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A Nine-Seat Winner in Nolita

A Nine-Seat Winner in Nolita

What do you do after opening a Michelin-star-granted Thai restaurant in Nolita? If you’re sitting there, shouting internally, “You open a positively tiny all-American-style diner and name it after your grandfather,” you’d be stunningly correct. You’re not, though. Nah, you couldn’t be. But that’s the story behind Mr. Donahue’s, the latest eatery from the

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Big-Deal Indian. From India.

Big-Deal Indian. From India.

Today, Friday, we just want you to enjoy life. So here’s Indian Accent, exactly what would happen if you put excellent Indian food and Midtown in a blender. It’s open now. Just some quick background here: the New Delhi version of this is largely considered one of the best restaurants, if not the best one, in India, and its chef is here now, so they’re

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An Inverted Speakeasy

An Inverted Speakeasy

So you’ve decided to skip dinner and go straight to cocktails. To throw caution to the wind. You’ve made this mistake so many times before. Why do you do this to yourself? Luckily, we’ve found a fail-safe to keep you on the right path. It’s called Dinnertable, a cozy little dining room tucked behind the eastern outpost of the Garret—a reverse speakeasy,

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John Fraser’s New Spot

John Fraser’s New Spot

—Your date’s a vegetarian. —You read that the chef from Narcissa and Dovetail was posted up near Union Square and want to check it out for yourself. —You’ve a hankering for dandelion pie. No matter your reasoning, you’re heading to Nix, a handsome spot for cocktails and many finely prepared things from the earth (earth, by way of the Union Square farmers’

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The Coffee Shop Barber of the LES

The Coffee Shop Barber of the LES

Ever have one of those mornings where you need to knock out the coffee, avocado toast and haircut parts of your schedule all at once? No? Well, there was a time when people didn’t know they wanted to watch a full season of House of Cards in one sitting, too, but look how that turned out... Here’s Ludlow Coffee Supply—café in the front, barbershop in the

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So Much Chicken

So Much Chicken

It’s times like these when you realize the phrase “tastes like chicken” is meaningless, because the person saying it never experienced baeckeoffe, and thus has no idea of chicken’s full capabilities. Times like the opening of Le Coq Rico, which happens tonight. Pertinent facts below: What it is: A capacious poultry bistro with a beak-to-tail philosophy

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Barneys When You’re Not Shopping

Barneys When You’re Not Shopping

You’ve heard all about Barneys returning to its downtown roots and yada, yada. And we love a good throwback. But more than that, we love a good place to sit down, do some shopping and eat bacon-Dijon grilled cheese with red onion marmalade. And today, we only know one place like that. It’s Freds at Barneys New York, a third-floor respite from all that

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