PSA: Dinner and a Movie Date Night (AMC Village 7 + Kotobuki)

The perfect date night that’s been right in front of your face all along

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The PokeSpot

I have FULLY bought into the current poke craze.  I love that you can basically get sushi at a fraction of the price.  As long as the quality remains high, I’m never giving up on this trend.  I am pretty loyal to my local spot, Sons of Thunder.  First, it’s literally around the corner from…

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Sushi Choshi

When it comes to neighborhood sushi spots, you tend to stick to places that are in, you know, your own neighborhood.  Sushi Choshi is just a little too far south for it to be my regular spot, so I’ve always just passed by on my strolls around the beautiful Gramercy Park thinking “oh, that looks…

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Sushi Seki – Hell’s Kitchen

There is a small, low-key sushi spot on the Upper East called Sushi Seki.  I stumbled upon it because it was the closest sushi restaurant to my apartment, but from my first meal there, I was in love.  It flew under the radar, but the quality of the fish was so good (particularly for the…

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Okko

I am generally wary of Asian restaurants that have food from all around the continent.  They might be in the same general area of the world, but Japan and Thailand or two very different countries that highlight very different flavors in their cooking.  Beyond the prevalence of rice, these are totally different cuisines, people.  Despite…

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Inspiration Station: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead

The Dish: There’s a scene in “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” where Rose tells Sue Ellen to relax after a rough day by having a glass of wine and putting some cucumber slices on her eyes.  When Sue Ellen responds that she’s all out of cucumbers, Rose says, “every girl over twenty-five should have…

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