Every Bloody Mary should be garnished with a fat slab of house-cured bacon.
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- 11:00AM on 05/11/2013
Psst…Want to know a secret? That unmarked bar-restaurant on the Bowery is Wise Men, a sexy brand-new bar and restaurant. This sleek and modern bar is an ideal date spot where you’ll you’re your favorite Arcade Fire songs while sipping classic cocktails like the Perfect Rob Roy (Deward, Vermouth, Peychard Bitters, $12). The surprisingly to-die-for menu items: the Pork Chop (with mustard, onions, and peppercorn, $18) and the Broccoli (charred with lemon, olive oil, chili flakes, $8). They will the best pork chop and broccoli you’ve ever had, at the best new hotspot in NoHo.
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- 11:00AM on 04/14/2013
He's a born-and-raised New Yorker who now works at CityMaps, which is set to release its new App in March that will provide users with a visual map of the city that links each and every storefront to social content on the web. Meet his favorite sandwich at No. 7 Sub: The Godfather Part II. Why is it his favorite? “It has three types of meats in it, but I think the chorizo is what gets me. The addition of the Thai Basil is what makes it fantastic.”
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- 11:20AM on 02/28/2013
February is the gloomiest month, but it's also the The 21st Annual Hot Chocolate Festival of Flavors at The City Bakery. Each day of the month brings a brand new hot chocolate flavor, from Lemon to Spicy Caramel to Ginger. ($5)
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- 10:00AM on 02/01/2013
Pumpkin Carrot Ginger Soup + Homestyle Chicken Curry + Rice and Naan = Salivating. The only solution? Lunch at Tulsi in Midtown East.
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- 11:00AM on 01/17/2013
You could be eating this $25, 3-course meal during your lunch break:
- Salpicon, shrimp ceviche, peppers, avocado, cilantro, Valencia orange
- Braised beef short ribs, roasted pears, Rioja wine, pimenton potato chips
- Crema catalana, caramel, fresh cream, mint
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- 10:00AM on 01/14/2013
They call it matzoh, but it's more like a flatbread sprinkled with salt, pepper and some shaved cheese. A beautiful way to start the day, a lovely snack, or a great base for a spread. $2 per disc. Baked fresh every day.
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- 02:20PM on 01/08/2013
Smoked Pork Hash & Poached Egg ($11, pictured), made with house-cured pork with a flavor-packed Carolina-style rub, served with a cherry tomato salad and scallions. Add a personal French Press brought to your table, and you've died and gone to brunch heaven.
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- 11:00AM on 05/01/2013
Thelewala is right across the street from Kati Roll, and proving to be stiff competition. But can they live up to the beloved original purveyor of this delectable Indian street food? You be the judge.
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- 11:00AM on 03/18/2013
Come Spring, the Rouge Tomate Cart at 64th & 5th Ave in Central Park will reopen, serving up some of the best and highest quality food cart food EVER. Lunch break picnic, anyone?
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- 11:00AM on 02/24/2013
Hot chocolate can too often be overwhelmingly rich. For those who aren't chocolate-obsessed, the white-chocolate based Bianca hot cocoa ($5) at Vosges Haute Chocolat will toy with your taste buds without torturing them. Scented with lavender flowers and a hint of Meyer lemon for a citrus after-taste, the subtleties of this vanilla-flavored white chocolate drink are enticing and just perfectly sweet.
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- 11:00AM on 01/29/2013
This Midtown Mediterranean restaurant has opened a new location in Soho. With Mango Margaritas on the rocks ($6) and tapas and mezes like Smoked Eggplant with Garlic Yoghurt ($9) and Portuguese Fried Calamari with Soujouk & Peppers ($15), we're glad they made the trek downtown.
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- 11:00AM on 01/16/2013
Is one of your New Years Resolutions to try something new? How about a Spicty Tuna and Guacamole Roll or Mexican Miso Soup? Try both at one of the best new restaurants of 2012: Taka Taka in Soho!
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- 01:05PM on 01/09/2013
...But we think it sounds pretty damn good: Maine lobsta plus velvety melted gruyere cheese on two toasted slices of organic white bread. Top it off with a squash soup and wash it down with Shipwreck Ale and you'll have a fine, fine lunch.
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- 02:16PM on 01/08/2013
Pearl & Ash is the perfect blind-date spot: you don't know anything about your date's taste preferences, so why not go somewhere that lets you make it into whatever you want it to be? Wine bar, cocktail bar, tapas bar...etc. etc.
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- 11:00AM on 04/15/2013
Take Root may be the highest-concentrated dose of Brooklyn you can fit into one space. This restaurant serves seasonal, hand-crafted, local food, and...wait for it...yoga classes. Yep, this is two of the best Brooklyn cliches in one. Come for one of many different styles of yoga workshops during the week and stay for dinner, and on weekend nights experience the tasting table dinners.
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- 11:00AM on 03/03/2013
Hotel Americano celebrates their new rooftop Winter Lounge with a Valentine's Day candle-lit dinner. The view of the city lights and sheepskin-clad seats is the NYC-chic equivalent of a romantic cabin in the sky. The ambiance is only augmented by the highly-lauded food. The prix-fixe menu ($65) features dishes such as Rabbit Ballotine with baby fennel, cara cara orange and, of course, chocolate for dessert, with chocolate terrine, Mexican hot chocolate, and chocolate truffles. Keep the romance flowing with cocktails at an after party in The Americano main dining room. Hurry and make your reservations--there are only a few seats left!
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- 10:20AM on 02/09/2013
The Urbana Poetry team has no off-limits topics. This is where you'll hear a poem about being too fat to get a date, and then a poem detailing the first-hand experience of racism in South Africa. Eye-opening? You tell me. At Urbana, the audience members wield the score cards and the power to determine who wins, and sometimes who will go on to compete in nation-wide competitions.
Every Tuesday night at 7:00 pm.
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- 11:00AM on 01/26/2013
Parlor Steak House is serving up a three-course dinner menu ($35/person) featuring the best they have to offer, like a raw bar appetizer, including East Coast and West Coast oysters and a shrimp cocktail. The entrée options include Slow Roasted Organic Salmon, Herb Roasted Chicken, and of course, steak—Marinated Hanger Steak, 7oz Filet Mignon, or 12oz Prime New York Strip Loin, to be exact. For dessert, New York Cheesecake with graham cracker crust and blueberry compote or Bitter Chocolate Pudding with chocolate cookie sandwich and whipped cream. My suggestion: get one of each and share.
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- 04:00PM on 01/14/2013
Rethink the rice-and-meat street cart combo—this time with rice as the star.
Rice pilaf at Rice the Great is made with rice, garbanzo beans, carrots, onions, raisins, craisins, and spices. You can choose a small pilaf platter ($3) or a large ($6), which comes with rice and your choice of flavorful dark meat chicken or brisket-style beef plus salad and sauces—a tomato-y red sauce and yogurt-and-herb-y white sauce.
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- 02:36PM on 01/08/2013
