Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Because laying on the beach wasn’t relaxing enough, we spent our last afternoon in Rhode Island just driving around looking at typical New England streets. We had zero plans and just went wherever the sights seemed worthy. For me, worthiness is often related to food, so I wanted to make sure we tried some authentic…
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I get to cross a state off my list now that I have spent a weekend in Rhode Island. Rhode Island never happened to come up in conversation while I was growing up so I pretty much forgot it was a state. I remember someone joined my high school senior year from Rhode Island and…
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Soho Park, on the corner of Prince and Lafayette, is the closest thing to a relaxing beer garden that you can get in the busy Soho area. Though it might be a madhouse around Balthazar and topshop, it’s nice and chill in this gazebo. Most everything is under $10 and the portions are sizable. I…
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It had been far too long since I had hung out with my work mentor, Ira. I still hold a grudge for him leaving me all alone at our agency to take a hot-to-trot job on the client side, but it was time to push that aside when I needed his discerning eye for decor.…
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Tapas tends to add up, which is why I was shocked that our bill at Las Ramblas was startlingly cheap. Five of us went to this tiny West Village spot to celebrate Beth’s birthday and even though we paid for Beth’s portion of the tab (which included six dishes and a pitcher of sangria) it…
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I’ve never been to La Esquina, but I am now one step closer having been to Cafe de la Esquina. It may not be in Manhattan, but a quick subway ride to Williamsburg affords you a restaurant in a cool old school dining car (a hipster’s take on the 50s) and a big outdoor area…
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Bridget’s bachelorette party was a raucous weekend-long affair, but Saturday was the big night. We started the evening with dinner at Essex, which is the perfect restaurant for groups. I’ve heard as much since I moved here but never got to experience it firsthand until now. I always thought it was the place for party…
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If you ever want to find a good burger, Matt Greenberg is the person to call. He has made it his goal to try every [good] burger in the city so when we were meeting up with Brad and wanted some gastropub food, we let him do the picking. He led us to Whitman’s at…
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Matt’s birthday last weekend was an all-afternoon affair at Full Circle Bar, the skee-ball bar in Brooklyn. A fun day at the bar will always last longer if the bar comes with games, which means we stayed there for several hours. I now know that, like beer pong, skee-ball abilities are at their best at…
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When it comes to cheese shops, I’m pretty loyal to Murrays, but there’s a new guy in town that’s offering some interesting competition. When it comes to straight cheese selection, Murray’s still wins out, but when you want a fun meal, Beecher’s is the place to go. When you walk into the Flatiron cheese temple, you’ll…
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Peaches to Apples 