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Give Pisa Chance

Give Pisa Chance

You know what you don’t see so much anymore in this city? Places that are hiding other places. Let’s take a look at one of those today. Visana and Pisa Pizza, a pizza place with a whole dance lounge/cocktail thing going on in the back. It’s open now in Gramercy. A common scenario occurs. You want something possessing a crispy crust, tomato sauce, cheese

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Odd Job

Odd Job

Oh, hey, you. You look great. You always do, you magnificent bastard. Probably because it’s Friday. Anyway, we’re gathered here today to tell you OddFellows in the East Village just shifted gears a little bit. To a sandwich place. All the sandwiches are made of dessert. It’s called OddFellows, The Sandwich Shop. Real simple, real original, and it’s

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Wild Game

Wild Game

Baseball. Football. Basketball. Hockey. They’ve all, in one stage or another, converged, like some sort of glorious athletic eclipse. Naturally, this convergence makes one hungry. And so we bring you The State of Game Day Food, a look at some of the more extravagant versions of the things you want to be eating before, during or after the game. Allow us

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Numbers Game

Numbers Game

“Nolita eateries seem to be having a moment right now.” —A thought of yours, in the not-far-off future. “I don’t mind this particular moment. I don’t mind it at all.” —The thought that’s likely to follow. Commence daydreaming about Oficina 1000 Miglia, a rustic-looking nook of an Italian spot with extraordinary brunching potential, open now. It’s the

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Quality Time

Quality Time

Whoever said a casual neighborhood date spot from the Quality Meats guy would pop up in the West Village this fall, good call. Absolutely nailed it. Maybe you should think about playing the lottery. Anyway, it’s here, it’s open now in the West Village, and naturally it’s called Quality Eats. It’s where you’ll find Bryan Schneider from Clover Club behind

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Garage Mahal

Garage Mahal

As far as things you’ll find inside graffiti-spattered Bushwick garages tonight, this ranks pretty highly. Maybe the highest. Definitely in your top three. It’s called Le Garage, it’s a charmer of a French bistro for amusing not-easily-amused dates or indulging your hobby of eating foie gras in unexpected locations, and it’s open now. Considering that

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Blu Moon

Blu Moon

Put on your glad rags for Blu on Park, three full floors of classic steakhouse opulence in a brownstone on 60th. Know these things about it, and you’ll be good to go: —You’ve got up to a four-person porterhouse in terms of steak size, and four different sauces to choose from, including a Maker’s Mark. The ribeye is here. —There’s a fireplace. —The

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Served Up

Served Up

If somehow, some way, you’ve managed to keep any stringent diet-related resolutions made this past January, turn back now. Or just destroy them in the most lavish way possible. Because here comes Champagne Toast—not the speech variety, but an actual toast dish made with champagne. It’ll be available on New Year’s Eve at Charlie Palmer Steak. We thought

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Daily Dos

Daily Dos

1. The only spot for acquiring SF-style Mexican street food in Harlem is this. This being Sexy Taco/Dirty Cash, open now for all your Venezuelan-braised-lamb-and-crispy-tostones needs. Further knowledge to be had: —Sexy Taco is used to refer to the restaurant area, where you acquire Korean-short-rib burritos, chimi burgers with guac and

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In the Limelight

In the Limelight

The Limelight has a new tenant. That’s always fun. It’s Jue Lan Club, a not-humble bi-level Chelsea spot for de rigueur Chinese and being rowdy, named for a renegade art society from the 1930s and opening Thursday. The Past Obviously it was a church for most of its existence. But its heyday would have to be its time during the ’80s and ’90s as club kid

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