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Seafood New York

John Dory Oyster Bar: Dealing Oceanic Aces in Manhattan [CLOSED]

The Ace Hotel opened in 2009 and gradually added varied layers that have helped to cement the venue as what might be Manhattan’s foremost hipster haunt. Fashionable New Yorkers and tourists flock to the...
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Bar Sign Brooklyn

Dram: Walking Through Snowdrifts to Drink Brooklyn-Style [CLOSED]

The blizzard finally died down and the biggest barriers to reaching Williamsburg were snowdrifts and black ice. Those were hardly deterrents considering my recommendation came from Alex Day. The man clearly knows his cocktails,...
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Pickle Shop New York City

The Pickle Guys: Pucker Up on New York’s Lower East Side [MOVED]

Seemingly every farm-to-table restaurant has introduced a pickling program as a way to prolong the seasons, but in New York City‘s Lower East Side, they’ve pretty much had that briny concept covered by the...
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Bakery New York City

Kossar’s Bialys: A Blizzard of Brick Oven Baked Goods

In many ways, New York’s Lower East Side is a culinary time capsule. People continue to eat many of the same food staples that they consumed at the turn of the 20th Century…from some...
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Coffee New York City

Third Rail Coffee: Getting a Charge at Greenwich Village Cafe

The snow started to fall just after my arrival in Manhattan, and it didn’t let up for more than a day. Coffeehouses helped to keep me warm (and well caffeinated) throughout the blizzard, including...
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Sandwich New York City

Locanda Verde: Brunch Girds Against Blizzard in TriBeCa

Blizzard be damned. A dozen inches of snow weren’t about to interfere with my Pac Man-like march across Manhattan. US Airways delivered me to Laguardia Airport moments before the first flakes fell, and my...
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