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There’s a lot of important things to cover today about you drinking out of a marlin and eating macaroni salad with pineapple and habanero and toasted coconut and about the existence of bitters made of crickets. So let’s avoid all the wordiness and just start. Today’s subject is Dromedary Bar, a corner tiki bar of the highest order, now open in
Let’s talk about the lack of enormous fortune cookies covered in marshmallows and peanut butter cups and filled with mousse in front of you right now. We’ll be honest, it’s disconcerting. So get thee to Izi, an izakaya sort of within Blue Fin within the W Times Square that has some other Asian elements and some giant fortune cookies, too. It’s open
By now hopefully you’ve had the chance to check out some independent cinematic goodness at the Metrograph theater on the Lower East Side. By the end of the week, you’ll be preparing for that goodness with steak tartare and cocktails. This thanks to the Commissary, the lounge-ish dinner part of the “dinner and a movie” equation at Metrograph. It’s upstairs
You know how the past few years have seen an uptick in the amount of things that come in the burrito medium? Pretty great, right? So you ought to enjoy 2nd City, a small West Village spot specializing in Filipino things in taco, burrito, sandwich and bowl form. It’s open now and it has nothing to do with Chicago or improvisational comedy. This is going to
So much to cover today, we’re just going to get to covering. Two places you need to know about: Cherry Point, a charmer of a neighborhood spot from a man who used to call the Spotted Pig home, and Hail Mary, a deceptively large, florally inclined diner takeoff. Both are now open in Greenpoint. Breakdowns follow: Cherry Point Is where you’ll come for:
It’s Friday, as you know. And so you deserve news about where you should be dating tonight. That’s part of our pact with you. And we don’t welch on pacts, so here’s Eastfield’s, a handsome, veggie-friendly UES spot for handsome, tasty rations to be consumed with dates. It’s been created by some East Pole and Pizza Beach veterans, and it’s open now. We’d
Good things ahead. A week of especially summery weather. An imminent three-day weekend. But first, the opening of Schilling, a strikingly attractive Austrian-leaning date spot from the Edi & the Wolf and Freud chef, ready for you to date in it starting this very night. The spot’s got glass-paneled garage doors that open up to a damn beautiful
Today we tackle the monster Union Fare, an enormous landmarked warehouse full of all those things above. It’s just off of Union Square. Pertinent facts below: The schedule: The café, which turns into a wine bar at night, is open now. The restaurant, beer bar and cocktail bar will follow next Wednesday, and the market and bakery will come alive sometime
Sauvage, a languorous, summery dining/drinking spot with a French café vibe. It’s from the good people behind Maison Premiere and open now in Greenpoint. We’re going to highly recommend you take a look at the photos, but first, some temptation: —These guys just won the Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program. That acumen is reflected here, but with some
In the 1930s, there was a man in Nashville. There’s more. This man liked the ladies. One lady didn’t appreciate that, and decided to make him his beloved fried chicken one evening, but with enough spice to be, without hyperbole, excruciating. Creative. The problem: this man ended up loving the hell out of it, and once the woman left, he took this chicken
