian street-cart skewers and the most authentic

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Go Fish

Go Fish

Not to get all Inception on you, but today we bring word of a seafood tower... that you’ll eat inside a tower of seafood.And if you want to see how far down this rabbit hole goes, make your way to the Meatpacking District immediately.Introducing Catch, a splashy MPD suite of seaworthy delights that’s stacked three floors high and captained by a Top Chef

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Horseplay

You weren’t raised in a barn. So if you suddenly find yourself inside one on the Bowery, we have a suggestion.Order the 28-day dry-aged strip with a bone marrow béarnaise.Welcome to Saxon + Parole, a horse-racing-inspired Americana grill that’s set up like a stable, albeit one with a whiskey distillery in the basement, soft-opening tonight.If this exposed

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Boss Hog

Looks like you’re going to graduate grilling season with honors.Advanced Marinating: A. Bun Studies: A-. Potato Salad Sciences: A+.But now it’s fall. The barbecue has been put away. And it’s time to turn your attention to all-new scholarly pursuits.Like rare cuts of pig and fresh-from-the-farm turkey gizzards.Greet Heritage Meat Shop, protein purveyor to the

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