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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 had that briny concept covered by the early 20th...
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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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Food Event Los Angeles

Interview: Vendy Awards founder Sean Basinski

The Vendy Awards have become a New York phenomenon since Street Vendor Project Director Sean Basinski founded the street food cook-off in 2005. Every year, the vendors’ rights advocacy group showcases the city’s top...
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Bartenders New York City

Interviews: bartenders Christy Pope + Chad Solomon

The world is flat. Thomas L. Friedman’s metaphor for the global economy also applies to the cocktail world. Increased communication channels, the rise of the internet and guest bartending stints have led to unprecedented...
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Brewmaster New York

Interview: Brewery Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart

Brewery Ommegang has become one of the more renowned breweries in the Northeast since Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield founded the Belgian-style brewery in 1997. Ommegang resides in Cooperstown, New York, on a former...
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Restaurant Santa Monica

New York and Chicago Square Off at n.y. & c. [CLOSED]

Back in July, I reported that the owners of SOUTH were planning to open n.y. & c. in the former Santa Monica home of Toi. On October 8, partners Adam Milstein, Chris Shanley, Philip...
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