Posted 10/13/08 in Daily Intel
The Quotable Greatest Depression
‘As Long As I Have Money for Cat Food and Cigarettes, I’m Fine’
The employees at West Village lesbian bar Rubyfruit offer inspirational maxims for the Greatest Depression.
Posted 09/03/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Is Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi in Crisis? Schay It Isn’t Scho!
Is Julian Schnabel's big, pink Palazzo Chupi in the West Village so sleepy that the doormen are giving tours to any old passerby? That and more blasphemous rumors from Sunnyside Gardens, Dumbo, and Park Slope in today's boroughs report.
Posted 08/27/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Big Cheeses From a Chicago Contest Found at Murray’s; Southern BBQ on Smith Street
Jim Mamary faces more setbacks for Oyster Bar, and Grand Tier Lincoln Center to get a fancy imported menu, in today’s neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/22/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
East Village AvroKO Project Opens in a Month; Craft Beer Week Kicks Off in September
Chef Eton Chan’s dumplings are filling and cheap in Carroll Gardens, and a free concert comes with BBQ in Queens this Saturday, in today’s neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/19/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Hispanics Bringing Good Food to the Hamptons; Ditmas Park Getting a New Bar and Florist in One
The best lemony cocktails and another restaurant ice cream cart, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/18/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
John’s Pizza Uses Canned Sauce; Military Helped Soldier Open Hipster Bar
A yummy BYOB Mexican cantina in Williamsburg, and a tribute to Bemelman's Bar, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/15/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
10 Downing (Finally) Coming Along; Alex Ureña Hosting Cheese-and-Wine Paired Dinner
The truth about P.J. Clarke's burger, and a new bar in Carroll Gardens, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/13/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
“Beak to Tail” Dinner in Greenpoint; Chef John Schaeffer Leaves Irving Mill
Restaurants may soon be fined for wasting A/C output by leaving their windows open, and get your lima beans, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Punk Celebration in Tompkins Square Park Cited — Shockingly — for Noise Violation
Tribeca's ritzy rooftops, Howard Beach's sacred litter, the East Village's decibel-dueling bands, and Brooklyn Heights' unsolved stab death: all in today's nabes report, which hits four outta five boroughs!
Posted 08/05/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Joshua Kushner: Jared 2.0?
Jared Kushner's developer bro rocks the East Village shul crowd, the waterfalls installation is killing the trees at River Café, barges are rotting in Jamaica Bay, and scruffle venue Studio B in Greenpoint is shuttered. In today's hood roundup!
Posted 08/01/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
McNally Restoring, Not Modernizing, Minetta; Weekend Happy Hours
McNally gives his word on Minetta Tavern, while Belgian waffles settle in Soho, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/30/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Le Cirque Alum Alain Allegretti’s Restaurant Opening in Two Weeks; Dessert Truck Moves to St. Marks and Third
Where in the world is the Dessert Truck, and BYOB Cambodian, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/28/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Healthy Desserts in the LES; Williamsburger’s Slogan Is a Bust
Beatrice doorman becomes a model, and reported rodent in Wendy's chili, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/24/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Food-Cart Turf Wars; Wii at Wildwood
Astoria: Restaurant Week is happening in Queens too, you know. Among others, the superexpensive Water's Edge is participating. [Joey in Astoria] Gramercy: A weekly Wii boxing tournament will begin next month at Wildwood Barbeque. The gig will play to their...
Posted 07/23/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
No Dancing at the Annex?; Where to Get Red Velvet Cake in Park Slope
Blue Ribbon comes to a bowling alley and more, in our daily local news roundup.
Posted 07/22/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Former Country Chef Out at Elizabeth; Choice Market Opening in Dumbo
The Sheridan Square review in the 'Daily News' won't do you much good, and Dumbo gets a Choice Market, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/21/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
What — or Who — Pooped in the Prospect Park Sandbox?
A mystery poop enrages habitués of a Prospect Park sandbox, the "Pride of Spanish Harlem" becomes its shame, and a very strange video emerges from a Bushwick barbecue. That and more in today's boroughs roundup.
Posted 07/18/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Cafe Zaiya to Open Real Restaurant; Williamsburger on its Way
Bobby Flay on Bobby's Burger Palace, and an umami-ful dinner in the West Village, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/15/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
César Ramirez Out at Bar Blanc; Prospect Heights Eats
Fiamma is so not like a French poodle in a Prada scarf, and Park Slope's newest burger bar, in today's neighborhood food news.
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