Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Last weekend, Ashley introduced me to Destination Bar & Grille, an East Village hangout that will remain on my radar for their great happy hour. Not only are the drinks cheap, but the happy hour specials last until 8 PM every day of the week – yes, even Saturday. If that alone doesn’t get you…
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I love my Upper East Side bar scene. It consists of dive bars and wine bars, which are my kinda watering holes. However, every once in a while it’s nice to do something different, which is why I’m glad JBird Cocktails opened on Thursday night. As an opening night special, they offered two-for-one drinks, a…
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Last night, a couple different groups of media folk got together with one of our reps to celebrate the Chinese New Year. No, it’s not one of the major American holidays, but I think it’s a great excuse for a fun and different celebration. Our rep is Chinese and has lived his whole life in…
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It had only been three weeks since I saw Marcy (aka: Brutus), but in that time enough transpired that we were in desperate need of some cocktails, a good meal, and some good old fashioned boy talk. I was in the mood to check out someplace new so I sent Brutus a long list of…
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I’ve been pretty slack with the posting in the last week, but that’s only because I thought I had nothing to say. But then I realized I completely forgot to blog about the going away party I helped throw for Greg and Susan. I’ll admit, this party was thrown begrudgingly on my part since I…
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Once word got out about the food at Roberta’s, it was tough to get in the door. After The New York Times gave it a two star review, it became dang near impossible. Yesterday, Jen decided that’s where she wanted to go for brunch and no line was going to get in her way. The…
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After watching the Dawgs secure their spot in the SEC championship, I left the bar to grab a glass of wine and an appetizer with Dan and Brian who were both visiting for the weekend. Brian was staying with his brother in Chelsea and has become obsessed with the nearby John Dory Oyster Bar so we decided…
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Pork jowel nuggets and doughnuts. I’m just going to throw those two things out there. How often do you see those to items listed next to each other as appetizers on a menu? The answer is “not as often as you should” (though doughnuts are très fashionable right now). Avery was visiting from DC before…
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Before heading out of town for the weekend, Steph and I met up for a dinner date on Thursday. We chose tapas restaurant Salinas because it was in a convenient location and the New York Times had given it a very good review on the day we were choosing where to eat. Even though the…
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Since my parents were exhausted after a full day of travel and apartment hunting, we decided to stay close to their hotel for dinner on Friday night. Lucky for me, a branch of Pio Pio, a chainlet of Peruvian restaurants was just around the corner. I had never been there but had heard enough raves…
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Peaches to Apples 