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Today, the 13th of February and this most Monday-feeling of Mondays and the day before Valentine’s, we’ve got a Brooklyn bar brimming with mezcal and date-spot potential. So we’ll just get right to that. It’s called Madre Mezcaleria, and you’ll find it right next to its sister spot, that much-celebrated Mexican restaurant El Atoradero in Prospect
You’ve probably got plans for tonight. Probably ones that involve going somewhere dimly lit and hearing the word “romantic,” or “charming.” So we figure by this weekend you’ll be ready for the complete opposite of that. Like, say, wings and arcade games after Barclays Center. So that’s exactly the kind of place we’ve got for you today: it’s called
The Place: 4 Charles Prime Rib, a deep, dark West Village prime rib house/steakhouse from Brendan Sodikoff, the man behind Au Cheval in Chicago. It’s been open for a couple months now, so we stopped in to see if it lives up to the hype. Some very brief background—Sodikoff is one of Chicago’s most beloved chefs, and Au Cheval is one of its most beloved
Today, on this fourth Monday in February, we bring you a true innovation in the world of snacks: an Italian spot combining two iconic lunch items, a casual place you’ll find yourself popping into when you can’t decide if you want a pizza or a sandwich or a plate of eggplant parmigiana. It’s called Trapizzino. First and foremost, it is a stuffed pizza
Fade in: You’ve just finished a delicious meal of various meatballs with someone who also appreciates various meatballs. Things are going well, on account of the shared interests and abundance of meatballs. Your date inquires if you have anything in mind for the rest of the evening. You stand, knowingly, and take her by the hand, leading her past a
For those times you’re in Flatiron with a hankering for the kind of eminently photographable grapefruit gelée that’s good for a few hundred likes... Or those times when you’re shopping for a Moroccan rug with a thirst that could only be quenched with the right ratio of maca and cacao... Or you’ve got a coffee meeting that requires a mid-century
And through winter’s unwelcome resurgence, the Blue Ribbon juggernaut rolls on, this time with a versatile take on a date venue/business spot/cocktail provider called Blue Ribbon Federal Grill, which is open softly on the ground floor of AKA Wall Street in FiDi. Know these tid-sized bits going in: the menus are nicely organized—with food having “field,”
Oh, God. This isn’t going to be good. This isn’t going to be good at all. Best just throw on a onesie and plan to hole up in your living room till Stella passes and someone else takes care of the aftermath. And when the snow clears, best seek refuge in Majorelle: a mecca of Moroccan-Mediterranean goodness tucked into the Lowell hotel. It’s opening
It’s rare that weather can be at the same time much less and much more horrible than you could have imagined, but, hey, miracles happen in New York every day. Thursday’s miracle: Yo! Sushi, an essential conveyor of Japanese lunch delights down belts in Flatiron, opening the day after next. Yo! comes to us primarily by way of the UK and presumably
It’s been a hell of a long week. So we bring tidings of great joy for next week... Tidings of Patisserie Chanson, a whimsical land of ambitious pastries, breads and coffee, opening Monday in Flatiron. A pastry-making man who once plied his trade with Gordon Ramsay is responsible for all this wonder, so the credibility box is checked. We see your
